Tag: YouTube
Wag the Bear: How a Danish NGO helps deliver the truth to Russians via YouTube
“You want answers/I want the truth!/You can’t handle the truth!” Only in the 2023 version of ‘A Few Good Men’, where Jack Nicholson portrays the Russian state and a Danish NGO, The WHY Foundationwill be played by Tom Cruise. That leaves the jury as to the people of Russia, who, courtesy of the NGO, can […]
Mia Khalifa – The Repentant Porn Star
Mia Khalifa (born 1993) is an influencer, webcam model and former porn star Shortly after her family leaves conflict-torn Lebanon for the United States, the 9/11 attacks occur. The terrorist attack will be the start of a period of increased xenophobia and mistrust towards people with roots in the Middle East. For young Mia Khalifa, […]
Ruben Östlund’s unknown game to win an Oscar
The US Correspondent Roger Wilson tells about the game that is being talked about before the Oscars, which will be decided on Sunday. Swedish Ruben Östlund’s “Triangle of Sadness” has a chance at three prizes. But to win, it takes more than just a good film – behind every award is persistent campaigning. The news […]
This is how Anonymous Sudan and Russian hackers attack Sweden
In February 2023, websites belonging to large Swedish companies, authorities and institutions will be shut down. Among other things, SAS, SVT, several universities and hospitals are affected. It soon becomes clear that the hacker group Anonymous Sudan is behind the overload attacks. – My first reaction was “yeah, right”, and quite a lot of skepticism […]
The battle over the stolen cultural treasures
Swedish Radio’s culture reporter My Benaissa tells the story of how activists break into museums and how Europe begins to give in to their demands to return cultural treasures. Hear about a historic turn in who has the right to cultural heritage objects. The news podcast Today’s Eco brings you a story every weekday morning […]
Lena Dunham – Girls, the drives and the excuses
Lena Dunham (b. 1986) is the director, screenwriter and actor who created Girls, one of the most talked about TV series of the 10th century, before she turned 25. She is crowned the “queen of comedy” and is celebrated for her pioneering portraits of women and sharp eyes on the present, sex and relationships. At […]
Kääri represents Finland in Eurovision
Käärijä’s victory was no small feat, as he won the landslide and secured a total of 539 points. Second-placed Portion Boys earned silver with 152 points. In the competition for the UMK trophy, seven songs with strong cues were pitted against each other. The Finnish public had a majority say in how the voting went, […]
Margaux Dietz – 2.0
On November 3, 2022, Margaux Dietz publishes a YouTube video in which her camera crew films a man lying right outside her apartment door. She sneaks out and takes a picture and laughs, and by her side is her son who is allowed to poke the man. In the video, she then calls her personal […]
Morrissey – from pioneer to pariah
The summer of 1992 has been unusually rainy in London, but on Saturday 8 August the sun shines on the 30,000 concertgoers in Finsbury Park. The operatic voice booms as Morrissey enters the stage. His blue jeans are quite tight and the shiny gold shirt is unbuttoned all the way to the navel. But the […]
Andrew Tate – the self-proclaimed knight of men
Andrew Tate has been called both the internet’s scariest man and the face of male toxicity. He’s a former kickboxer who got kicked out of the reality show Big Brother, ran a webcam business and became a self-help guru to loads of guys and young men around the world. But it was in December that […]
The strategic game behind Turkey’s NATO no
Turkish President Erdogan rejects Sweden time and time again, and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) calls for national calm so as not to stir up the mood. What looked like a reasonably quick journey into NATO has become a long bench of foreign policy suffering. Rasmus Paludan’s Koran burning and the hanging Erdogan doll in […]
In the minds of those who want to overthrow democracy
Conflict makes a journey through the throng of coup plotters. Dissatisfaction with covid restrictions, increased petrol taxes, vaccinations and migration policy have been mixed into a dangerous cocktail that has exploded in its parts. Most recently in Brazil, where we follow Bolsonaro’s bloggers who called for a storming of the parliament already in December. This […]
