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Hopes dashed on the Finnish-Russian border nyhet
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Hopes dashed on the Finnish-Russian border

May 26, 2022 “Parikkala is a municipality people usually drive right past,” says Mayor Vesa Huuskonen, with only a hint of humour. Parikkala is an agricultural municipality with an ageing population in South-Western Finland, right on the border with Russia. Plans for an international border crossing have been scrapped because of the changed international situation.
Iceland: The parental revolution nyhet

Iceland: The parental revolution

Sep 01, 2005 The image of parent and child doesn't necessarily involve a woman any longer in Iceland. For almost five years fathers in Iceland have been able to take paternity leave, and from day one they have made the most of it. This has been the largest step Iceland has taken towards gender equality. But there are still examples of employers who don’t follow the law.
The joys of WFH versus the pressure of always answering emails tema

The joys of WFH versus the pressure of always answering emails

Nov 17, 2024 More than half of Norwegian employees have the opportunity to work from home, any time of day or night. But at what price? AFI researchers are looking at how the increased use of home offices impacts the work-life balance.
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Working Nation: The Mindset of the Enterprising Icelanders

May 01, 2008 The Icelanders are known for being a great working nation. No nation has a larger part of the population in employment at any one time.
Swedish Transport Union: minimum wage could stop social dumping tema

Swedish Transport Union: minimum wage could stop social dumping

Feb 07, 2015 There is strong opposition to a statutory minimum wage in Sweden. But the parties in the transport trade have started talking about making collective agreements universally applicable. The reason: pay cuts and social dumping resulting from the freedom of movement.
Finland’s new government wants major changes to labour law nyhet

Finland’s new government wants major changes to labour law

Sep 26, 2023 A new centre-right government started governing in Finland on 20 June after winning April’s elections, and there is now talk of an historic paradigm change. Petteri Orpo’s four party coalition wants to make major changes in the labour market.
Holding on to the foreign workers tema

Holding on to the foreign workers

Jan 08, 2010 More and more Danish companies are increasing their drive to recruit foreign workers. Wind turbine producer Vestas has experienced the importance of creating a social network for foreign workers, and how important it is to help their spouses to find work too.
The train to Russia stopped running. Lappeenranta limps on. tema
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The train to Russia stopped running. Lappeenranta limps on.

Apr 25, 2022 The borderless Nordic region turned out to be an illusion during the pandemic. It hit the Øresund region, border trade between Sweden and Norway and the citizens of Haparanda and Tornio. But Finland has an eastern border where traffic has ceased because of the pandemic. Today the war in Ukraine has made the situation even worse for Lappeenranta – the city with the closest links with Russia.
From Faroese independence to Nordic cooperation interview

From Faroese independence to Nordic cooperation

Feb 01, 2021 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.
Bjarne Brøndbo, the employer who didn’t say no after the first attempt interview

Bjarne Brøndbo, the employer who didn’t say no after the first attempt

May 22, 2013 He stood there with his cigaret behind his ear, asking: Bjarne, where can I smoke? “That was the first thing he said to me,” says employer Bjarne Brøndbo.
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