Posted on 12 April 2012. Tags: Anna-Maja Henriksson, Biker Vest Ban, Finland, Finnish Ministers, Motorcycle Gang Vests, Swedish People’s Party
Lawmakers in Finland are discussing on the possibility of a nationwide ban on motorcycle gang vests.
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Posted in Finland, General, Lifestyle, MBL
Posted on 09 April 2012. Tags: educational institutes, finland education, Finnish Immigration Service, immigration
Several higher education institutions in Finland have stopped allowing people from developing nations to take their entrance exams, as they fear they will face financial difficulties in Europe.
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Posted in Education, Finland, MBL, Society
Posted on 08 April 2012. Tags: Annual General Meeting, finnair, Mika Vehviläinen
The CEO of Finnair has apologised at the carrier’s Annual General Meeting for a series of recent controversies that have tarnished the company’s reputation.
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Posted in Business, Finland, MBL
Posted on 02 April 2012. Tags: depression, Finland Research, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, University of Helsinki
People who live alone are 80 percent more likely to suffer from depression, according to a Finnish study.
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Posted in Finland, Society
Posted on 31 March 2012. Tags: bullying, discrimination, Finland, law, transport, work
In a victory for workers, the boss of Finland’s Transport Union (AKT) has been suspended while a police investigation into allegations of bullying and assault is carried out.
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Posted in Business, Culture, Finland, General, MBL, Travel
Posted on 30 March 2012. Tags: Finland, insults, new zealand, Politics, pride
New Zealand’s transport minister has apologised for insulting Finland, claiming his remarks were sarcastic and just made in jest.
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Posted in Finland, International, MBL, Politics, Society
Posted on 27 March 2012. Tags: beauty, botox, Finland, parties, treatments, women
‘Botox parties’, where groups of women gather to inject themselves with the muscle paralysing agent, are becoming more popular in Finland, according to reports.
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Posted in Business, Culture, Finland, Lifestyle, MBL
Posted on 24 March 2012. Tags: Iceland, meeting, nordic council, Politics, Reykjavik
The Nordic Council's spring meeting took place yesterday in Alþingishúsið - the Icelandic national parliament building.
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Posted in Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, MBL, Norway, Politics, Saami, Scandinavia, Sweden
Posted on 21 March 2012. Tags: crime, Finland, fire, homeless, murder, tramp
Psychiatric evaluations of three people accused of burning a tramp to death as he slept at a Helsinki bus stop have concluded that only one man is of unsound mind.
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Posted in Finland, General, MBL
Posted on 19 March 2012. Tags: alcohol, Finland, finns, Lifestyle, Politics
Finland’s Speaker of Parliament has denounced MPs drinking on the job in the wake of several alcohol-related scandals.
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Posted in Finland, MBL, Politics