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 „Því miður er verklagið þannig“ Innlent Reyndu að fá flugmann Maduros til að aðstoða við handtöku hans Erlent Ökumaður stöðvaður með snjófargan á framrúðunni Innlent Andrés ekki lengur prins og látinn yfirgefa heimili sitt Erlent Orðin hæsta kirkja í heimi Erlent Öldungadeildin samþykkir að ógilda tollaákvarðanir Trump Erlent Viðbrögð hjólreiðamannsins að einhverju leyti skiljanleg Innlent Fjárhagsstaðan alvarleg og tímabundin ráðning ráðgjafans ekki endurnýjuð Innlent Hvasst, hlýtt og von á asahláku eða glerhálku Veður Hundruð þúsunda strangtrúaðra mótmæla herkvaðningu Erlent
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 „Því miður er verklagið þannig“ Innlent Reyndu að fá flugmann Maduros til að aðstoða við handtöku hans Erlent Ökumaður stöðvaður með snjófargan á framrúðunni Innlent Andrés ekki lengur prins og látinn yfirgefa heimili sitt Erlent Orðin hæsta kirkja í heimi Erlent Öldungadeildin samþykkir að ógilda tollaákvarðanir Trump Erlent Viðbrögð hjólreiðamannsins að einhverju leyti skiljanleg Innlent Fjárhagsstaðan alvarleg og tímabundin ráðning ráðgjafans ekki endurnýjuð Innlent Hvasst, hlýtt og von á asahláku eða glerhálku Veður Hundruð þúsunda strangtrúaðra mótmæla herkvaðningu Erlent