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 Maður leiddur út í járnum í lögregluaðgerð í Tryggvagötu Innlent „Kom hvergi nærri samræði hans við barnunga stúlkuna“ Innlent Airbnb-íbúðir leigðar undir fölsku flaggi Innlent Slökkt á eldsneytisflæði rétt eftir flugtak og ruglingur milli flugmanna Erlent Indversk tenniskona skotin til bana af föður sínum við morgunverðarborðið Erlent „Liggur alveg ljóst fyrir að þetta frumvarp er drasl“ Innlent Opinberar gamalt ástarsamband við táningsstúlku Innlent Spá hitabylgju í byrjun næstu viku og allt að 29 stigum Veður Vændiskaupendur séu oftast fjölskyldufeður á leið til vinnu eða fundar Innlent „Hann er að eigna sér eitthvað sem hann á ekki“ 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 Maður leiddur út í járnum í lögregluaðgerð í Tryggvagötu Innlent „Kom hvergi nærri samræði hans við barnunga stúlkuna“ Innlent Airbnb-íbúðir leigðar undir fölsku flaggi Innlent Slökkt á eldsneytisflæði rétt eftir flugtak og ruglingur milli flugmanna Erlent Indversk tenniskona skotin til bana af föður sínum við morgunverðarborðið Erlent „Liggur alveg ljóst fyrir að þetta frumvarp er drasl“ Innlent Opinberar gamalt ástarsamband við táningsstúlku Innlent Spá hitabylgju í byrjun næstu viku og allt að 29 stigum Veður Vændiskaupendur séu oftast fjölskyldufeður á leið til vinnu eða fundar Innlent „Hann er að eigna sér eitthvað sem hann á ekki“ Innlent