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 Sá eini fagmenntaði missti vinnuna Innlent Þyrla ferjaði vistir fyrir fjallgönguhóp Ratcliffe Innlent Vill að flugumferð verði beint frá loftrými kirkjunnar á meðan þau flytja Bach Innlent Óbeit ungra drengja á trans fólki áhyggjuefni Innlent Handtekinn fyrir að fara á forboðna eyju Erlent Óttast að efnið sé þegar komið í dreifingu á Íslandi Innlent Setja skorður á tjáningu meðlima til að „kæla aðeins niður hitann“ Innlent Átta ára sæmd heiðursmerki fyrir að bjarga lífi móður sinnar Innlent Kviknaði í gömlum bústað við Rauðavatn Innlent „Kynjafræði er pólitísk í eðli sínu“ 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 Sá eini fagmenntaði missti vinnuna Innlent Þyrla ferjaði vistir fyrir fjallgönguhóp Ratcliffe Innlent Vill að flugumferð verði beint frá loftrými kirkjunnar á meðan þau flytja Bach Innlent Óbeit ungra drengja á trans fólki áhyggjuefni Innlent Handtekinn fyrir að fara á forboðna eyju Erlent Óttast að efnið sé þegar komið í dreifingu á Íslandi Innlent Setja skorður á tjáningu meðlima til að „kæla aðeins niður hitann“ Innlent Átta ára sæmd heiðursmerki fyrir að bjarga lífi móður sinnar Innlent Kviknaði í gömlum bústað við Rauðavatn Innlent „Kynjafræði er pólitísk í eðli sínu“ Innlent