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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.
Promotion of Nordic Higher Education and Research - Classification and Ranking on the Nordic Agenda: Mar 08, 2010; How can Nordic strengths within higher education and research be made visible and communicated on a global scale?
Icesave vote a threat to global finance?: Mar 05, 2010; The people of Iceland face the prospect of a referendum on the deal their government cut with the UK and the Netherlands in the wake of the Icesave collapse. Many commentators think it could constitute a threat to the entire global financial system if people are allowed to vote their way out of massive debt.
Ålands landskapsregering får ministrar: Mar 03, 2010; Från och med den första mars tituleras ledamöterna av Ålands landskapsregering minister.
Nordic countries reinforce cooperation on renewable energy: Mar 01, 2010; The co-operation mechanisms of the EU’s Renewable Energy sources (RES) Directive are new and consequently it is still not fully clear how these flexible mechanisms should be used, nor their consequences on the electricity market and renewable energy sources. Thus, the Nordic Council of Minister’s Working Group for Renewable Energy commissioned GreenStream to evaluate the usefulness and consequences of utilising the co-operation mechanisms of the RES Directive in the Nordic Countries.
Karen Ellemann new Minister for Nordic Co-operation: Feb 24, 2010; Former Minister of the Interior and Social Affairs Karen Ellemann (V) was appointed Denmark's new Environment Minister and Minister for Nordic Co-operation on Tuesday.
Unanimous support for Belarusian exile university: Feb 17, 2010; The Nordic countries are prepared to provide an additional €300,000 to fund the European Humanities University, the Belarusian exile university. The move will serve as a further reminder of the strength of Nordic-Baltic relations.
Parlamentariker vill ha insyn i elbörsen: Feb 17, 2010; De nordiska regeringarna bör ta upp frågan om den nordiska elbörsen Nord Pool. Det anser den norske parlamentarikern Oskar Jarle Grimstad, medlem i Nordiska rådet. Grimstad har ställt en skriftlig fråga till de nordiska regeringarna med anledning av debatten om brist på öppenhet på elbörsen.
MPs demand decisive action for the Baltic Sea marine environment: Feb 09, 2010; "The Baltic Sea Action Summit (BSAS) is a very promising step towards the mobilisation of concrete commitments for a better ecological situation and sustainable development for the Baltic Sea", says politician Christina Gestrin.
First joint Nordic-Baltic research collaboration launched: Feb 05, 2010; For the first time ever, a Baltic country contributes to financing a Nordic-Baltic research collaboration on equal terms financially with the Nordic countries. The Research Council of Lithuania contributes with 510 000 NOK to the current call within the LILAN-programme (Living Labs in the North), which hereby opens also to Lithuanian research groups.
Nytt Analys Norden: Efter COP15: Feb 04, 2010; Var står Norden i klimatförhandlingarna? Läs om aktuell status på klimatområdet i Norden och EU i denna månads nummer av Analys Norden.
Innovative and Creative Enterprises Wanted! Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Business and Industry open for applications: Feb 03, 2010; Expand your network, learn and share. We’ll pay for the costs.* Apply by 31 March 2010.
Call for Nordic co-operation in the global competition for jobs: Feb 02, 2010; “The combination of global political competition for jobs and protectionism represents a new challenge for Nordic co-operation. The governments need to work even more closely together to put a stop to the spread of the type of covert protectionism that would marginalise the Region in global competition for jobs,” Professor Lars Oxelheim writes in an opinion piece published in several Nordic newspapers.
Experts see Nordic-Baltic defence cooperation from the global angle: Jan 29, 2010; NATO and its ability to offer solid security guarantees to the Baltic States has recently been widely criticised. At the same time, the Stoltenberg Report recommends a broader foreign and security policy to Nordic countries. Experts debated whether changes in Nordic countries would help to fill the void in the Baltic States in Tallinn at the initiative of the International Centre for Defence Studies.
Start-up of the first projects in the Nordic Top-level Research Initiative: Jan 28, 2010; The first projects in the Nordic Top-level Research Initiative are now ready to begin. 10 projects will be funded within the first call of the sub-programme “Effect studies and adaptation to climate change”. The various projects shall contribute to improving our knowledge about the effects of climate change, with a focus on possible solutions to how we best can adapt to these changes in the future.
Forskare vill granska den nordiska elmarknaden: Jan 27, 2010; Den nordiska elbörsen Nord Pool bör kunna synas i sömmarna. Det vore naturligt att en sådan granskning möjliggörs i alla nordiska länder. Det menar docenten i nationalekonomi Thomas Tangerås som deltog i Nordiska rådets möte i Köpenhamn på onsdagen.
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.
Regeringen lancerer det danske formandskab for Nordisk Ministerråd: Jan 22, 2010; Danmark præsenterer i dag sit formandskab for Nordisk Ministerråd. Ved en konference i Fællessalen på Christiansborg præsenterer Bertel Haarder, der er minister for nordisk samarbejde, regeringens samlede mål for det nordiske samarbejde 2010.
Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council in 2010: Jan 01, 2010; The Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council, led by President Helgi Hjörvar, will prioritise security, the sea and culture when the Icelanders take over the helm of Nordic parliamentary co-operation in 2010.
Nordic co-operation affected by chaotic COP15: Dec 21, 2009; Nordic climate co-operation was very visible during the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen, COP15. Nordic climate co-operation was on show in several arenas, both inside and outside the COP15 venue, Bella Center. For example, about 15 Nordic institutions worked with the Nordic Council of Ministers, which acted as co-ordinator, at a joint stand in Bella Center.

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