Threatened with Arrest 27. júlí 2006 12:33 mótmæli við kárahnjúka eyjabakkasvæði mótmælendur lögregla The protestors who had closed the road to Hraunaveita, near the Eyjabakkar area in the central-east highlands yesterday were met with police who tried to move them. When protestros refused to budge, police threatened to arrest them. Employees of Arnarfell, the company working to raise the Ufsarstífla dam in the area were unable to work for the whole afternoon yesterday. The protestors, who were both Icelandic and foreign, said that they were raising public awareness of the fact that 45 thousand Icelanders had signed a petition sent to the Government for the protection of the Eyjabakkar area. Police from Seyðisfjörður escorted the protestors off the premises and matters ended peacefully. This is the first time this year that police has to infere with protestors in Iceland. News News in English Mest lesið 70 milljóna króna halli vegna uppsagnar samningsins Innlent Tók 12 ár að breyta reglum um bætur vegna seinkun flugferða Erlent Trump sendir þjóðvarðlið til Los Angeles Erlent Vísbendingar um að síðasta vígið sé fallið Innlent Sækja WorldPride í skugga bakslags í réttindum hinsegin fólks Innlent Þrír reyndu að komast undan lögreglu Innlent Beðasléttur í borginni: Óttast óafturkræfan skaða á Laugarnesi Innlent Jöklar hér á landi minnkað um eina Lúxemborg Innlent Efla viðveru danska hersins á Grænlandi Erlent Ummæli Kolbrúnar blaut tuska í andlit ungmenna Innlent
The protestors who had closed the road to Hraunaveita, near the Eyjabakkar area in the central-east highlands yesterday were met with police who tried to move them. When protestros refused to budge, police threatened to arrest them. Employees of Arnarfell, the company working to raise the Ufsarstífla dam in the area were unable to work for the whole afternoon yesterday. The protestors, who were both Icelandic and foreign, said that they were raising public awareness of the fact that 45 thousand Icelanders had signed a petition sent to the Government for the protection of the Eyjabakkar area. Police from Seyðisfjörður escorted the protestors off the premises and matters ended peacefully. This is the first time this year that police has to infere with protestors in Iceland.
News News in English Mest lesið 70 milljóna króna halli vegna uppsagnar samningsins Innlent Tók 12 ár að breyta reglum um bætur vegna seinkun flugferða Erlent Trump sendir þjóðvarðlið til Los Angeles Erlent Vísbendingar um að síðasta vígið sé fallið Innlent Sækja WorldPride í skugga bakslags í réttindum hinsegin fólks Innlent Þrír reyndu að komast undan lögreglu Innlent Beðasléttur í borginni: Óttast óafturkræfan skaða á Laugarnesi Innlent Jöklar hér á landi minnkað um eina Lúxemborg Innlent Efla viðveru danska hersins á Grænlandi Erlent Ummæli Kolbrúnar blaut tuska í andlit ungmenna Innlent