March 7, 2012
Italy’s Mason-Dixon Line: Euro Crisis Fuels South Tyrolean Separatist Dreams Many in northern Italy have long wanted to secede. Now, the euro crisis is giving the separatist movement new momentum, with the rich north unwilling to pony up for the poor south. Prime Minister Monti’s efforts to exert control may be making matters worse. (via SPIEGEL ONLINE)

Italy’s Mason-Dixon Line: Euro Crisis Fuels South Tyrolean Separatist Dreams

Many in northern Italy have long wanted to secede. Now, the euro crisis is giving the separatist movement new momentum, with the rich north unwilling to pony up for the poor south. Prime Minister Monti’s efforts to exert control may be making matters worse. (via SPIEGEL ONLINE)

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Filed under: Italy South Tyrol Politics Economy Autonomous Regions Separatism Eurozone Crisis Eurozone Debt Crisis Populism 
November 24, 2011
Faroe Islands Inhabitants catch and slaughter pilot whales during the traditional ‘Grindadrap’ near the capital Torshavn. Residents of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous province of Denmark, slaughter and eat pilot whales every year. The Faroese are descendents of Vikings, and pilot whales have been a central part of their diet for more than 1,000 years. They crowd the animals into a bay and kill them. ‘Grindadrap’ whaling is not done for commercial purposes, the meat can not be sold and is divided evenly between members of the local community. (via Telegraph) So, what do we call this then? Sustainable whaling? Social whaling? Let’s just hope that pilot whales aren’t high on the endangered list. You can see how the whales are hered into the killing bay here.

Faroe Islands

Inhabitants catch and slaughter pilot whales during the traditional ‘Grindadrap’ near the capital Torshavn. Residents of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous province of Denmark, slaughter and eat pilot whales every year. The Faroese are descendents of Vikings, and pilot whales have been a central part of their diet for more than 1,000 years. They crowd the animals into a bay and kill them. ‘Grindadrap’ whaling is not done for commercial purposes, the meat can not be sold and is divided evenly between members of the local community. (via Telegraph)

So, what do we call this then? Sustainable whaling? Social whaling? Let’s just hope that pilot whales aren’t high on the endangered list. You can see how the whales are hered into the killing bay here.

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Filed under: Autonomous Regions Denmark Faroe Islands Traditions Celebrations Festivals Grindadrap Animals Whales Pilot Whales Whale Meat Faroese Vikings Viking Food & Drink Diet Meat Whaling Photography Torshavn 
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