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Hanna Birna Has Quit Politics
Former Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir has announced she will not be running for parliament this autumn. RÚV reports that Hanna Birna, who is currently an MP for the Independence Party, has issued a statement to the press announcing that…
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News In Brief: May
As per hallowed Icelandic media tradition, Grapevine joined in the fun of kicking off the month of April with fake news. In fact, all our news on April Fool’s was fake, except for one story. In this case, that the government was…
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Former Interior Minister: “Should Have Resigned” Sooner
Former Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir has returned to parliament, after being away since last November, when she resigned from her Interior Minister position. In an interview with Ísland í dag, she expressed regret with how she responded to police…
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Tony Omos Receives Settlement In Leak Case
Asylum seeker Tony Omos was awarded restitution for damages caused by a memo which was leaked illegally from the Interior Ministry in 2013. Stundin reports that while the full amount awarded has not been disclosed, Tony sought 5 million ISK in damages,…
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Former Minister Assistant Settles In Leak Case
Former Interior Minister assistant Gísli Freyr Valdórsson has reached a settlement with Evelyn Glory Joseph, who was named in the memo he leaked to the press in November 2014. Nigerian asylum seeker Tony Omos is also seeking damages in the Leak Case,…
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Tony Omos Appeals To Iceland’s Supreme Court
Asylum seeker, Tony Omos, will appeal his case against the Directorate of Immigration (UTL) with Iceland’s Supreme Court, reports Vísir. Supreme Court lawyer, Kristján Stefánsson, will argue the case on Omos’ behalf. As reported, in December of last year the Reykjavík District Court acquitted the…
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Police Chief Broke Law In Asylum Seeker Leak Case
The Data Protection Authority (DPA) has ruled that Reykjavík Police Chief Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, during her time as Suðurnes Police Chief, broke the law when she sent former Interior Minister assistant Gísli Freyr Valdórsson confidential information on Nigerian asylum seeker Tony Omos.…
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Most Serious Case Of Political Corruption Ever, Says Professor
Jón Ólafsson, professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland, says that the interference of former Interior Minister Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir of a police investigation into her ministry exemplify more serious corruption in Icelandic politics than has ever been evident before. Last…
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Damages In Leaked Memo Case Not Settled Yet
Following his conviction in the leaked memo case last year, former assistant to the Minister of the Interior, Gísli Freyr Valdórsson, is yet to settle on an amount to pay in damages, reports RÚV. As reported, Gísli Freyr was sentenced to an…
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Leaks About Private Matters Are “Very Common” In Administration, Says PM
On Stöð 2’s New Year’s Eve talk show, Kryddsíld, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson said that leaks from within ministries and public institutes are “very common in Iceland, often leaks about matters concerning people’s private matters”. The Minister stated this when asked…
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Court Confirms Deportation Of Tony Omos
On Friday, the Reykjavík District Court acquitted the Directorate of Immigration (UTL) from charges pressed on behalf of Tony Omos, whose application for asylum in Iceland will thereby not be taken to consideration. A demonstration has been announced on Saturday, to protest…
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Hanna Birna Has Left The Country
Recently resigned Minister of the Interior, Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, has left the country on a holiday, reports RÚV. Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Minister of Industry and Commerce will be filling in while she’s away. Hanna Birna is still legally the Minister of the…
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Hanna Birna May Avoid Parliamentary Hearing
Recently resigned Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir will likely not have to face a parliamentary hearing on the leaked memo scandal, due to her resignation, RÚV reports. Hanna Birna was due to appear in a live and publicly televised hearing to discuss…
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An Ornamental Resignation
Today, (now former) Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir resigned from her post, one year and one day after her ministry leaked a memo to select members of the press containing falsehoods and misinformation about Nigerian asylum seeker Tony Omos. As…
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Minister Of The Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir To Resign
Minister of the Interior, Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, is expected to announce that she is stepping down today and will not return to parliament until the New Year, according to RÚV. Hanna Birna has been under a lot of scrutiny following the leak of incriminating…
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Third Jæja Protest Urges Hanna Birna’s Resignation
This week’s Jæja demonstration saw an estimated 1,000 people gather to protest, focusing this week on Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna’s refusal to step down due to her ministry’s leak of false information about Nigerian asylum seeker Tony Omos. The crowd…
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Day Of Memo Leak, Minister’s Assistant Called Police Chief Twice
Three telephone calls took place between Gísli Freyr Valdórsson, the Minister of the Interior’s assistant at the time, and Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, then Police Chief of Suðurnes, now Police Chief of Reykjavík, the day on which the former leaked the Ministry documents…
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All Highly Unlikely
The freedom fighter Last things first: Styrmir Gunnarsson, former editor of Morgunblaðið, has published his memoirs from the Cold War. As reported, these disclose, among other things, that during most of the 1960s, Styrmir provided the Independence Party’s Chair and Minister of…
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Interior Ministry Blocks Media Access To Staff
The Ministry of the Interior has ordained that its staff cannot converse with reporters and journalists without the Ministry’s public relation manager’s explicit permission. The P.R. manager is currently on vacation. The media will thus not be able to reach the Ministry’s…
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Minister Hurried Police Interrogation On Her Own Initiative
Interviewed by RÚV’s Kastljós on Wednesday, Interior Minister Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir repudiated her earlier statements, when she claimed that her former assistant, Gísli Freyr, had requested her to intervene, when she asked the Police to hurry his interrogation, during the investigation that…
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Interior Minister’s Assistant Guilty: Eight Months On Probation
Today, Wednesday, saw Gísli Freyr Valdórsson, the Interior Minister’s now former assistant, sentenced to eight months in prison, by the Reykjavík district court, for leaking a Ministry document, containing sensitive personal information and unsubstantiated slander about one Tony Omos, at the time…
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Interior Minister Assistant Confesses Leaking Tony Omos Memo
Interior Minister assistant Gísli Freyr Valdórsson has confessed to leaking the memo on Tony Omos to select members of the media, and has been subsequently fired. RÚV reports that, according to a statement from Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, Gísli…
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Defence Attorney: Facebook “Likes” Constitute Bias
A lawyer defending former Interior Minister assistant Gísli Freyr Valdórsson has asked the court to remove the prosecutor for “Liking” a news story pertaining to the trial. Gísli Freyr Valdórsson, a former assistant to Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, was…