Posted on 09 March 2010. Tags: babies, court, Finland, helsinki, jewish, judaism, legal
A Helsinki couple has been fined by the District Court for allowing their baby son to be circumcised.
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Posted in Culture, Finland, General, Lifestyle, MBL, Society, United Kingdom
Posted on 09 March 2010. Tags: Adventure Tours Iceland, Advertising Location, Film Location, Iceland Glacier, James Bond Iceland, Location Management, Vatnajokull national park, Vatnajokull Travel
Iceland’s Vatnajokull glacier national park is synonymous with unique advertising and film
location management settings. The Jokulsarlon lagoon has previously been used as a thrilling backdrop for box office smash hits ‘A View to a Kill’ and ‘Die Another Die’, as part of the James Bond series.
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Posted in Culture, General, Iceland, International, Leisure, Travel
Posted on 07 March 2010. Tags: Finland, neo nazi, police, right wing, website
An online hate website calling for the murder of immigrants and leading national politicians is under scrutiny from the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, with early intelligence revealing that the Finnish-language site is administered by a notorious American neo-Nazi.
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Posted in Culture, Finland, General, Lifestyle, MBL, Society, Technology, United States
Posted on 03 March 2010. Tags: cartoons, Denmark, Islam, mohammed, politiken
Danish newspaper Politiken has announced a settlement in the controversial Mohammed cartoon case, with the new agreement reached with descendants of the Prophet including an apology for any offence caused by the depictions. Politiken has become the first newspaper to do so, much to the dismay of fellow media publications.
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Posted in Culture, Denmark, General, International, Lifestyle, MBL
Posted on 28 February 2010. Tags: Denmark, Politics, Tibet
The Danish government is reconsidering its position on the Tibetan question following criticism that its statement made last December was too strong.
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Posted in Culture, Denmark, General, International, MBL, Politics
Posted on 28 February 2010. Tags: church, conservative, Finland, gay rights, women
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church is desperately seeking reconciliation between conservatives and reformists as it searches for a new Archbishop to preside over what is becoming an increasingly acrimonious conflict.
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Posted in Culture, Finland, General, Lifestyle, MBL, Society
Posted on 26 February 2010. Tags: Denmark, facebook, Islam, Politics, racism
A young councillor with the Danish People’s Party has been ostracised from his political organisation following his posting of inflammatory comments on the social networking site Facebook.
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Posted in Culture, Denmark, General, Lifestyle, MBL, Politics
Posted on 21 February 2010. Tags: art, charity, design, Iceland, red cross, shopping
If you have been wondering why the Red Cross shop on Reykjavik’s Laugavegur shopping street is looking a bit different, read on...
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Posted in Culture, General, Iceland, Leisure, Lifestyle, MBL
Posted on 21 February 2010. Tags: emmigration, Greenland, independence, people, students
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.
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Posted in Culture, Denmark, General, Greenland, Lifestyle, MBL, Politics, Society
Posted on 20 February 2010. Tags: documentary, economy, film, future of hope, Iceland, money
Future of Hope is a new feature length documentary about some of the good things that are happening in post banking crisis Iceland.
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Posted in Art, Culture, General, Iceland, MBL