Regions
Articles on the regions in working environment policies.
Russian Arcady's weekly commute to Finland
(Nov 03, 2010) Many travel the 400 kilometres between Helsinki and St Petersburg on business. Yet despite improved communications, a common labour market still is some time away.
A new labour policy for the North
(May 01, 2008) Norway should completely open up its three northernmost counties to labour immigration from Russia. The government also wants to end restrictions on labour from Bulgaria and Romania earlier than planned.
Øresund has something to teach Europe
(Mar 01, 2005) Peter Kay Mortensen thinks the rest of Europe could learn from the experiences of the Øresund region in Denmark and Sweden. He is chairman of the Greater Copenhagen Section of the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, and one of the driving forces behind the Øresund co-operation.
The Mental Bridge
(Nov 01, 2003) Education and research in the Øresund region has created strong connections between Denmark and Sweden – but there’s a small difference.
Aluminium, Jobs and Environment
(Oct 01, 2002) Six hundred new jobs in a small fjord in eastern Iceland can save a community facing difficult times. This is the point of view of local people in the East fjords who now have high hopes that an aluminium plant will be built in Reydarfjördur in the nearest future.
Co-operation and competition for success
(Nov 01, 2001) Gnosjö is home to one of Sweden's most successful industrial regions and, paradoxically, also one with the lowest level of education.
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