Posted on 03 February 2012. Tags: coast guard, engineering, Iceland, rolls royce, Thor
Iceland's brand new coastguard patrol ship, Þór - the biggest in the country and the service's new flagship; has developed a persistent vibration in one of its engines and will likely need to go overseas for repair.
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Posted in General, Iceland, International, MBL, Norway, Technology, Travel
Posted on 03 February 2012. Tags: anders behring breivik, art, Denmark, manifesto, Norway, play, sensitivity, theatre
A Copenhagen theatre company has courted controversy after penning a play based on the convictions of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik.
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Posted in Art, Culture, Denmark, MBL, Norway
Posted on 02 February 2012. Tags: antarctica, beserk, expedition, new zealand, Norway, sailing
The Norwegian captain of the ill-fated ‘Beserk’ expedition is being hunted by New Zealand authorities as he allegedly makes his second attempt to reach Antarctica.
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Posted in General, International, MBL, Norway, Travel
Posted on 02 February 2012. Tags: accident, death, Iceland, Norway, ship
UPDATED 2nd February: The Icelandic sailor rescued late in January off Norway survived because of his floatation suit. His three crew mates from the sunken trawler were not so lucky and the Norwegian coastguard has called off its search. An interview has now been released.
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Posted in General, Iceland, MBL, Norway
Posted on 01 February 2012. Tags: China, Denmark, Iraq, Islam, jyllands Posten, Norway, terrorism
Two men have been convicted on terrorism charges in Norway for planning an attack against the Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed.
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Posted in China, Denmark, General, International, MBL, Norway, Society
Posted on 28 January 2012. Tags: cairn, Greenland, Norway, Oil, Statoil
Cairn Energy is to team up with Norwegian group Statoil in their quest to look for oil off the coast of Greenland.
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Posted in Business, Energy, Environment, Greenland, MBL, Norway, Technology, United Kingdom
Posted on 27 January 2012. Tags: censorship, Finland, freedom, Iceland, media, Norway, press
The freedom of journalists in Iceland went down a little last year compared to the year before, according to the new World Press Freedom Index, which is published annually about press freedom in 180 countries around the world.
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Posted in Finland, General, Iceland, MBL, Norway, Society
Posted on 27 January 2012. Tags: children, culture, custody, India, Norway, Politics
The Indian embassy is attempting to secure the return of two toddlers, who their parents say were taken away from them in Norway due to “cultural differences”.
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Posted in Culture, General, Lifestyle, MBL, Norway, Politics
Posted on 27 January 2012. Tags: Islam, Norway, terrorism, video, YouTube
A 21 year-old Norwegian has been arrested for inciting terrorism and making threats against the authorities after admitting publishing a video on YouTube that called for the deaths of the country’s crown prince, prime minister and foreign minister.
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Posted in MBL, Norway, Society, Technology
Posted on 26 January 2012. Tags: coastguard, Iceland, Norway, rescue, shipping, trawler
An Icelandic fishing trawler has sunk in bad weather off the coast of Norway. At the time of writing only one of the four crew members had been located and rescued.
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Posted in General, Iceland, MBL, Norway, Travel, Weather