Posted on 07 February 2012. Tags: drugs, employment, Finland, jobs, testing
More Finnish employees are being tested for drug use than ever before, according to a new report.
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Posted in Business, Culture, Finland, Lifestyle, MBL, Society, Technology
Posted on 06 February 2012. Tags: currents, electricity, Energy, green, Iceland, ocean, power, sea, tide
Valdimar Össurarson runs a company called Valorka, which has designed a marine electric turbine by the same name. The generator won first prize at the International Inventors' Awards 2011. The company hopes its turbine will create a steady and reliable supply of electricity.
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Posted in Energy, Environment, Iceland, MBL, Technology
Posted on 06 February 2012. Tags: crime, Finland, media, online, police, press
Witnesses to crimes and accidents in Finland are frequently alerting the media before the police, according to reports.
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Posted in Culture, Finland, MBL, Technology
Posted on 06 February 2012. Tags: crime, love, murder, prison, romance, Sweden, wedding bells
Two notorious Swedish murderers plan to marry after meeting and falling in love in a high security psychiatric ward.
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Posted in General, Lifestyle, MBL, Sweden, Technology
Posted on 04 February 2012. Tags: accident, climate, collins, golbal warming, Greenland, ice, map, publishing
The world’s most authoritative atlas maker has updated its most recent edition following widespread criticism from scientists who said Greenland was looking far too green.
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Posted in Business, Environment, General, Greenland, International, MBL, Technology, United Kingdom
Posted on 03 February 2012. Tags: danmarks radio, Denmark, DR, exposé, India, textiles
India has stopped issuing visas to journalists of Denmark’s public broadcaster, DR, due to a 2010 documentary focusing on working conditions within the country’s textile industry.
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Posted in Denmark, General, International, MBL, Politics, Technology, Travel
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 01 February 2012. Tags: africa, deaf, Iceland, internet, Norway, sign language, signwiki, technology
Icelandic sign language is now, for the first time, available to everybody online. Iceland's education and culture minister opened the new internet language learning portal today, which already contains over 1,200 signs.
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Posted in Culture, Iceland, International, MBL, Society, Technology
Posted on 31 January 2012. Tags: bomb, disposal, Iceland, package, police, Politics, Reykjavik
A suspicious box was found early this morning at the corner or Hverfisgata in Reykjavík -- just outside the country's Prime Ministry. A bomb disposal robot blew the package up and others are being searched for.
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Posted in General, Iceland, MBL, Politics, Technology
Posted on 31 January 2012. Tags: air media center, app, apple, Iceland, ipad, iphone, samsung
The Kopavógur-based software development company App Dynamic ehf. has released the latest in a line of successful apps for iPhone/iPad in Apple's App Store. Just days after its release, Air Media Center is topping app sales in over 40 countries and continues to climb international charts.
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Posted in Business, Iceland, International, MBL, Technology