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Greetings from
Gordon J. Reykdal
Honorary Consul of the
Republic of Iceland
Suite #10250 – 176 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
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vb.is – The board of directors of the Icelandair Group
signed an agreement to purchase all share capital in the
airline company WOW Air. The purchase is subject to the
approval of a shareholders’ meeting of Icelandair Group,
the approval of Iceland’s Competition Authority, and the
conclusion of a reliability survey. The companies will
continue under their own brand names. Their combined
market share for the transatlantic market is about 3.8
percent.
For their ownership share, the owners of WOW Air
will acquire a maximum 5.4 percent share in Icelandair.
Based on the share price for Icelandair, the value of the
shares is nearly 2.179 billion krónur ($18 million U.S.). In
payment for WOW Air’s share capital, after all conditions
are fulfilled, the company’s shareholders will acquire about
5.4 percent of Icelandair Group’s share capital following
the transaction. Of this amount, 3.5 percent of the share
capital is in payment for the sold share capital. The payment
can increase to 4.8 percent (or decrease to nothing) based
on certain premises outlined in the reliability survey.
WOW Air’s owner and CEO, Skúli Mogensen, sent an
email to WOW Air’s employees calling them to a meeting.
Skúli’s email said that the company’s difficult position had
led to difficult decisions. The conclusion, he said, was that
Icelandair Group would take over WOW Air, provided
that an Icelandair shareholders’ meeting and governmental
authorities approved the agreement. Skúli anticipated that
this process could take more than three weeks.
According to Skúli Mogensen a team of WOW Air and
Icelandair executives had worked closely to make the most
of this opportunity. His email concluded by saying that he
realized this turn of events would come as a surprise to the
employees, and that the companies’ agreement was clearly
not what was originally expected. However, he said, based
on the circumstances, he thought this was the best outcome
for everyone involved.
Reprinted with permission from Icelandic News Briefs,
published by KOM PR.
ICELANDAIR GROUP BUYS WOW AIR
ruv.is – Iceland pollutes more than any other country in Europe.
Its CO2 emissions per person have increased because of increased
airline operations and increased shipping since 2012. Minister
for the Environment and Natural Resources Guðmundur Ingi
Guðbrandsson said that this involved the biggest challenge of the
21st century. We must take it extremely seriously, he said, adding
that Iceland did not want to be in first place here.
The Statistics Iceland website contains information about CO2
emissions. It shows that Iceland’s economy was the biggest emitter
of CO2 per capita of any economy within the European Union and
European Free Trade Agreement areas in 2016. Other countries with
high emissions are Luxembourg, Denmark, and Estonia. In general,
however, per capita emissions have decreased in the EU.
“First place is not where we want to be. That is absolutely clear.
However, this is quite natural given our small population. Furthermore,
the figures include air traffic and energy-intensive industry. Naturally,
this is a lot per person. That does not mean that we do not need to
take these matters very seriously as the government has in drafting
its action plan on climate change,” said the environment and natural
resources minister. “We all – whether companies in the country or
individuals or the government – must address this because it is a real
challenge and the biggest challenge of the 21st century.”
Reprinted with permission from Icelandic News Briefs,
published by KOM PR.
Icelanders do not want
to be top polluters
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visir.is – Prime Minister
Katrín Jakobsdóttir says that
Nordic cooperation has always
been important for Icelanders,
not least of all in cultural affairs.
However, since she attended her
first Nordic Council Congress, it
has evolved and become more
political. In her view, this has
strengthened the Nordic Council.
“This includes things like energy
companies, harbours, airports,
and, of course, land. Conditions
differ between the countries.
The countries have sensed their
different interests regarding
foreign investment. However,
the topic was put on the agenda
so that we can review the legal
framework,” the prime minister
said.
Late in October, the prime
ministers of Nordic countries
discussed foreign investment
in the states’ infrastructures.
Both Denmark and the United
States have responded to China’s
interest in the development
of airports in Greenland by
promising significant funding
for those projects. “It is of course
clear that the Chinese have
expressed heightened interest
in investments throughout the
world. That certainly came up.
On the other hand, I would
say that this discussion was
primarily to analyze different
legal environments and likewise
attitudes of the Nordic countries
in the European context.
Because we are, of course,
considerably obligated by our
collaboration there. Icelanders
and Norwegians, naturally, are
members of the EEA Agreement
even though we are not members
of the EU. There, of course, these
matters are under discussion.
Thus, we devoted considerable
discussion to our need to
formulate a joint Nordic position
on the European arena,” Prime
Minister Katrín said.
Reprinted with permission
from Icelandic News Briefs,
published by KOM PR.
Nordic PMs discuss foreign investment
The Thingvalla Cemetery Association has started work
on a very important project aimed at protecting this
historic Icelandic American cemetery in North Dakota
from erosion. The north creek has been slowly eroding its bank
towards the cemetery. All labor and heavy equipment machine
time is being donated by cemetery association members, but the
association still needs help to complete the work. There will be
significant expenses incurred to bring in aggregate material.
To help preserve the Thingvalla Cemetery, send donations to:
Thingvalla Cemetery Association
12972 85th St NE
Edinburg, ND 58227
If you prefer to make a tax-deductible donation online,
Icelandic Roots, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association, will forward
100 percent of specified donations received for this project and
provide a tax-deductible receipt for U.S. contributions. Just
specify “Thingvalla” in the form at the I donations web page:
https://www.icelandicroots.com/donate. Takk fyrir.
HELP PROTECT
THINGVALLA CEMETERY