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Lawyer Doubts Ministry’s Impartiality In Tony Omos Case
The lawyer for Nigerian asylum seeker Tony Omos has called into question the neutrality of the Ministry of the Interior to handle his appeal for asylum in Iceland. RÚV reports that Omos’ case was heard in Reykjavík District Court today, with his…
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Interior Minister Assistant On Trial
One of the Minister of the Interior’s assistants is currently on trial for his part in the leak of a memo about asylum seeker Tony Omos. Gísli Freyr Valdórsson, a former assistant to Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, was charged…
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Minister Of The Interior Makes New Spin On Investigations
Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir has come up with a new defence for how she interacted with the former police commissioner which legal experts say is completely wrong. RÚV reports that the Minister has issued another defence of her interactions…
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The Deafening Cognitive Dissonance of the Interior Minister
“I can say categorically that his investigation indicates that no one on the White House staff, no one in this administration, presently employed, was involved in this very bizarre incident. What really hurts in matters of this sort is not the fact…
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Interior Minister May Have To Answer For Her Assistant’s Actions
By law, the Minister of the Interior may be held responsible for the memo the State Prosecutor says one of her assistants leaked to the press. As reported, Gísli Freyr Valdórsson, an assistant to Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, has…
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Interior Minister Assistant Charged
Gísli Freyr Valdórsson, an assistant to Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, has been charged with breach of confidentiality. RÚV reports that the State Prosecutor has filed charges against Gísli for allegedly leaking a memo to select members of the press…
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Interior Minister May Have Broken Ministerial Regulations
Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir has responded to the Parliamentary Ombudsman, again, and the facts brought to light may implicate her in breaking official government regulations. As reported, sources who spoke to DV said that Hanna Birna spoke with Commissioner…
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Poet Tattoos Demand That Minister Resigns
Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Poet Bragi Páll Sigurðarson just disclosed his new tattoo. It is situated on his right thigh, just above the knee. Unlike most tattoos, this one is written in Times New Roman. One sentence, split in two lines, it…
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Ombudsman Wants Clearer Answers From Interior Minister
Parliamentary Ombudsman Tryggvi Gunnarsson is not satisfied with the response he received from Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir last week about her communications with former Commissioner of the Capital Area Police Stefán Eiríksson, and has asked for further clarification. In…
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Interior Minister Tried To Get Journalists Fired
In a Facebook post yesterday, DV editor Reynir Traustason revealed that Interior Minister Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir insisted upon the firing of journalists Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson and Jón Bjarki Magnússon. According to Reynir, Hanna Birna’s demands came as a result of the pairs work reporting on the now-infamous leaked…
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Interior Minister Responds To Official Inquiry
Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir met with the former Commissioner of the Capital Area Police four times during police investigations of her ministry, but denies she ever tried to exert influence. These acts may put her on shakey ground with…
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Interior Minister Scandal Causes Tremors In Parliament
Members of parliament are sharply divided on how to contend with the news that Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir may have tried to influence the police investigations of her ministry. Shortly after news broke from DV that Hanna Birna had…
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Parliamentary Ombudsman Wants Answers From Interior Minister
The Parliamentary Ombudsman, after having spoken with both former Commissioner of the Capital Area Police Stefán Eiríksson and State Prosecutor Sigríður Friðjónsdóttir, is now demanding that Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir answer to allegations that she may have tried to…
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Interior Minister May Have Tried To Influence Investigations
Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir may have tried to influence police investigations of her ministry, prompting the previous police commissioner to quit. The Constitutional and Supervisory Committee has asked the Minister to explain herself. DV reports that, according to their…
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Ask Not on Whom the Sun Shines
If the State Prosecutor decides to take the Interior Ministry to court, for breach of confidentiality, slander, and abuse of public office against two asylum seekers, the Capital Area Police will in all likelihood handle the criminal investigation, as it has until…
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Might Need To Investigate Interior Minister
New Police Commissioner of Reykjavík, Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, could possibly be in charge of investigating the Interior Minister Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir’s role in the now-infamous leaked memo case despite the fact that she personally appointed the new Police Commissioner, reports RÚV. As reported, Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir…
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Best Of The News
In reviewing the past year in news, you will see certain patterns emerge: certain public figures, events and topics that seem to ignite social media and office break room conversations for days, weeks or even months. Arguments are had, alliances are formed,…
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Completely Unthinkable
As you read this, the State Prosecutor is reviewing the latest findings of a months-long police investigation of the Ministry of the Interior, over a memo on Nigerian asylum seeker Tony Omos that found itself in the hands of select members of…
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The Death Of Ben Frost
First, some disclosure: I came to know Australian-born musician Ben Frost almost as soon as he showed up in Iceland nine years ago, through mutual acquaintances and through eventually making and recording music together (he produced an album for my band, Reykjavík!,…
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State Prosecutor Receives Ministry Leak Evidence
Evidence that police have gathered in their investigations of the Ministry of the Interior has been handed over to the State Prosecutor. Vísir reports that the evidence now in hand, the State Prosecutor must now decide whether investigations need to continue, or…
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Ministry Leak Suspect Found, Media Still Not Obliged To Reveal Source
A new ruling from the Supreme Court shows that police investigations of the Ministry of the Interior have led to a potential suspect, called “B”, who may have leaked a memo to select members of the press that proved to contain falsehoods…
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News in Brief Early May 2014
So, summer has officially begun here in Iceland, which means it’s whaling season again. Whaling is currently permitted in Reykjavík’s Faxaflói Bay—the same waters in which tourists go on whale-watching expeditions. This grim irony has led many whale watching companies to call for a larger “no…
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Leaked Memo Solely “To Impugn Reputation” Of Asylum Seeker
Reykjavík District Court has concluded, amongst other things, that the sole purpose for leaking the now-infamous memo on Nigerian asylum seeker Tony Omos was “to impugn his reputation” in the face of growing public protest over his treatment by the Ministry of…