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 Það sem við vitum og vitum ekki um manndrápið hrottalega Innlent Sólrún fundin á Spáni Innlent Prestur sakar oddvita um ólýðræðislega hallarbyltingu í veiðifélagi Innlent Stoppaður af vegfaranda sem spurði: „Hvað er þetta?“ Innlent Rannsaka dráp á sjúkraliðum en neita að þeir hafi verið teknir af lífi Erlent Enn skjálftahrina við Trölladyngju Innlent Dregur úr skjálftavirkni í kvikugangi en hrina í Trölladyngju fannst víða Innlent Vaka jók við meirihlutann í stúdentaráði Innlent Ekkert spurst til Sólrúnar á Spáni í nokkra daga Innlent Viðbúnaður í Vesturbæ vegna leitar 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 Það sem við vitum og vitum ekki um manndrápið hrottalega Innlent Sólrún fundin á Spáni Innlent Prestur sakar oddvita um ólýðræðislega hallarbyltingu í veiðifélagi Innlent Stoppaður af vegfaranda sem spurði: „Hvað er þetta?“ Innlent Rannsaka dráp á sjúkraliðum en neita að þeir hafi verið teknir af lífi Erlent Enn skjálftahrina við Trölladyngju Innlent Dregur úr skjálftavirkni í kvikugangi en hrina í Trölladyngju fannst víða Innlent Vaka jók við meirihlutann í stúdentaráði Innlent Ekkert spurst til Sólrúnar á Spáni í nokkra daga Innlent Viðbúnaður í Vesturbæ vegna leitar Innlent