Icelanders least corrupted 6. nóvember 2006 13:43 Children in Reykjavik Iceland is the least corrupted society in the world according to the organization Transparency International. Iceland shares the top place with Finland and New-Zealand. Haiti is the most corrupted society in the world; Myanmar (former Burma) and Iraq follow close behind. About half of the nations on the list get a score below three on the scale from 1-10, which means obvious corruption. The organization state the there is a strong connection between poverty and corruption. Corruption is what keeps a large number of mankind trapped in poverty. The fight against poverty in the world has to aim at eradicating corruption. Poor societies in the world all score below five. Icelanders were also at the top last year. Then Finland and New-Zealand followed in 2nd and 3rd place, and Denmark was in 4th place which they keep this year. For more information on the organization and the list go to www.transparency.org News News in English Mest lesið Endalaus þrautaganga Haraldar eftir svörum Innlent Benedikt Sveinsson er látinn Innlent Tuttugu konur saka Mohamed Al Fayed um kynferðisofbeldi Erlent Höfuðstöðvar nýrrar ríkisstofnunar verða á Hvolsvelli Innlent 20 létust og 450 slösuðust þegar talstöðvarnar sprungu Erlent „Afleitt“ að sjá Yazan gerðan að leiksoppi í deilum ráðherra Innlent Sjálfsagt að skoða að semja við önnur ríki um að hýsa erlenda fanga Innlent Vitorðsmaður viðurkennir að hafa gert það sama og Pelicot Erlent Átta ára tók fjölskyldubílinn, ók í Target og fékk sér frappó Erlent Blöskrar markaðssetning á réttum: „Þetta eru eins og jólin fyrir okkur“ Innlent
Iceland is the least corrupted society in the world according to the organization Transparency International. Iceland shares the top place with Finland and New-Zealand. Haiti is the most corrupted society in the world; Myanmar (former Burma) and Iraq follow close behind. About half of the nations on the list get a score below three on the scale from 1-10, which means obvious corruption. The organization state the there is a strong connection between poverty and corruption. Corruption is what keeps a large number of mankind trapped in poverty. The fight against poverty in the world has to aim at eradicating corruption. Poor societies in the world all score below five. Icelanders were also at the top last year. Then Finland and New-Zealand followed in 2nd and 3rd place, and Denmark was in 4th place which they keep this year. For more information on the organization and the list go to www.transparency.org
News News in English Mest lesið Endalaus þrautaganga Haraldar eftir svörum Innlent Benedikt Sveinsson er látinn Innlent Tuttugu konur saka Mohamed Al Fayed um kynferðisofbeldi Erlent Höfuðstöðvar nýrrar ríkisstofnunar verða á Hvolsvelli Innlent 20 létust og 450 slösuðust þegar talstöðvarnar sprungu Erlent „Afleitt“ að sjá Yazan gerðan að leiksoppi í deilum ráðherra Innlent Sjálfsagt að skoða að semja við önnur ríki um að hýsa erlenda fanga Innlent Vitorðsmaður viðurkennir að hafa gert það sama og Pelicot Erlent Átta ára tók fjölskyldubílinn, ók í Target og fékk sér frappó Erlent Blöskrar markaðssetning á réttum: „Þetta eru eins og jólin fyrir okkur“ Innlent