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🇳🇴 Aftenposten
National & Local

Is the priest creating pressure to buy? asks the reader. The bishop is 'largely agreeing'.

A discussion is sparked regarding whether priests create pressure on funeral attendees to purchase floral arrangements by reading aloud from ribbons during memorial services, with both a bishop and funeral home advocating for sensitivity in condolences.

Mar 23 • 05:30 UTC
🇱🇹 15min
National & Local

Long-time priest of Klaipėda region has died

A long-serving priest from the Klaipėda region, L. Fetingis, has passed away, with funeral services planned in his hometown.

Mar 17 • 08:11 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

Obituaries on March 16

Several notable South Korean individuals have passed away, with funeral services scheduled for the upcoming days.

Mar 15 • 09:52 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
Crime & Justice

Trial for the 'Funeraria Case': 'They gave me someone else's ashes, not my father's'

A trial in Valladolid reveals irregularities in a funeral services fraud case affecting thousands of victims.

Mar 15 • 04:30 UTC
🇱🇻 LSM
Crime & Justice

Money in the background of grief: police reported deaths recorded in calls to the funeral home and their relatives

Several police officers were arrested in Latvia for allegedly abusing their authority by sharing information about deceased individuals with funeral service providers.

Mar 13 • 12:33 UTC
🇫🇮 Iltalehti
National & Local

A Cry from Helsinki - Chapels 'Full of the Dead'

Helsinki's crematoria are overwhelmed and storage facilities for the deceased are reaching capacity.

Mar 5 • 14:02 UTC
🇱🇻 LSM
National & Local

How are people without relatives buried in Latvia?

The article discusses the issue of how individuals who die alone and without family members are buried in Latvia, highlighting a specific case of a woman named Gaļina who passed away alone, sparking a search for information about her funeral.

Feb 28 • 11:02 UTC
🇨🇿 Novinky.cz
National & Local

Relatives Have Nightmares. Funeral Home in the USA Issued Urns with Dry Cement, Remains Decayed in an Abandoned Building

A funeral home in the USA has come under fire for issuing empty urns filled with dry cement while the actual remains of the deceased decayed in an abandoned building, leaving relatives distraught.

Feb 22 • 19:20 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
National & Local

Police continues cooperation with the funeral home suspected of crime

The police in Oulu are continuing their collaboration with a funeral home despite suspicions of workplace safety violations and possible discrimination against an employee.

Feb 19 • 17:16 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

It has been revealed when and where to say goodbye to businessman J. Kvaraciejus

The details for the public farewell of businessman J. Kvaraciejus have been announced, including times and locations for the memorial services.

Feb 17 • 11:16 UTC
🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

Pets in the Sky expands

In Mexico, the pet funeral services market is growing at an annual rate of 25% to 30%, driven by a significant number of pet-owning households.

Feb 13 • 09:10 UTC
🇫🇮 Yle Uutiset
National & Local

Church employees demand cash payments from Romani people – convicted of breach of official duties

Two employees of a parish in southwestern Finland were fined for treating Romani clients unequally by demanding cash payments for services related to funeral arrangements.

Feb 10 • 13:20 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Tarcísio sanctions law authorizing pet burials in cemeteries in SP

The governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, has sanctioned a law allowing the burial of pets in family-owned plots, with regulations to be determined by municipal funeral services.

Feb 10 • 12:57 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Animals and the right to a dignified burial

A new law in São Paulo allows for the burial of pets in the graves of their owners, pending regulation by local funeral services.

Feb 2 • 01:00 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
Life & Tech

Undertaker at 22: Farewell Can Be Colorful

Nils Schwabedissen, at just 22 years old, is one of the youngest undertakers in Germany, running his own company that offers unique and colorful funeral services.

Jan 14 • 10:15 UTC
🇮🇹 La Repubblica
Crime & Justice

Massacre of Crans Montana, the last farewell to Emanuele Galeppini. The bishop: “We await the truth”

Funeral services for 16-year-old Emanuele Galeppini, who died in the Crans-Montana massacre, concluded in Boccadasse, Genoa, with emotional tributes from attendees.

Jan 8 • 12:05 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
National & Local

Journalist Joan Armengol dies at 91

Joan Armengol, a prominent journalist known for his long career in Spanish radio and television, has passed away at the age of 91, with mourning services scheduled at the Sancho de Ávila funeral home in Barcelona.

Jan 4 • 17:37 UTC

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