The fourth in a new series of light-hearted columns about life as a foreigner living in the Danish capital.
Tag Archive | "italy"
The Living in Copenhagen Diary entry number four: Parli Italiano?
Posted on 22 March 2012.
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Woman dies from olive poisoning: product recall follows
Posted on 02 November 2011.
An elderly woman has died and another person remains in hospital in Finland after contracting a very rare form of food poisoning from organic Italian olives.
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Italian MP slams gay Ikea ad
Posted on 28 April 2011.
A top Italian official has caused outrage by labelling an Ikea advert, which shows two gay men holding hands, as “bad taste”.
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Berlusconi woos Gaddafi with ‘Danish train gift’
Posted on 03 March 2011.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has given Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi a customised Danish train, according to reports.
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Norway proves it is expensive to smoke
Posted on 21 October 2010.
A Tunisian man flying Ryanair from Milan to Oslo found out first hand why all the on-board anti smoking signs are so severely worded.
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Finnish traditionalists moved to action over crucifix ruling
Posted on 14 November 2009.
Last week the European Human Rights Court (ECHR) ruled that Italy was to remove all crucifixes from state school classroom walls.
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Finland’s Latvala dominates Italy-Sardinia Rally
Posted on 27 May 2009.
Driving his Ford Focus, Finland’s Jari-Matti Latvala truly dominated the Rally of Italy-Sardinia to take the racing event. This race was the sixth stage in the current World Rally Championship season, and the first victory for the Finn-dominated Ford team since it took the Japan Rally at the end of 2008.
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Italian insurance company eyes Scandinavia for expansion
Posted on 29 April 2008.
Chairman Antoine Bernheim may not be convinced, but rumour is that Assicurazioni Generali, the biggest and one of the most important insurance firms in Italy, is considering expanding its operations into Norway or Sweden, according to Reuters. Bernheim is reportedly reluctant to enter into any large acquisitions at present. “We’re looking at the possibility of [...]
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