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SXSW 2010 showcases Scandinavian music

SXSW 2010 showcases Scandinavian music

This year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas is set to promote Scandinavian music, with around fifty different Scandinavian artists and musicians showcasing in front of countless music lovers and journalists. Continue Reading

Posted in Culture, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, General, Greenland, Iceland, International, Leisure, Music, Norway, Scandinavia, Sweden, United States3 Comments

Scientists reconstruct ancient Greenland man

Scientists reconstruct ancient Greenland man

A hair sample has been used by scientists to recreate a detailed picture of an ancient Greenlander. A team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen claims to have reconstructed the first detailed ancient human genome, naming the discovery Inuk – the Greenlandic word for man. Continue Reading

Posted in Denmark, Environment, General, Greenland, MBL, Technology1 Comment

Emigration damaging Greenland’s hopes for independence

Emigration damaging Greenland’s hopes for independence

The Greenlandic finance minister Palle Christiansen has declared the steady exodus of manpower from the country as the biggest hurdle facing Greenland’s ongoing quest for independence. Continue Reading

Posted in Culture, Denmark, General, Greenland, Lifestyle, MBL, Politics, Society4 Comments

Greenland MPs call for end to Danish political involvement

Greenland MPs call for end to Danish political involvement

The Danish parliament’s elected representatives for Greenland have declared that they are ready to begin negotiations aimed at discontinuing the semi-autonomous country’s involvement in Danish domestic politics. Continue Reading

Posted in Denmark, Greenland, MBL, Politics2 Comments

Greenland powerless to prevent EU sealskin ban

Greenland powerless to prevent EU sealskin ban

Greenland has once again been left without an international voice due to its membership of the Danish Kingdom, with the self-ruling administration unable to formally complain against the newly approved European Union ban on seal-product imports to the World Trade Organisation. Continue Reading

Posted in Business, Canada, Culture, Denmark, European Union, Greenland, MBL, Norway, Politics3 Comments

Polar bear shot in Iceland

Polar bear shot in Iceland

A polar bear was spotted today in Thistilfjordur, northeast Iceland by a farm worker who was stood less than 100 metres from the bear when she noticed. Continue Reading

Posted in General, Greenland, Iceland, MBL48 Comments

Greenland financial independence predicted by 2015

Greenland financial independence predicted by 2015

Mineral and oil income is expected, within five years, to surpass the current handouts from Copenhagen that Greenland lives off. Continue Reading

Posted in Denmark, Environment, Greenland, MBL4 Comments

“Norway should be Iceland’s aid”

Professor Oystein Noreng of the Norwegian School of Management argued in his column for Dagsavisen this weekend that Norway should support Iceland financially, and potentially even enter into monetary union with Iceland and jointly co-manage fish stocks. Continue Reading

Posted in European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, International, MBL, Norway, Politics0 Comments

UNESCO includes Greenlandic languages on endangered list

The United Nations culture agency has declared that two variations of the Greenlandic language are facing potential extinction. Continue Reading

Posted in Culture, Greenland, International, Lifestyle, MBL, Politics, Society1 Comment

Titanic fears for Greenland cruise ships

The Danish navy stationed in Greenland has warned of impending Titanic-style disasters as cruise liners stray too close to the region’s icebergs. Continue Reading

Posted in Denmark, Environment, Greenland, International, MBL, Travel0 Comments

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