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 Trump segir Hamas og Ísraela hafa náð samkomulagi Erlent Skýr afstaða landsmanna um hvort einkunnir eigi að vera í tölum eða bókstöfum Innlent Segir lægri álagningu á húsnæði en í öðrum greinum Fréttir „Ég ætla ekki að jarða hann, ég ætla að hafa hann á lífi“ Innlent „Auðvitað er ég hrædd um hana“ Innlent Varnargarðar hækkaðir við Grindavík Innlent Björk styður æskuvinkonu sína sem sætir svívirðingum Innlent Kenna Evrópu- og Bandaríkjamönnum um litlar líkur á friði Erlent Hitnar undir feldi Lilju Innlent Handtekinn fyrir að kveikja skæðasta eld Los Angeles 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 Trump segir Hamas og Ísraela hafa náð samkomulagi Erlent Skýr afstaða landsmanna um hvort einkunnir eigi að vera í tölum eða bókstöfum Innlent Segir lægri álagningu á húsnæði en í öðrum greinum Fréttir „Ég ætla ekki að jarða hann, ég ætla að hafa hann á lífi“ Innlent „Auðvitað er ég hrædd um hana“ Innlent Varnargarðar hækkaðir við Grindavík Innlent Björk styður æskuvinkonu sína sem sætir svívirðingum Innlent Kenna Evrópu- og Bandaríkjamönnum um litlar líkur á friði Erlent Hitnar undir feldi Lilju Innlent Handtekinn fyrir að kveikja skæðasta eld Los Angeles Erlent