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Kimmo Sasi elected President of the Nordic Council 2012: Nov 03, 2011; The autumn Session of the Nordic Council has elected Kimmi Sasi as President of the Council for 2012, when it is the turn of his native Finland to hold the post. Silvia Modig has been elected Vice-President.
Political extremism in the Nordic countries: Oct 27, 2011; We are used to experiencing political violence from a distance as an expression of social interaction far-removed from Nordic traditions. However, in recent years, political extremism is increasingly reflected also in the Nordic countries - most recently and worst in the tragedy in Norway in the summer of 2011.
Nordic transport policy Open borders or closed network?: Aug 24, 2011; The Nordic Council of Ministers for Transport Policy was disbanded a few years ago, yet transport and traffic across borders in the region is more extensive than ever. What does this mean for the national decisions on transport and how do the politicians responsible for traffic think? Analys Norden puts Nordic transport policy under the microscope.
Wallmark: Tighter border control unacceptable: May 13, 2011; Hans Wallmark of the Nordic Council responds to Denmark's plans for tighter border control. He is concerned about how this will affect freedom of movement in the Nordic countries.
Nordic students denied rights in Sweden: Mar 11, 2011; Mogens Jensen, the chair of the Nordic Council Culture and Education Committee, is calling upon the Swedish authorities to account for the practice of denying students from other Nordic countries the right to social security.
Ministers call for joint Nordic adaptation of EU rules: Nov 18, 2010; It is not sufficient to remove existing obstacles to freedom of movement which make everyday life difficult. We must also prevent new ones appearing if the Region is to act on full power as dynamic growth region. The Nordic ministers designated co-ordination of efforts in connection with the introduction of EU directives as a priority area.
Law professor: Danish deportations breach Nordic Convention: Nov 02, 2010; The Nordic Council has taken legal advice on the repatriation of Nordic citizens from Denmark. Kirsten Ketscher, Professor of Law at Copenhagen University, judges that Denmark has breached accepted conventions in the EU and the Nordic countries. She believes the explanation is an exaggerated emphasis on Danish legal tradition and legal developments arising from Denmark's overly strict interpretation of the law.
The people in focus at the Nordic Council Annual Session: Oct 22, 2010; MPs from all the Nordic countries now want to ensure the rights and well-being of the individual Nordic citizen. An electronic register of "dangerous doctors", a common Nordic television channel and processing the case of Danish repatriation of other Nordic citizens in need of social help are therefore some of the highlights during the Nordic Council Session 2010 in Reykjavik.
Nordic Council President: Nordic co-operation undermined: Oct 19, 2010; "It undermines Nordic co-operation if the countries do not interpret the Nordic conventions in the same way", says Helgi Hjörvar, President of the Nordic Council.
Has: Lack of manpower - Wants: Immigration: May 03, 2010; Despite unemployment and the economic crisis there is still a fight for skilled labour. This struggle for the best brains was in focus on 3 May at a Nordic conference on international recruiting. A new report concludes that the Nordic labour markets are opening up more and more to manpower from outside.
Renewed speculation about Nordic federal state: Mar 16, 2010; The Swedish historian Gunnar Wetterberg has been commissioned to expand upon his vision of a new Nordic federal state in the Nordic Council of Ministers' and Nordic Council's Yearbook 2010, which will be published in the autumn.
Join NATO, the EU and the Eurozone?: Jan 27, 2010; “For the Nordic countries to move towards some form of federal structure, all five would have to be members of NATO, the EU and the Eurozone,” was the response of Halldór Asgrímsson, the Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers, to the controversial proposal by the Swedish author Gunnar Wetterberg for a joint Nordic federal state.
Nordic Region to make a difference in the EU: Nov 26, 2009; "We need to remove unreasonable obstacles to cross-border freedom of movement so that the Nordic Region can serve as a launch pad for companies making inroads into the larger European market," said Bertel Haarder, Danish Minister for Nordic Co-operation, at Wednesday's major seminar on the Nordic Region and the EU.
Freedom of movement: Nov 20, 2009; The time has come to guarantee even greater freedom of movement for people and companies in the Nordic Region. Barriers to cross-border freedom in the Region need to be removed so the Nordic example can serve as a model for partnerships in the rest of Europe, according to the programme for the Danish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2010.
Nordic tripartite meeting with the EU Commission in Iceland: Nov 09, 2009; How can Nordic employment policy help to enhance skills so that they match the needs of the labour market? How will the Nordic countries be able to maintain their focus on skills enhancement during the economic downturn?
"The Nordic Region can be more integrated than the EU": Oct 29, 2009; "We are in such close agreement in the Nordic Region that we can take our co-operation far further than the European Union," the Danish Minister for Nordic Co-operation, Bertel Haarder, told the annual Session of the Nordic Council on Thursday. Haarder wants to use the historian Gunnar Wetterberg's proposal for a new Nordic Union as a provocative inspiration to closer Nordic co-operation.
Bank charges to be discussed in consumer forum: Oct 29, 2009; The Danish Minister for Nordic Co-operation, Bertel Haarder, promised to follow up on the question of the many different charges on bank transfers in the Nordic Region during question time on Thursday.
Remove border obstacles faster: Oct 28, 2009; "Ten obstacles have been removed since the last Session in Helsinki in 2008", said the Swedish Minister for Co-operation, Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, when she opened the debate on freedom of movement at the Nordic Council's Session in Stockholm. The MPs were in agreement that things must move even faster.
Union proposal sparks Nordic debate: Oct 28, 2009; "Tear down Nordic borders," the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter writes. Several Swedish newspapers have spoken out in favour of closer Nordic co-operation in the wake of historian Gunnar Wetterberg's proposal for a new Nordic Union.
"The Baltic Sea Region can influence the future of the EU": Oct 09, 2009; Halldór Ásgrímsson, the Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers and Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, the Chairperson of the Baltic Development Forum are calling for closer partnerships between the countries around the Baltic. In a joint opinion piece published in newspapers in several countries, they identify tangible examples of areas in which multilateral co-operation ought to be improved in the wake of the financial and economic crisis.

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