Posted on 18 March 2010. Tags: Business location, Business Tourism, Conference Location, Hotels in Copenhagen, Hotels in Denmark, Incentive Programs
According to the latest business and
conference location rankings set by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Denmark has been named as the leading destination to conduct business and travel.
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Posted in Business, Denmark, General, International, Leisure, Travel
Posted on 18 March 2010. Tags: crime, Iceland, satellite, telelvision
It is suspected that sabotage was the reason for the loss of power to a microwave communications centre in Reykjavik early this morning.
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Posted in Business, Energy, General, Iceland, Leisure, MBL, Society
Posted on 18 March 2010. Tags: film, hollywood, Iceland, jar city, myrin, opinion
The second in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: Hollywood takes on Iceland Continue Reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Environment, General, Iceland, Leisure, MBL, United States
Posted on 17 March 2010. Tags: Scandinavian music, South By Southwest, SXSW, SXSW 2010
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.
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Posted in Culture, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, General, Greenland, Iceland, International, Leisure, Music, Norway, Scandinavia, Sweden, United States
Posted on 17 March 2010. Tags: ireland, Norway, oslo, st. patrick's Day
The Oslo Caledonian Pipe Band (OCPB) was the main attraction in this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade in the Norwegian capital city.
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Posted in Culture, General, International, Leisure, Lifestyle, MBL, Music, Norway
Posted on 15 March 2010. Tags: art, attendance, gallery, museum, Reykjavik
The attendance record at Reykjavik Art Museum was broken last year when the number of museum visitors for the first time exceeded two hundred thousand, with the overall number of visitors in 2009 reaching a total of two hundred and twenty thousand.
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Posted in Art, Culture, General, Iceland, Leisure, MBL
Posted on 15 March 2010. Tags: bus, court, discrimination, gay, Sweden
SL, the Stockholm local transport authority, has been asked by the Swedish discrimination ombudsman (DO) to provide adequate compensation to a gay man after he was instructed to leave a bus by a local driver.
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Posted in General, Lifestyle, MBL, Sweden, Travel
Posted on 14 March 2010. Tags: cuddle, embrace, friendship, love, Sweden
Swedes have always been keen to adopt trends emanating from the United States, and the latest craze to hit Scandinavia is the cuddle party.
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Posted in Culture, General, International, Lifestyle, MBL, Sweden
Posted on 13 March 2010. Tags: Norway, oil fund, pensions, recession
The Government Pension Fund Global, or National Oil Fund, recorded a record annual return for 2009 according to a new report by the Norwegian Central Bank.
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Posted in Business, Energy, General, Lifestyle, MBL, Norway, Society
Posted on 11 March 2010. Tags: bahamas, crime, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, nordic, Norway, Sweden, tax
An information sharing contract has been signed between the Nordic nations and the Bahamas, intended to hinder Nordic tax evasion.
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Posted in Business, Denmark, Finland, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Norway, Politics, Society, Sweden, Travel