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Finland still tempting, but many Estonian workers are returning home
Estonia’s capital Tallinn is a charming city that boasts both medieval sights and rapid development. Not much remains from its period as a Soviet republic. Crossing the Gulf of Finland from Helsinki to Tallinn only takes a couple of hours.
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Renewcell awarded the Nordic Council Environment Prize for clothes recycling
Swedish company Renewcell has won the 2023 Nordic Council Environment Prize for its groundbreaking solution for recycling and reusing textiles into new clothes and products.
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Iceland’s Labour Minister: Challenges of a fair green transition must be faced together
Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson has been Iceland’s Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Nordic Cooperation since 2021. In that role, he has led Iceland’s Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers this year and will chair a summit with representatives from Nordic trade unions, employers and governments in Reykjavik in December.
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Denmark and Sweden on the barricades over pilots and crew compensation
Denmark and Sweden are once again out defending the Nordic labour market model. This time it is about a new case before the EU Court questioning whether cabin crew receiving lower allowances than pilots constitutes gender discrimination.
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Northeast Iceland’s manyfacedet labour market
María Pálsdóttir throws out her arms and exclaims: “Welcome to the hospital!” Dressed in an old-fashioned nurse’s uniform, her joy and enthusiasm are almost out of place. We are, after all, visiting an old sanatorium. This is the story of “the white death” – the tuberculosis that hit the island hard.
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Info Norden: 25 years of facilitating Nordic movement
For the past 25 years, Info Norden has been answering questions and learning things from people who want to move between Nordic countries in order to live, work, study or start a business. Info Norden is now seen as an important part of the Nordic Vision 2030 – to be the most sustainable and integrated…
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Billion-euro CO2 capture plan could herald new Danish jobs
Denmark expects new jobs and growth in the wake of the government’s plan for the capture and underground storage of Danish and foreign CO2 in Denmark. Danish businesses have suggested using some of the captured CO2 in new, climate-friendly production processes which could lead to more and better jobs.
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Finland’s new government wants major changes to labour law
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.
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How to make Nordic cross-border work easier
A new report commissioned by the Nordic Freedom of Movement Council presents four new proposals for how to make it easier to work from home, also for cross-border commuters.
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Morten Skov Christiansen new head of the Danish Trade Union Confederation
A new President of the Danish Trade Union Confederation FH has been unanimously voted in by members.
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