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
Posted on 11 March 2010. Tags: Norway, piracy, shipping, Somalia
The Norwegian-owned UBT Ocean oil-product tanker, along with its 21-member crew, has been captured by Somali pirates in the waters of the Indian Ocean.
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Posted in Business, General, International, MBL, Norway, Travel
Posted on 10 March 2010. Tags: aluminium, economy, electricity, Iceland
Nordural (Century Aluminium) pays a quarter less for its electricity in Iceland than the global average. This was revealed in a confidential leaked document to RUV.
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Posted in Business, Energy, Environment, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Politics
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 09 March 2010. Tags: internet, social networking, Sweden, work
A new survey has revealed that a mere seven percent of Swedish businesses have a formal social media policy which covers how staff can access websites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook during work hours.
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Posted in Business, General, International, Leisure, MBL, Sweden, Technology
Posted on 08 March 2010. Tags: Airport in Iceland, Iceland, Iceland Airport, Iceland Economy, keflavik international airport
Keflavik International
Airport in Iceland is preparing for expansive incoming flight traffic within the next few months, due to the increased attention brought to the country by the current economical dispute.
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Posted in General, Iceland, International, Leisure, Travel
Posted on 07 March 2010. Tags: agriculture, Denmark, farming, subsidies
The Danish government’s new agricultural platform, aimed at helping farmers, has been questioned by industry experts who see the move as potentially damaging to agricultural efficiency.
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Posted in Business, Denmark, Environment, General, MBL, Politics
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 06 March 2010. Tags: court, EU, hemp, legal, Sweden
After a decade-long struggle, a Swedish hemp farmer from Halland has won a favourable court ruling which declared the state’s seizure of his crop illegal. For all the legal wrangling, which was heard in both Swedish and European courts, the man was awarded just SEK 10,000 (USD 1,500) compensation.
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Posted in Business, Environment, European Union, General, MBL, Sweden