Jack Ma – the billionaire who flew too close to the sun
On November 11, 2020, the Chinese e-commerce giant strikes Alibaba’s annual shopping holiday Singles Day a dizzying sales record. Company founder Jack Ma has become synonymous with success in China. He is a world celebrity who thrives in the limelight, accustomed to shaking hands with presidents and swarming with Hollywood stars. But when Alibaba’s customers […]
Meta restores Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts
Trump’s Facebook account was the most followed account at the time of the freeze, with hundreds of millions of followers, the New York Times reported to Meta. On January 7, 2021, the day after hundreds of people stormed the Capitol in his support, Meta fired Trump from his platforms, citing that he was inciting more […]
Sweden sends Archer to Ukraine
On January 19, 2022, the moderate-led government announces at a press conference that it is preparing to send the Archer artillery system to Ukraine – a system that has been high on Ukraine’s wish list for months. – I would say that it has much less significance than we think, says Patrik Oksanen, security policy […]
Modern TV consumption in Denmark: most likely streamed from a domestic provider … and watched on your Jack Jones
Do you still have the impression that you make TV differently? “Oh, we never watch it … we stream everything,” has become the standard remark in recent years. Well, a new report confirms that almost everyone is on the streaming bandwagon. ONE sneak premiere of ‘Medieudviklingen 2022’, the annual DR report on media habits, published […]
The YouTuber who mocked Putin and Kadyrov – and disappeared
Cast: Tumso Abdurachmanov, in an interview with Konflikt from 2021, “Mary”Chechen in Sweden, founder of the human rights organization “Vayfond”, “Idris”the Chechen in Sweden who was hired by the Kadyrov regime to carry out murders in Turkey, who has now had his asylum application rejected in Sweden, Sabbathregime-critical Chechen who today fights against Russia in […]
The Michelin guide has chosen the city of Turku to launch its 2023 Nordic restaurant selection
Offering a vibrant food culture, cafe culture and unique products, the city is also a magical gateway to a wonderful and unique archipelago consisting of 40,000 islands and islets. “For the first time since we started organizing our MICHELIN Guide events in the Nordic countries, we have chosen Finland and the beautiful city of Turku […]
Finland’s National Selection for the Eurovision Song Contest Revealed: Who Will Represent Finland in Liverpool?
Beginning at midnight on each artist’s own day, the songs and videos will be available on the Finnish Broadcasting company’s streaming service Yle Areena, as well as on Youtube, Spotify, and other music streaming services at midnight on their own respective days. Press material for each song entry will be published in the morning of […]
Online influencer detained on suspicion of human trafficking Reuters
Controversial ?manosphere? Guru Andrew Tate was handcuffed in Romania on Thursday Former British kickboxer and controversial social media star Andrew Tate was arrested in Romania along with his brother Tristan Tate on Thursday. Prosecutors suspect the couple of human trafficking and rape, Reuters has reported. Tate was photographed in handcuffs while being escorted by Romanian […]
Silvio Berlusconi – Italy’s eternal comeback kid
When right-wing nationalist Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy’s prime minister in 2022, Silvio Berlusconi will be almost 90 years old. But he is still the leader of his self-started, liberal-conservative party Forza Italia – which is part of the government coalition. During his more than 60 years as a professional in an Italy where politics is […]
The number of visits to Seri’s support center will probably increase when the revised sexual crime legislation comes into force
“The legislative reform is excellent, but we are concerned about the increase in visits to Seri’s support center and how we can manage them,” says Riina KorjamoDoctor in charge of HUS Seri Support Center. The legislative reform will increase the number of preliminary investigations, prosecutions, district court challenges and proceedings in the Court of Appeal. […]
Sweden brings home the soldiers who fight against terror
For several years, one of the most important tasks of the defense was to protect Sweden abroad, and to acquire allies in the same vein. That was one of the points of the effort in Afghanistan and now most recently in Mali in West Africa. There, Sweden has participated both in the UN force Minusma […]
