Finland’s Minority Ombudsman is to investigate whether a gym is guilty of discrimination after it banned Muslims from praying in its locker room. Eva Biudet says she will speak to management at the Lady Fitness Centre in Helsinki’s Espoon Keskus district to find out why they put up a notice asking for customers to keep [...]
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Finnish gym bans locker room prayers
Posted on 07 September 2010.
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Sex, family and jogging on an equal footing for Swedish women
Posted on 27 July 2010.
Jogging is as important as spending time with the family or having sex, according to a new survey of Swedish women. The study, carried out by iFORM lifestyle magazine, found Swedish women would rather don a pair of trainers and trot round the block than have coffee with friends, watch TV or call up their [...]
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More Danes opt for name change
Posted on 26 July 2010.
Traditional Danish surnames such as Jensen, Nielsen and Hansen could be dying out, as more people change their aliases in a bid to stand out from the crowd. Since new laws were introduced in 2006 making it easier for people to pick their own monikers, over 320,000 Danes have opted to be called by something [...]
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