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 Enn skjálftahrina við Trölladyngju Innlent Prestur sakar oddvita um ólýðræðislega hallarbyltingu í veiðifélagi Innlent Ekkert spurst til Sólrúnar á Spáni í nokkra daga Innlent Vaktin: Eldgos hafið nærri Grindavík Innlent Stoppaður af vegfaranda sem spurði: „Hvað er þetta?“ Innlent Sólrún fundin á Spáni Innlent Lést í umferðarslysi við Álfabakka Innlent Snorri sagður spúa hatri og trumpísku yfir heimsbyggðina Innlent Ók yfir á rangan helming og lést átta dögum síðar Innlent Segir borgstjórn ekki bjóða neinar lausnir - bara óvissu 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 Enn skjálftahrina við Trölladyngju Innlent Prestur sakar oddvita um ólýðræðislega hallarbyltingu í veiðifélagi Innlent Ekkert spurst til Sólrúnar á Spáni í nokkra daga Innlent Vaktin: Eldgos hafið nærri Grindavík Innlent Stoppaður af vegfaranda sem spurði: „Hvað er þetta?“ Innlent Sólrún fundin á Spáni Innlent Lést í umferðarslysi við Álfabakka Innlent Snorri sagður spúa hatri og trumpísku yfir heimsbyggðina Innlent Ók yfir á rangan helming og lést átta dögum síðar Innlent Segir borgstjórn ekki bjóða neinar lausnir - bara óvissu Innlent