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 „Málinu verður ekki lokað fyrr en einhver axlar raunverulega ábyrgð“ Innlent Rukkaði konuna fyrir heimferðina eftir að hafa nauðgað henni Innlent Virginia Giuffre er látin Erlent Þarf lítið til svo hægt yrði að hækka hámarkshraða í 120 Innlent Myndir: Ráðamenn heims fylgja Frans páfa til hinstu hvílu Erlent Hittust í fyrsta sinn eftir að upp úr sauð Erlent Aukið eftirlit til muna eftir brot bílstjórans gegn konunni Innlent „Ég hef aldrei séð þetta svona svakalegt“ Innlent Segir Pútin ekki vilja enda stríðið Erlent Sex ára gamalt hús í viðgerð: Ekki við flötu þökin að sakast 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 „Málinu verður ekki lokað fyrr en einhver axlar raunverulega ábyrgð“ Innlent Rukkaði konuna fyrir heimferðina eftir að hafa nauðgað henni Innlent Virginia Giuffre er látin Erlent Þarf lítið til svo hægt yrði að hækka hámarkshraða í 120 Innlent Myndir: Ráðamenn heims fylgja Frans páfa til hinstu hvílu Erlent Hittust í fyrsta sinn eftir að upp úr sauð Erlent Aukið eftirlit til muna eftir brot bílstjórans gegn konunni Innlent „Ég hef aldrei séð þetta svona svakalegt“ Innlent Segir Pútin ekki vilja enda stríðið Erlent Sex ára gamalt hús í viðgerð: Ekki við flötu þökin að sakast Innlent