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EEA report reignites Norway’s EU debate tema

EEA report reignites Norway’s EU debate

It is nearly 30 years since Norwegians voted no to EU membership and also 30 years since Norway signed the EEA agreement. A new report on Norway in the EEA has reignited the debate about Norwegian EU membership.
EEA/EFTA countries meet as Hungary blocks final declaration nyhet

EEA/EFTA countries meet as Hungary blocks final declaration

The 53rd EEA Council meeting on 24 November at the new EFTA House in Brussels ended without a final declaration. Hungary took the highly unusual step to veto it in a move seen as revenge against EEA grants to the country being stopped earlier.
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Effective sanctions make Norway’s quota law a success

The law on quotas is the most efficient measure to improve the boardroom gender balance. “But the law should be followed up by effective sanctions and state measures which help stimulate the action.” That is the advice from head of research Mari Teigen to other countries looking to legislate for quotas on company boards.
Electric planes herald new traffic patterns in the Nordics tema

Electric planes herald new traffic patterns in the Nordics

Electric planes might do more than reduce CO2 emissions. They could also open up a new category of commuting with new, shorter routes. Electric planes would also bring new jobs to manufacturing and at smaller airfields.
Elisabeth Nørgaard: AFI Director hunting for impactful research interview

Elisabeth Nørgaard: AFI Director hunting for impactful research

“It is not always the freshest data that has the greatest impact in research,” says Elisabeth Nørgaard, Director at the Work Research Institute AFI at OsloMet.
Elisabeth Vik Aspaker, the government minister in charge of Nordic cooperation in 2017 interview

Elisabeth Vik Aspaker, the government minister in charge of Nordic cooperation in 2017

Elisabeth Vik Aspaker is Norway's Minister of EEA and EU Affairs, and the Minister of Nordic Cooperation. She comes from Norway's northernmost county and is used to working across the Cap of the North. She has been an advisor and state secretary in several centre-right governments and is well prepared for 2017. That is when she will be in charge of Nordic cooperation. What will be her priorities?
Elves, dogs and reindeer suffer as tourists disappear from Arctic Circle nyhet
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Elves, dogs and reindeer suffer as tourists disappear from Arctic Circle

There seems to be more visitors to the post office than anywhere else in Rovaniemi’s Santa Claus Village – despite the risk of infection. Auli Sihvo has worked there for 20 years and seen how Santa has improved Lapland's commercial pulling-power.
Emigration threatens the Baltics tema

Emigration threatens the Baltics

Emigration from the Baltic countries threatens to undermine their entire social structure. Now the Nordic Council of Ministers wants to map the migration and its consequences. NLJ has met two Estonian construction workers who explain why they moved to Finland - and why they don’t plan to return.
Employers’ conditions in the shipping and aviation sectors provokes hot debate in the Nordic Council nyhet

Employers’ conditions in the shipping and aviation sectors provokes hot debate in the Nordic Council

The Nordic Council is encouraging governments to work actively against social dumping in the shipping sector. But the Council does not want to initiate any coordination of Nordic aviation policies within the EU. These were the results after a hot debate in the labour market committee during the session in Oslo.
Employment specialist helped Norwegian Julia (17) find her dream job tema

Employment specialist helped Norwegian Julia (17) find her dream job

Close cooperation between two public authorities in Norway is giving young people with mental health challenges a new chance in the classroom or in the labour market. Employment specialist Anne Tvedt helped Julia Engan Pettersen find her dream job.
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