Kate Bush – the uncompromising chameleon who made a comeback
It is June 20, 1993, and the 34-year-old British pop artist Kate Bush steps into a TV studio. Bush has recently released his seventh album, The Red Shoesand tonight she will appear in Aspel & Company – a popular talk show where celebrities are questioned. The atmosphere in the studio is relaxed, even though host […]
The EU expresses concern about Twitter’s content control practices
In a later tweet, the commissioner urged IT companies to “review their content moderation practices and address the deficiencies soon.” “It is disappointing that most IT companies participating in the EU Code of Conduct have slowed their response to #Online Hate Speech reports,” he said. On Thursday, the European Commission published the results of the […]
Jair Bolsonaro – armed with Bible and memes
Even during his time in the army, Jair Bolsonaro feels that his homeland is about to develop in the wrong direction. Since then, he has spent most of his adult life longing to return to the Brazil of the military dictatorship. P3 ID about Jair Bolsonaro is a story of political and religious beliefs. It […]
Wilder than Christmas:
Not much these days makes me jump for joy. Abandonment of senses Definitely not watching DRTV news or listening to BBC4. It’s all doom and gloom, isn’t it? Especially in Britain, where despite the British reputation for humor, even the jokes and memes have dried up. I can still smile at a few though: Jonathan […]
The quantum computers that will crack Sweden’s secrets
Our everyday lives and the security of the kingdom depend on digital keys that protect our secrets. But the development of quantum computers threatens that security. The race to the next type of supercomputer Two parallel races are currently underway: One is about being the first with the new technology and accumulating secrets without anyone […]
The world is arming itself with Swedish weapons
The global rearmament The world spends a record amount of money on rearmament and defense. In 2021, the world’s countries spent $2.1 trillion on military expenditures, according to data from the peace research institute SIPRI. A lot because countries like Russia, China and India invested more and more in their militaries, and the United States, […]
Thomas Stenström – the small town guy who defeated jante
It’s a summer evening in 2015. Sweden’s new rising star, the artist and songwriter Thomas Stenström, is out on tour. The crowd is great along the picket fence. The audience eagerly waits for Thomas and his band to come on stage. The atmosphere among the concertgoers could not have been better. But, what the tagged […]
VMA in Unnaryd in Hylte municipality, Halland county •
The documentary was made in November 2022 by Annizeth Åberg and Julia Fredriksson. The sounds are taken from Sveriges Radio, SVT, Aftonbladet, TV4, Dagens Nyheter, Expressen and Youtube.
David Beckham – soccer hunk, style icon and Qatar ambassador
In October 2021, soccer icon David Beckham will be presented as the new face of Qatar, and the soccer World Cup that will be hosted in the country in 2022. Beckham is soon heavily criticized by human rights organizations such as Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, who claim that he is helping to paint a […]
11 Brightest Moments of Mikhail Gorbachev in Pop Culture
The person who destroyed the communist regime and the Berlin Wall could not help but inspire artists and film directors and leave his mark on popular culture. Read below how the first and only president of the Soviet Union became a hero of conceptualists, TV series, pop art, music – and even advertising. Gorbachev in […]
Local Round-Up: Man shot and killed in Christiania last night
A 23-year-old man was shot and killed in Christiania on Wednesday 26 October between 17:00 and 18:00. He was apparently hit at close range on Pusherstreet, the area of freetown where cannabis is commonly sold in the open. The victim is a well-known figure in the environment. Suspects are SomalisPolice have released a description of […]
Important notice to the public in Gävle in Gävle municipality, Gävleborg county
The documentary was made in October 2022 by Effie Karabuda. The sounds are taken from Chess24, Saint Louis Chess Club, BBC, the documentary The Prince of Chess and Youtube.
