ICELAND’S DAILY NEWSPAPER DV TO CATER FOR POLISH EXPATS WITH ONLINE NEWS SERVICE
January 22nd 2008 10:25
Iceland Review Online reports that Iceland’s Minister of Social Affairs Johanna Sigurdardottir formally opened a Polish news website yesterday as a subsection of dv.is, the news website for Icelandic daily newspaper DV. All the main stories from DV will be translated to Polish.
According to a press release, editor of DV Thorarinn Thorarinsson said the news website is meant to provide service for the Polish community in Iceland. “Easy access to the main news stories from the Icelandic society strengthens the position of those who are trying to gain footing in a foreign community, foreign because of language barriers.”
“This is certainly a much-needed initiative,” said Helga Olafs, information officer of Althjodahus, the intercultural center in Reykjavik. “Immigrants have increased steadily and now account for about seven percent of the Icelandic nation. Poles make up the largest community within that group, almost one third of it.”
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