Scandinavia
No Apology For Blasphemous Caricature: Swedish Newspaper, September 5, 2007, Daily Times (Lahore)
Sweden finally finds some spine.
Police: Residence Permit Fraud On Increase, August 30, 2007, The YLE News (Finland)
Foreigners in Finland use student status to get in; then begin working instead.
Government Proposing Zero Tolerance in Racism Prevention, August 13, 2007, Helsingin Sanomat
Finland takes another step in the wrong direction.
6 Africans Desert Soccer Tournament, August 8, 2007, AP
Were to play in the “Homeless World Cup” in Copenhagen.
Police Struggle With Hate Crimes Caseload, August 1, 2007, The Local (Färögatan, Sweden)
Did Sweden have a hate-crimes problem before there was mass immigration?
Swedes: Integration Is Not Working, July 27, 2007, The Local (Sweden)
Is Sweden bad at integrating immigrants? Or are immigrants bad at assimilating?
"Youths" and Night Life, July 24, 2007, Gates of Vienna
Finnish clubs contend with foreign gangs who manhandle women.
Comments In Interview Could Bring Charges Of Inciting Racism Against PM Vanhanen’s Father, July 23, 2007, Helsingin Sanomat
“Fundamental right of expression” doesn’t include telling the truth about race.
Sweden Struggles To Integrate Muslim Immigrants, July 17, 2007, AFP
Immigrants came seeking “asylum,” not work.
More Teachers Needed For Immigrants, June 15, 2007, Helsingin Sanomat
A problem Finland didn’t use to have.
Swedish Attitudes Harden On Immigration, June 1, 2007, Local (Sweden)
Twenty-five percent prepared to vote for a party in favor of restricting immigrant rights.
Miss Norway Is 50 Percent Pinoy, May 30, 2007, Manila Standard Today
First runner-up was also of Filipino descent.
Immigration Maintains Urban Population Growth In Finland, May 22, 2007, Helsingin Sanomat
Every second person to move to Helsinki from somewhere else in Finland is foreign-born.
Iraqis Finding A Haven In Sweden, May 21, 2007, Los Angeles Times
Desert-dwellers don’t feel at home near the Arctic Circle. Who knew?
Swedish Town Learns Chinese, Clawing Back Jobs Lost To The East, May 14, 2007, Bloomberg
Chinese trading centers to be built across the Baltic; many new jobs to be held by Chinese.
Cartoons Possible Terror Motive, May 11, 2007, Copenhagen Post
Remember the Mohammed cartoons? So do these guys.
Immigration To Norway Increasing, May 10, 2007, worrkpermit.com (London)
Immigration from Europe up, immigration from Asia and Africa down.
Far-Right Party Pushes For Racially Pure Pre-Schools, May 1, 2007, The Local (Kista, Sweden)
Thinks non-Swedes should learn about their own heritage—back in their country.
Woman Wearing Burqa Denied Bus Trip In Sweden, April 26, 2007, Independent OnLine
Driver’s account differs from woman’s.
Sweden Takes Aim At Honor Crimes, March 21, 2007, AP
Sweden experiencing “emerging” traditions, courtesy of Muslim immigrants.
Cost Of Receiving Immigrants ‘To Double’ By 2010, March 15, 2007, The Local (Sweden)
Iraqis account for large increase in the number of foreigners allowed to stay in Sweden.
Oslo Rape Statistics Shock, March 2, 2007, Aftenposten (Jarlsberg, Norway)
80% of victims are Norwegians; 65% of perps are immigrants; 90% of cases not prosecuted.