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mbl.is – About 120 U.S.
Marines drilled in the security
area at the Keflavík Airport while
a special unit of the National
Commissioner of the Icelandic
Police provided security. “The
Marines’ first task is to set up a
secure perimeter. After that, it is
possible to bring in more troops,
if necessary. In this exercise the
goal is to practice moving troops
from the ocean and then secure
the landing area,” Lieutenant
Colonel Misca T. Geter of the
U.S. Marines told mbl.is. The
Marines will participate in the
Trident Juncture exercise. One
of the most extensive NATO
military exercises since 2015, it
will go on in the North Atlantic
and Norway. Altogether, 40,000
military personnel and civilian
specialists will take part.
Lieutenant Colonel Geter
said that it was very important
for Marines to drill under
different conditions. The U.S.
military is therefore thankful
to the Icelandic government
for authorizing drills in
Iceland. “This gives us a
unique opportunity to practice
operations in cold weather
conditions. We will no doubt
learn a great deal from the
conditions here, and the Marine
troops will experience how
weather can affect operations,”
she said.
In parallel with the NATO
exercise, the Icelandic Coast
Guard and Danish military
organized joint search and
rescue drills in Faxaflói, the
large bay that dominates the
southwestern coast. The crew of
TF-LIF, a helicopter, took part
in the operations over the ocean
on behalf of Iceland’s Coast
Guard, along with the Danish
Coast Guard vessel Hvidbjørnen
and a surveillance aircraft from
the Danish Air Force. The
Coast Guard’s command centre
supervised the search and rescue
operations, while a mutual search
and rescue centre of Denmark
and Greenland also took part.
The exercise was at once a search
operation, communications drill,
and rescue operation, testing
the cooperation of Danes and
Icelanders under demanding
conditions. In recent years, the
Coast Guard and Danish Navy
have collaborated in various
areas, including the training of
crews.
Reprinted with permission
from Icelandic News Briefs,
published by KOM PR.
mbl.is – Minister of
Tourism, Industry and
Innovation Þórdís R.
Gylfadóttir believes there is
no need for special restrictions
regarding ownership in the
tourism industry. However,
she said remuneration for the
public had to be assured for the
operation of publicly-owned
companies in Iceland and the
utilization of resources. It ought
not to matter, she said, whether
ownership was domestic or
foreign.
The tourism minister
said this in Alþingi during
discussion of foreign invest-
ments in tourism. Ari Trausti
Guðmundsson, a member
of Alþingi from the Left-
Green Movement, led off the
discussion with questions
for the minister. One of his
questions was what the
policy ought to be regarding
foreign land buyers, and what
restrictions should be set for
them. Þórdis said that the
coalition agreement called for
looking into these matters, but
she would not assume what
the conclusions of this process
would be. She said that foreign
parties’ land purchases could
raise various questions – for
instance, regarding restrictions
on public access and utilization
of land and resources.
“If a landowner’s conduct
is not in accord with public
interest, it is then not obvious
that nationality is relevant.
The most important thing
in this regard is to protect
public interests, regardless of
nationality,” according to the
tourism minister. In addition,
she said it was well known that
the revision of the Constitution
would lead to tightening of the
present conditions.
Reprinted with permission
from Icelandic News Briefs,
published by KOM PR.
No need for ownership
restrictions in tourism industry
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mbl.is – U.S. Navy Admiral James G. Foggo III serves
concurrently as commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and U.S.
Naval Forces Africa. He said that Iceland plays an important role
in NATO, in part because of its geographical location. He said that
despite Iceland’s not having a military, it had a foreign minister
in charge of security affairs. In addition, it has a dynamic Coast
Guard, providing important sea and air defence functions in the
North Atlantic.
“Iceland provides us with a sea and air picture of what is going
on at this important strategic crossroads. In fact, Iceland is at the
centre of this important area,” Admiral Foggo told Morgunblaðið.
He was currently in Iceland because of NATO’s Trident Juncture
military exercise, part of which is going on in Iceland.
There was a commemorative ceremony aboard the Coast Guard
vessel Þór for those dying in the Battle of the Atlantic in World War
II. Seventy-five years have passed since the battle ended. Admiral
Foggo gave a speech there, reviewing the Icelanders’ important
role in the Battle for the Atlantic. He mentioned how important
it was for U.S. aircraft and ships to have been able to start from
Iceland in their battles with German submarines.
He recalled when the German propaganda machines distributed
pamphlets in 1941 around Britain. They said that the Britons were
losing the Battle of the Atlantic and therefore the war. He said
that this had not been an exaggeration at that time, but the allies
coordinated operations and finally produced results. Iceland’s
geographical position played an important role, as did Icelandic
seamen who steamed with supplies to the allies in Britain at the time.
Reprinted with permission from Icelandic News Briefs,
published by KOM PR.
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