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Guðbjartur Hannesson - Iceland's Minister for Welfare interview

Guðbjartur Hannesson - Iceland's Minister for Welfare

Guðbjartur Hannesson is Iceland's new minister in charge of merging all welfare issues into one ministry. He must do this while the country's budget is cut to the bone in the wake of the 2008 crash which left the country's economy in ruins. The Ministry of Welfare must be up and running by the end of the year.
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Chart mortality

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Cathrine Talleraas

Nordic governments: Everyone must join the fight against climate change nyhet
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Nordic governments: Everyone must join the fight against climate change

Fighting climate change is no longer a choice, but an absolute necessity which means our countries, our citizens and our industries must make great changes. That was the message from the Nordic prime ministers at the Nordic Council’s session in Stockholm.
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Samir Bakli

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Trust in Statistics Sweden hit after incorrect unemployment figures

Swedish unemployment statistics for the past year have been revised. A subcontractor provided numbers that turned out to be wrong, and is now accused of cheating.
A portrait of the richest of the rich in Finland interview
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A portrait of the richest of the rich in Finland

Who are the richest one in a thousand in Finland – the euro millionaires? How do they view themselves and other Finns? These issues are being explored in one of the most discussed books this autumn: Huipputuloiset – or something like The Top Earners in English.
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Finnish book

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Leif Lahti

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Fundamental misinterpretation led to Norwegian legal scandal

It has been called Norway’s worst ever miscarriage of justice. Thousands of people were accused of cheating the benefits system when accepting unemployment allowance and other support while living abroad. It then turned out it was never illegal – as long as it happened within the EEA.
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