Princess Latifa – the escape from Dubai
In March 2018, the world was reached by a cry for help in the form of a video message on YouTube. In the video, a 32-year-old woman can be seen introducing herself as Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, Princess of Dubai. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and says she […]
That’s how pressured Vladimir Putin is: LIVE PODCAST
Upon the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, many observers believed that Russia would quickly prove itself militarily superior to Ukraine. But now, almost eight months later, Ukraine has continued to offer strong resistance. At the same time, Russia has recently intensified bombing and drone attacks against the capital of Ukraine and against […]
Business Round-Up: ‘Wise Men’ economists warn 100,000 will lose their jobs by end of 2023
The Economic Council, the economic council often referred to as ‘the sages’, has warned that three years of austerity is likely to hit the country. At least 100,000 of the 2,950,000 people currently in work are likely to lose their jobs over the next 14 months, it predicts. The development in September of the C25, […]
Zlatan’s statue that was vandalized and disappeared
Zlatan’s entry as a co-owner in Hammarby will be the start of a long series of vandalisms and threats that culminate on the night of January 5, 2020. The Swedish Football Association’s initiative to make a statue of one of Swedish football’s greatest players has consequences that no one could have foreseen. A program by […]
Kamikaze drones create the new horror of war
When the bridge between the Russian mainland and the annexed Crimean peninsula is blown up, Vladimir Putin responds with attacks on Ukrainian cities. Among the missiles targeting civilians are Iranian suicide drones. And drones have a big role in the war in Ukraine, not least in propaganda. On Twitter, for example, there are constantly new […]
These are Finns’ favorite online activities
Finns and their hobbies The most popular leisure activities outside the Internet are definitely still reading books, walking and moving in nature. Domestic and foreign travel are also favorite hobbies of Finns. Crossword puzzles and solving Sudoku puzzles are especially popular during the winter when people aren’t watching streaming services. Another seasonal hobby is spending […]
Grimes – the indie promise that became a Twitter joke
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, the clattering sound of cameras can be heard. It’s a May evening in 2018 and it’s time for one of the biggest events of the year – the Met Gala. World celebrities, artists, actors and fashion personalities pose on the unrolled beige carpet. The theme for the […]
Youtubers’ start-up brands: Cash Grab or the next step?
Why in today’s world every YouTube platform creator has products, branding or many lanes to explore. First, it is due to the need to create multiple streams of income. This income diversification has several support mechanisms built in that not only preserve the legacy but also leapfrog those using traditional methods. By taking Bandage For […]
Culture Round-Up: Disney+ is creeping up on Netflix’s shoulder, but neither can compete with YouTube
The average TV viewer in Denmark streams over an hour of content every day, and the breakdown confirms the enormous popularity of the video sharing platform YouTube among most young people. They spend so much time on the platform that it’s enough to push YouTube, with an average of 20 minutes per person per day, […]
Part 2: The Sackler Family – The Pill Dynasty and the US Opioid Crisis
For a long time, the wealthy Sackler family has been primarily known for its generous donations to elite universities and museums – the name adorns halls and galleries around the world. Few people notice that it is parts of the Sackler family that are behind the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma and the strong, pain-relieving tablet […]
Dave Grohl – the drummer who stepped into the limelight
It’s a rainy evening at The Reading Festival in England in 1992. 40,000 fans have braved the weather and are eagerly waiting for the evening’s main act, the grunge rock band Nirvana. Recently, Nirvana has gone from being an underground band to attracting mainstream audiences. But the successes have not only brought good things with […]
Anise Don Demina
Anise Don Demina is one of Sweden’s biggest Youtubers with over half a million followers. He has participated in the Melodifestivalen, both as a contestant and presenter, and has given us hits such as “Vem e som oss”. He also made “Flaggan i topp” which was Sweden’s official EC football song. During the spring, Anis […]
Europe’s largest disc golf tournament attracts thousands to Finland
In Finnish, a term "puck" means disk or puck, and it is quite well known that Finns go wild for the sport played with a puck. However, another puck sport has taken Finland by storm in recent decades, but it is not played with a puck, stick or even ice. It is played on the […]
Brittney Griner – the basketball star who risks imprisonment in Russia
It has been more than 150 days in Russian custody for American basketball star Brittney Griner, who was arrested at a Moscow airport in February after customs officials found cannabis oil in her bag. She has been detained at a time when relations between her home country, the United States and Russia, are worse than […]
Putin’s war splits Russian families
