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When global supply chains are threatened, reshoring increases
It is better to manufacture closer to your market and pay a higher price than to lose sales and get dissatisfied customers. That is why several Swedish companies have decided to bring production back home.
7 minutes
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Did Norway just find the industrial future in Telemark’s bedrock?
The Fen Complex in Telemark has something the world needs: Europe’s largest documented deposits of rare earth elements. Now, plans are underway again for mining in one of Norway’s oldest industrial communities.
6 minutes
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Do globes have anything to do with globalisation?
Has the world entered a period of deglobalisation? Or are the forces of globalisation so strong that trade continues to grow, only in new ways? When new barriers are erected, what will the consequences be?
8 minutes
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Could fewer international students damage Norway’s international standing?
The number of international students in Norway is falling dramatically. Fewer Norwegian students are going abroad and fewer international students are arriving. A loss for Norway, argue educational experts.
6 minutes
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Tight Nordic-Baltic cooperation against work-related crime
Work-related crime is a growing problem that requires cross-border collaboration between state authorities and countries. For several years, a Nordic-Baltic collaboration on work-related crime has been in place. In January 2025, it will be formalised on the initiative of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
7 minutes
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Denmark cracks down on social dumping and money laundering
Danish authorities have introduced tighter legislation and lawsuits to stop cooperation between gangs and lawyers in cases of money laundering and social dumping.
5 minutes
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Coach to Norwegian ski stars: Burnout not worth it
Lage Sofienlund is a successful cross-country skiing coach. While training to be one, he asked himself more than once: “Is being a coach really a career?”
8 minutes
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Living his boyhood dream on Faroese football pitches
Mikkel Dahl has played against global stars like Ivan Perisic, he has won the championship, the cup final and holds the record for most league goals. He has done it all with a club he never heard about before he was 27: Havnar Bóltfelag in the Faroe Islands.
5 minutes
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Pro footballer: Takes more than playing ball
Santeri Väänänen (22) from Finland is a professional football player for Norwegian Rosenborg BK. Everyday life is pretty much the same regardless of which country you are playing in, he thinks.
4 minutes
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The Swedish football club using sports against unemployment and for inclusion
The challenge for sports clubs is to attract those who have not yet become engaged, especially those who need support on their journey toward a healthier life and who want to become more involved in society. It’s about more than just building muscles.
9 minutes