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Former EU Commissioner Poul Nielson: The Nordic region plays a role interview

Former EU Commissioner Poul Nielson: The Nordic region plays a role

“The Nordic region is not an island in the global society. If we want to protect what we care about and make sure we are not overrun by the values of others, we need to enter that fight,” Poul Nielson tells the Nordic Labour Journal.
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Four new Nordic labour ministers – and their challenges

In 2022, both Norway, Sweden and Denmark got new labour ministers. Here is your chance to get to know them better.
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Fraud in the welfare state

The word fraud has been used a lot in the welfare debate in the Nordics this autumn. In Norway, the “NAV scandal” has been dominating the news. In Denmark, an employee at the National Board of Social Services is in court charged with embezzling more than 100 million Danish kroner, while unemployment statistics for Sweden have been compromised.
Fredrik Karlström works hard to make Åland more diversified interview
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Fredrik Karlström works hard to make Åland more diversified

Fredrik Karlström has become a veteran of Nordic labour market cooperation. The Minister for Industry and Trade in Åland’s government pops up in pictures everywhere in the Nordic Labour Journal archives. The first was taken in 2012, where he poses with Nordic colleagues on the quayside in Longyearbyen in Svalbard.
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Freedom of Movement Council rids Nordics of some 90 border barriers

Since 2014, the Nordic Freedom of Movement Council has helped get rid of nearly 90 border barriers between the Nordic countries. But the Council members are not running out of work – there are still plenty to get on with.
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Freedom of movement sacrified to protect Finnish population

Rapid measures and tough restrictions characterised the first Finnish reactions to the corona pandemic. As the only Nordic country it locked down an entire region, which included the capital city, from the rest of Finland.
Fresh report: Nordic citizens can work anywhere in the region. So why don’t they? tema

Fresh report: Nordic citizens can work anywhere in the region. So why don’t they?

It would seem we are so comfortable in our home countries that we see few reasons to apply for work in or move to a different Nordic country.
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Fresh thinking is crucial

At the Employment Forum in Brussels, a labour life conference with participants from across Europe, one message was repeated over and over: no matter how much you give unemployed people training, nothing happens unless you create jobs. But how? Fresh thinking is crucial.
From Faroese independence to Nordic cooperation interview

From Faroese independence to Nordic cooperation

When she was younger, Kristina Háfoss was known as one of the Faroe Islands’ top competition swimmers. In recent years she has been best known for her work for Faroese independence, but now she is also working actively for increased Nordic cooperation.
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From Greek musical dream to Norwegian oil industry job

Iro loves music and wanted to learn how to build concert halls. So she moved from Thessaloniki to Trondheim to study acoustics. Meanwhile her home country was hit by a deep crisis. Now she is happy to have secured a job in the oil industry - and her brother Dimitris has joined her in Norway.
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