A documentary from Radio Liberty’s web TV channel shows how the war in Ukraine has created deep conflicts within families in Russia. Mothers who follow Russian propaganda channels do not believe what their regime-critical children tell about the reality of the war. Siblings on different sides of the conflict can no longer talk about the […]
Ed Sheeran – love, hate and plagiarism charges
It’s March 8, 2022 outside the courtroom in London. Today’s main character jumps out of the gray car with tinted windows. He who usually dresses in jeans and a t-shirt today has a black suit and white shirt underneath. The sun and camera flashes are reflected in the black windows of the car. Ed Sheeran […]
Copenhagen shooter remanded in custody in psychiatric treatment due to reports that he uploaded videos with weapons the day before the attack
The man arrested for killing three people and injuring several others during a shooting at Field’s mall will be remanded in custody at a psychiatric ward for 24 days, police said Monday. The 22-year-old Danish man had been known by psychiatric professionals, the police had previously stated, and there was no indication that the shooting […]
Camilla Hamid
Camilla Hamid is Sweden’s biggest baking influencer and runs the award-winning baking blog My Kitchen Stories. She also has large following on both Instagram and Youtube where she shares baking inspiration under her real name. Camilla Hamid is also a teacher of home economics and has published three textbooks. Camilla Hamid on her Summer Talk: […]
John Lennon – The Beatles, Yoko and the Murder
It’s Thanksgiving in 1974 in the large Madison Square Garden concert venue in New York. For over an hour and a half, a man has been anxiously circulating backstage. He has beige platform shoes, dark blue flared trousers and a black jacket. And soon it’s his turn to give up on stage. He has just […]
The trick that makes you spread lies about Sweden
Influence campaigns, deep fake and misinformation How do you recognize an influence operation, who is behind it and how does it go when you become a pawn in the game? Erik Blix finds out how it goes when foreign power tricks us into sharing fabricated stories that will destroy Sweden. Participating are Brit Stakson, media […]
SPECIAL This is Harry Styles
Host: Olivia AxelsonProducer: Johanna Heed Featuring: The X-Factor UK, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, BBC, Youtube, Warner Bros. Pictures The junior news’ special podcast makes a weekly dive of six minutes into the week’s most important news or a topic that is extra interesting and exciting.
Stevie Nicks – Fleetwood Mac, the drugs and the big comeback
The year is 1977. A 29-year-old woman is sitting on a pillow on the floor of a large house in Hollywood. She has long rye blonde hair with bangs and is wearing a long black dress and gold jewelry. In front of her is a camera set up and a journalist from the Australian program […]
See: Classic car parade cruises through Helsinki
A parade of about 200 classic vehicles drove through the sunny streets of Helsinki on Sunday afternoon. The procession through downtown took about an hour, after which vehicles stopped at Senate Square and Market Square, allowing spectators to take a closer look at them. Many of the polished and refurbished cars arrived by ferry from […]
Ruben Östlund – the king of bad mood
Ruben Östlund grows up with his mother and cat Bilbo on Styrsö. His love of skiing and the camera eventually takes him all the way to film directing training in Gothenburg. Together with his newfound friend and co-worker Erik Hemmendorff, Ruben decides that they will make a film entirely according to their own motto. They […]
Culture collection: Two thirds of print newspaper subscribers are retired
Only 14 percent of the adults in Denmark (700,000 people in total) have a subscription to a printed newspaper, against 11 percent who subscribe to an online newspaper, according to The cultural habits survey, the cultural habits survey covers the first quarter of 2022. About 6 percent subscribe to both. The results indicate that it […]
The lies that will harm Sweden
Since Sweden submitted its application for NATO membership, those warnings have been lingering: We risk being exposed to attempts at influence by foreign powers. But how does that really work and what is at stake here? Participants: Ulrika MörthProfessor of Political Science at Stockholm University, Jan Kinnanderhead of the security office at Must, the military […]
Patti Smith – poetry, rock and the art of survival
It’s a Monday in the middle of summer in 1967. At the bus terminal to New York stands a slender black-haired young girl. Despite the summer heat, she is wearing jeans, polo and a long gray raincoat she bought at the Salvation Army for this very occasion Patti is 20 years old and this moment […]
Monday’s newspapers: Ukrainian school, false news and distressing times
The city of Jyväskylä has decided to channel Ukrainian children to one school next semester, says the regional newspaper Central Finland. This autumn, about 150 Ukrainian children aged 6-16 will start teaching at a school in the city of Voionmaa. According to the authorities, the growing number of Ukrainian refugees meant that it was becoming […]
VMA i Uppsala kommun •
Det är mars 2010 i staden Austin i Texas. Genom det stora sovrumsfönstret syns folklivet nere på gatan. Årets festival South by Southwest har dragit hit närmare 2000 band från hela världen och festen pågår dygnet runt. Men Linda orkar inte ens titta ut. Hon ligger däckad i sängen och under täcket är det tyst och […]
Farda Briefing: Why is Iran so worried about protesting teachers?
Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, a new RFE / RL newsletter that tracks key issues in Iran and explains why they are important. I’m RFE / RL senior correspondent Golnaz Esfandiari. Here is what I have been following for the past week and what I am looking forward to in the coming days. The […]
Ozzy Osbourne – the horror rocker who came into the heat
Des Moines, 1982. 5,000 people stand and stomp in the large concert hall and at the front of the stage in front of red velvet draperies stands Ozzy Osbourne. He is bare-chested and his trousers are black and tight. The eyes are made up in black and the sweaty long hair is glued along the […]
Steve-O – anarchy, circus and thumbtacks
Stephen “Steve-O” Glover growing up in the 80’s with the rock band Mötley Crue as idols. He is full of ideas but has a hard time finding a context that suits him. However, he has an asset that never fails: his skateboard. Steve soon also realizes that his great talent is to: strike. Through a […]
Work keeps Finns abroad – however, most Finns abroad would be willing to work remotely for Finnish employers
The most common reasons for returnees to return to Finland are related to close friends and family in their home country or the desire to live in Finland instead of being attracted to the labor market. Less than 10 percent of returnees cited the opportunity to continue their careers as a key reason for returning. […]
Swedish police arrest dozens after clashes at anti-immigrant meeting
Swedish police arrested 26 people after the weekend clashes between police and protesters gathered against plans from a right-wing extremist group to burn copies of the Koran, police said on Monday. Eight people were arrested in the city of Norrköping and 18 people were arrested in the neighboring city of Linköping, the police state in […]
Several were injured in clashes at an anti-immigration meeting in Sweden
Swedish police said police injured three people on Sunday in the eastern city of Norrköping when protesters protested against plans by a right-wing extremist group to burn copies of the Koran. “The police fired several warning shots. Three people appear to have been hit by ricochets and are currently being treated in hospital,” police said […]
The President and the Minister of Education will hold Ukraine, NATO Q&A with Finnish schoolchildren
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and the Minister of Education Li Andersson (left) a direct question-and-answer session with schoolchildren will be held on Wednesday, April 20 at 9:30 a.m. Topics include Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the security situation in Finland. The session will be broadcast live through the Ministry YouTube channel and the Office of […]
Avicii – part 2
The atmosphere is uplifting on the luxury hunt where Avicii’s team gathers after the concert on the Ultrafestival’s big stage, March 22, 2013. That the house audience’s favorite DJ offered a bluegrass band and played country songs was not well received by the audience. In Måns Mosesson’s book Tim: the biography of Avicii describes how […]
Avicii – part 1
The darkness has settled and it is completely packed in front of the big stage. The euphoric folk sea bathes in the flashing light show while they move in time to the thumping music. Behind the DJ booth is the biggest star shot of recent times in the house sky and he seems to have […]
Sven Melander
In his Sommarprat, Sven Melander says that he is a trained civil engineer – a profession in which he has never worked. Instead, he trained as a journalist and worked for a few years at both Expressen and Aftonbladet. There he meets Åke Cato and we get to know how it went when they became […]
Courtney Love – the scandal-ridden queen of rock
It is full of expectant fans in front of the stage at The Reading Festival in England on a late summer day in August 1994. The woman they are waiting for has in recent months avoided the public, while her face has been in almost every newspaper available. When she now steps out on stage […]
Music Preview: A song for September, a concert for November
