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 Stúlkan sem fór í sjóinn er látin Innlent Beinaber gísl látinn grafa eigin gröf á Gasa Erlent Grunaður um að myrða heila fjölskyldu en skilja ungabarnið eftir á lífi Erlent Landsvirkjun sé ekki „löngu búin að semja“ við alla landeigendur Innlent Kvenfólkið í Eyjum bjargaði deginum Innlent Fagna afmæli virkjunar sem sökkti sveitajörðum en rafvæddi síldarbæ Innlent Stúlka í sjóinn við Reynisfjöru Innlent Að bugast á hálf nöktum ferðamönnum og beita sektum Erlent Aldrei upplifað annað eins: „Það eru öll stígvél á þessari eyju uppseld“ Innlent „Varla gangfær“ og „skulfu eins og hríslur“ 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 Stúlkan sem fór í sjóinn er látin Innlent Beinaber gísl látinn grafa eigin gröf á Gasa Erlent Grunaður um að myrða heila fjölskyldu en skilja ungabarnið eftir á lífi Erlent Landsvirkjun sé ekki „löngu búin að semja“ við alla landeigendur Innlent Kvenfólkið í Eyjum bjargaði deginum Innlent Fagna afmæli virkjunar sem sökkti sveitajörðum en rafvæddi síldarbæ Innlent Stúlka í sjóinn við Reynisfjöru Innlent Að bugast á hálf nöktum ferðamönnum og beita sektum Erlent Aldrei upplifað annað eins: „Það eru öll stígvél á þessari eyju uppseld“ Innlent „Varla gangfær“ og „skulfu eins og hríslur“ Innlent