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REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A nationally televised meeting between the prime minister and other political leaders was forced off the air Wednesday night when angry protesters disrupted the broadcast.
For more than two decades, political party leaders have met every New Year’s Eve over champagne and spiced herring to talk about the year ahead on Channel 2 television.
But the latest show with Prime Minister Geir Haarde was cut short when a torch- wielding crowd stormed Hotel Borg in an attempt to get to the studio.
The disruption was the latest in a series of demonstrations since Iceland’s economy imploded this fall under a mammoth load of bad debt. Unemployment has increased, and inflation has soared.
