A Finnish name for a grammar pendant has been praised by an American website, which picked out the top foreign words that should be assimilated into the English language.
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Finnish grammar grumps’ noun praised
Posted on 13 March 2012.
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The Living in Copenhagen Diary entry number two: Snakke Dansk?
Posted on 06 March 2012.
The second in a new series of light-hearted columns about life as a foreigner living in the Danish capital.
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages becomes UN Cultural Institute
Posted on 22 November 2011.
The Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages in Iceland will from now on be a part of UNESCO and will be called the United Nations Cultural Institute.
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Gaming geeks better at English
Posted on 22 November 2011.
Finnish boys are pulling in better grades in English than Finnish girls because they spend more time playing computer games, according to a new report.
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Summer courses in Icelandic language in full swing
Posted on 06 August 2011.
Every summer hundreds of foreign students visit Iceland in order to learn the Icelandic language. This year, over a hundred of them are studying in the remote and wild Westfjords region.
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Free online Greenlandic language course launched
Posted on 25 April 2011.
Since its release a year ago, Sermersooq.dk has received over 10,000 visitors. The website provides Danish – Greenlandic, Greenlandic – Danish language courses for beginners. Now it will be available for free to everyone.
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Military interpreter denied residency
Posted on 10 February 2011.
An interpreter who risks his life alongside Danish soldiers in Afghanistan has been refused a residency permit despite coming to the country almost a decade ago.
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Icelandic Language Day celebrated today
Posted on 16 November 2010.
Today is the Day of the Icelandic Language – deliberately timed to coincide with the birthday of the famous poet, author and naturalist Jonas Hallgrimsson (1807-1845).
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More Members of Parliament against the Icesave deal
- IMF loan to Iceland blocked by Dutch and British
- Icelandic economy: making sense of the unintelligible
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British and Dutch stance on Icesave hardening
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Finland’s president to visit Iceland
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President of Iceland calls for scrutiny of economic failure at Global Leadership Summit 2013 in London
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Riots shake Stockholm for three consecutive nights
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Central bank starts buying forex
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A Government of the Progressive Party and the Independence Party has been formed and took office today