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 Sagður hafa nauðgað konu fyrir níu árum Innlent Mættur í Samfylkinguna Innlent Brynjar ákærður fyrir að brjóta á fleiri stúlkum Innlent Ítalía tekur aftur upp agaviðurlög frá tíma Mussolini Erlent Færri ánægðir með Höllu en Guðna og Ólaf Ragnar Innlent Ekkert gert til að gera nikótínpúða jafn óaðlaðandi og sígarettur Innlent Hefur þrisvar komið að 13 ára syni sínum meðvitundarlausum Innlent Matvælastofnun kærði tvo búfjáreigendur til lögreglu Innlent Einn stærsti fellibylur síðustu hundrað ára veldur usla í Flórída Erlent Grunur um að fiskar úr landeldi hafi komist í sjó 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 Sagður hafa nauðgað konu fyrir níu árum Innlent Mættur í Samfylkinguna Innlent Brynjar ákærður fyrir að brjóta á fleiri stúlkum Innlent Ítalía tekur aftur upp agaviðurlög frá tíma Mussolini Erlent Færri ánægðir með Höllu en Guðna og Ólaf Ragnar Innlent Ekkert gert til að gera nikótínpúða jafn óaðlaðandi og sígarettur Innlent Hefur þrisvar komið að 13 ára syni sínum meðvitundarlausum Innlent Matvælastofnun kærði tvo búfjáreigendur til lögreglu Innlent Einn stærsti fellibylur síðustu hundrað ára veldur usla í Flórída Erlent Grunur um að fiskar úr landeldi hafi komist í sjó Innlent