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 Leysti út lögmannsréttindin: Fer í sjálfstæðan rekstur en heldur eftirlaununum Innlent Hafði ritað „Breivik“ og „Drepið Trump“ á skotvopnin Erlent Játning á borðinu í umfangsmestu þjófnuðum seinni tíma Innlent Rýnt í stöðuna í Úkraínu: Friður enn fjarlægur og Trump missir móðinn Erlent Sá blóðugan mann hlaupa út og árásarmanninn á eftir honum Innlent Þvættuðu milljarða af illa fenginni rafmynt á Íslandi Innlent Hafna „órökstuddum fullyrðingum“ Sigurðar Inga Innlent Stytta þurfi sumarfrí barna um að lágmarki tvær vikur Innlent Skólamál í Kópavogi: Bókun eftir bókun á fundi bæjarstjórnar Innlent Menningarráðherra skipaði son heilbrigðisráðherra í formannsstörf 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 Leysti út lögmannsréttindin: Fer í sjálfstæðan rekstur en heldur eftirlaununum Innlent Hafði ritað „Breivik“ og „Drepið Trump“ á skotvopnin Erlent Játning á borðinu í umfangsmestu þjófnuðum seinni tíma Innlent Rýnt í stöðuna í Úkraínu: Friður enn fjarlægur og Trump missir móðinn Erlent Sá blóðugan mann hlaupa út og árásarmanninn á eftir honum Innlent Þvættuðu milljarða af illa fenginni rafmynt á Íslandi Innlent Hafna „órökstuddum fullyrðingum“ Sigurðar Inga Innlent Stytta þurfi sumarfrí barna um að lágmarki tvær vikur Innlent Skólamál í Kópavogi: Bókun eftir bókun á fundi bæjarstjórnar Innlent Menningarráðherra skipaði son heilbrigðisráðherra í formannsstörf Innlent