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 Risaflóðbylgja í grænlenskum firði mældist um allan heim Erlent „Hann hefur fyrir vana að ráða fólk til vinnu en greiða þeim svo ekki laun“ Innlent Dularfullt „draugahljóð“ spillir fyrir svefni íbúa Innlent Kynntu rafmagnsflugvélina sem Icelandair hefur pantað Innlent Helgi í Góu og fyrrverandi borguðu brúsann Innlent Silja Björk biður Ingó afsökunar Innlent Flokkur Meloni of hægrisinnaður fyrir Mussolini Erlent Gagnrýna afnám greiðslu séreignarsparnaðar inn á húsnæðislán Innlent Útboðsstopp staðið í heilt ár meðan vegirnir grotna niður Innlent Telur niðurstöðu dómsmálaráðherra órökrétta 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 Risaflóðbylgja í grænlenskum firði mældist um allan heim Erlent „Hann hefur fyrir vana að ráða fólk til vinnu en greiða þeim svo ekki laun“ Innlent Dularfullt „draugahljóð“ spillir fyrir svefni íbúa Innlent Kynntu rafmagnsflugvélina sem Icelandair hefur pantað Innlent Helgi í Góu og fyrrverandi borguðu brúsann Innlent Silja Björk biður Ingó afsökunar Innlent Flokkur Meloni of hægrisinnaður fyrir Mussolini Erlent Gagnrýna afnám greiðslu séreignarsparnaðar inn á húsnæðislán Innlent Útboðsstopp staðið í heilt ár meðan vegirnir grotna niður Innlent Telur niðurstöðu dómsmálaráðherra órökrétta Innlent