Criticism on Iceland's Whaling 18. október 2006 15:26 Áhöfnin á Dröfn gerir klát fyrir Hvalveiðar. FRÉTTABLAÐIÐ/VILHELM The world press has come down hard on Iceland reccomencing commercial whaling as of today. Press both in America and Europe have published articles on the issue with quotes from wildlife and nature associations around the world. Representatives of the Icelandic Foreign Ministry met with all the Ambassadors in Iceland yesterday to present Iceland's view on the mater. Both the British and US Ambassadors announced their respective countries strong disapproval of whaling. The only positive responses were from the Greenlandic government and from the Arctic Union. The BBC website had a poll on the matter. Icelandic whaling vessel Hvalur 9 left on a hunting trip this morning and is still at sea. News News in English Mest lesið Lögregla rannsakar alvarlegt slys í Lágafellslaug Innlent Sex vikið úr starfi vegna banatilræðis gegn Trump Erlent Fyrsta rafknúna flugvélin í dönsku innanlandsflugi Erlent Segir ummæli ráðherra um sig ógeðfelld Innlent Draga Dettifoss til Reykjavíkur Innlent Sleginn í andlitið með hnúajárni Innlent Tekur önnur Íslendinga þátt í erfiðustu og lengstu kappreið í heimi Innlent Hélt á lokuðu umslagi Innlent „Það er þarna sem rússneskir kafbátar fara í gegn“ Innlent Þingfundi frestað: Stjórnarandstaðan lagði fram „aðeins mýkri“ tillögu Innlent
The world press has come down hard on Iceland reccomencing commercial whaling as of today. Press both in America and Europe have published articles on the issue with quotes from wildlife and nature associations around the world. Representatives of the Icelandic Foreign Ministry met with all the Ambassadors in Iceland yesterday to present Iceland's view on the mater. Both the British and US Ambassadors announced their respective countries strong disapproval of whaling. The only positive responses were from the Greenlandic government and from the Arctic Union. The BBC website had a poll on the matter. Icelandic whaling vessel Hvalur 9 left on a hunting trip this morning and is still at sea.
News News in English Mest lesið Lögregla rannsakar alvarlegt slys í Lágafellslaug Innlent Sex vikið úr starfi vegna banatilræðis gegn Trump Erlent Fyrsta rafknúna flugvélin í dönsku innanlandsflugi Erlent Segir ummæli ráðherra um sig ógeðfelld Innlent Draga Dettifoss til Reykjavíkur Innlent Sleginn í andlitið með hnúajárni Innlent Tekur önnur Íslendinga þátt í erfiðustu og lengstu kappreið í heimi Innlent Hélt á lokuðu umslagi Innlent „Það er þarna sem rússneskir kafbátar fara í gegn“ Innlent Þingfundi frestað: Stjórnarandstaðan lagði fram „aðeins mýkri“ tillögu Innlent