British singer-songwriter JP Cooper stormed onto the stage with the unstoppable ‘September Song’. Scandinavia and especially Copenhagen have always had a special place in his heart, and this led him to a collaboration with the Norwegian singer Astrid S on ‘Sing With Me’. He’s coming to Store Vega on November 5th for a show – […]
Bangladeshi court grants bail to exile journalist sister
DHAKA, BANGLADESH – The sister of an American-speaking Bangladeshi journalist has been granted bail by a Bangladeshi court after 160 days in custody and, according to her lawyer, may be released sometime next week. Nusrat Shahrin Raka, 38, sister of journalist Kanak Sarwar, was arrested on October 5 in Dhaka by Bangladesh’s special police force […]
Travis Scott – the concert culture and fatal accident at Astroworld
It is nine o’clock in the evening when the big stage is finally lit up. The light forms a large red portal and above it hovers a huge bird that is licked by flames. The music thunders and at the same time as fire is shot up from the edge of the stage, the great […]
How difficult it is for a Dutchman to learn Russian
Arie Helderman is a Dutch guy who learned Russian, because he met a Russian girl when he was studying at university. Here he explains how he learned Russian and what struggles he faced. It was 2016 and I had been learning Russian for a couple of months. Together with my girlfriend we sat in a […]
The court fined a basic Finnish politician for ethnic incitement
The District Court of Southwest Finland has ruled that a Basic Finn politician Jyrki Åland guilty of two charges of incitement against an ethnic group. The court ordered Åland – the former chairman of the Turku branch of the Basic Finns – to pay 60 earnings-related daily fines, totaling 1,200 euros. The charges against Åland […]
The American technology giant risks Russian fines
The technology giant turned out to have limited competition with its video sharing platform YouTube US technology giant Google will be fined after Russian officials ruled it violated the country’s antitrust laws, in connection with its video sharing and social media site YouTube. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) published the news on its website on […]
The technical side of success in education: the story of the Nordic learning platform
He worked with Masnad, who became the company’s chief technology officer Nordic learning platform entered its most productive phase and the product was launched in the fall of 2021. Below, Masnad talks about the specifics of educational development, his approach to code evaluation, and the importance of code quality to business. Why education needs change […]
Spotify censored my Saudi-blasted Rogan look Kyle Kulinski
The progressive commentator said that his speech on Jamal Khashoggi’s murder and war crimes in Yemen may have caused old episodes to be removed. Spotify seems to have censored an old episode of the Joe Rogan Experience show due to criticism made in it against Saudi Arabia, the guest in the program has claimed. Kyle […]
Anna Wintour – The Devil of Reality in Prada
Anna Wintour, daughter of an influential newspaper maker, grew up during the epoch-making swinging sixties in London, and then moved to New York with her sights set on the absolute top of the fashion industry. She is mentioned early in the press as an ice queen, surrounded by rumors of a ruthless leadership style – […]
The UFC phenomenon Chimaev shows an intense starting camp in minus ten degrees
Khamzat Chimaev has prepared for his next UFC test in the Swedish wilderness The Chechen-born Swede Khamzat Chimaev is ready for an attack on the UFC championship in welterweight 2022 and ahead of what is expected to be a real rise in the competition this year, the undefeated superstar has shown exactly what he is […]
The Supreme Court overturned the journalist’s defamation sentence
The Supreme Court has overturned the defamation sentence handed down to the author and editor Johanna Vehkoo, decided that his 2016 Facebook message did not offend the former Oulu City Councilor Junes Lokka as a person. Last year, the Rovaniemi Court of Appeal upheld a judgment issued by the Oulu District Court in 2019 ordering […]
