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 Magnús Þór lést við strandveiðar Innlent Andlát í Garðabæ: Úrskurðuð í gæsluvarðhald umfram hámarkslengd Innlent Stjórnarformaðurinn segir stund sannleikans runna upp fyrir Eurovision Innlent Með barnaníðsefni í símanum þegar hann var „laminn í stöppu“ Innlent Óvissa uppi um „stóra og fallega“ frumvarpið og Musk hótar hefndum Erlent Játaði fjárdrátt og endurgreiðir samkvæmt samkomulagi Innlent „Þetta er komið út fyrir öll mörk“ Innlent Beðið eftir krufningarskýrslu Innlent Ræðurnar verði nógu margar til að taka veiðigjöldin af dagskrá Innlent „Þetta er ekkert líf“ 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 Magnús Þór lést við strandveiðar Innlent Andlát í Garðabæ: Úrskurðuð í gæsluvarðhald umfram hámarkslengd Innlent Stjórnarformaðurinn segir stund sannleikans runna upp fyrir Eurovision Innlent Með barnaníðsefni í símanum þegar hann var „laminn í stöppu“ Innlent Óvissa uppi um „stóra og fallega“ frumvarpið og Musk hótar hefndum Erlent Játaði fjárdrátt og endurgreiðir samkvæmt samkomulagi Innlent „Þetta er komið út fyrir öll mörk“ Innlent Beðið eftir krufningarskýrslu Innlent Ræðurnar verði nógu margar til að taka veiðigjöldin af dagskrá Innlent „Þetta er ekkert líf“ Innlent