Saturday, May 13, 2006

PM can't bike to work!

First Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg dropped his company car after grumbling focus on government spending, now he has been stopped from cycling to work.

"I would like to cycle to and from the job. I did for many years as a member of parliament. But now I have to follow police advice. So I can only take trips in the woods," Stoltenberg told newspaper Dagbladet. here

Nearly 20,000 entrepreneurs in Iceland

According to surveys conducted last year, approximately 20,000 people in Iceland, or 10.7 percent of the population ages 18 to 64, are engaged in some sort of entrepreneurial work. here