Author Archives: HHG

Gissurarson: Hundreds of Billions Grabbed by Foreigners

Posted on 18.03.14

Foreign businessmen took advantage of the sudden and temporary plight of the Icelanders during the 2008 bank collapse to grab Icelandic-owned assets at prices far below market prices, even prices in a depression. They could do this because authorities in … Continue reading →

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Professor Gissurarson’s 2014 Lectures

Posted on 26.02.14

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, RNH’s Academic Director, gives a series of lectures in 2014 on various subjects related to RNH’s research projects. 1. At the spring conference of the Institute of Business Affairs at the University of Iceland Friday 14 … Continue reading →

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North: UK Should Consider EEA Instead of the EU

Posted on 10.02.14

At a well-attended 30 January 2014 meeting jointly organised by RNH, the Europe Watch and the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland, the British political commentator Dr Richard North suggested that the United Kingdom should consider joining … Continue reading →

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North on EEA and UK: Thursday 30 January 12–13

Posted on 25.01.14

The Europe Watch, the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland and RNH hold a meeting at lunchtime, 12–13, Thursday 30 January in Room 101 in Oddi House at the University of Iceland. The lecturer is Dr Richard … Continue reading →

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RNH Represented at New York Freedom Dinner 14 November

Posted on 24.11.13

Gisli Hauksson, chairman of the RNH board, and Skafti Hardarson, chairman of the Icelandic Taxpayers’ Association, attended the annual New York Freedom Dinner of the Atlas Foundation 14 November 2013. Atlas Foundation is an international network of research institutes exploring … Continue reading →

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Lord Lamont: Use of Anti-Terrorism Law “Disgrace”

Posted on 18.11.13

The Lord Lamont of Lerwick, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1990–3, said in Budapest at a conference on the 2008 international financial crisis 15 November 2013 that invoking the anti-terrorism law against Iceland, as the British Labour government then … Continue reading →

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