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Tuesday, 02 November 2010 00:00|
The idea of the Nordic countries forming one unified state has once again come to the forefront. Last year the renowned Swedish historian Gunnar Wetterberg came dynamically out with the idea of the Nordic Federal State, supported by arguments based on facts, which caused much sensation in the Nordic region as well as all over Europe. In the course of one year his proposal has put some flesh on its bones, has been widely debated and has been published as a book. Wetterberg argues enthusiastically for a federation which, in addition to a common head of state – according to the latter the Queen of Denmark – would have common foreign, defence and fiscal policy frameworks and exercise legislative cooperation in various fields of social policy, starting from the hot topic of immigration. |
Nordic Statistical Yearbook 2010: Sweden has the highest unemployment rate of young people in the Nordic region
Friday, 29 October 2010 08:21|
Also from the Yearbook 2010: • In Iceland 37% of students quit school right after compulsory school. The percentage of students with just basic education is higher only in Aland, namely 38%. |
Nordic Houses seek cooperation with the Baltic States
Thursday, 10 June 2010 13:03
The directors of the Nordic Houses visited the Nordic Council of Minister's office in Estonia. Photo: Grete Kodi/norden.eeWhile the Globalisation Initiative and the World Exhibition in Shanghai are very important, the Baltic countries should not be overshadowed by them. This is what the directors of the five Nordic Houses said when visiting our office to discuss opportunities for cooperation. The discussions involved actions for children and young people, creative industries, cultural festivals, the New Nordic Food, etc.
Nordic Houses / institutes in Iceland, Greenland, the Åland Islands, Helsinki and the Faroe Islands see to it that people in the Nordic countries remember, understand and remain interested in Nordic cooperation. The Nordic House in Greenland recently gained a new director – Leise Johnsen, a Dane who is committed to studying Eskimos and is thus familiar with the Polar regions. Won't she be lonely in Nuuk? Johnsen does not think so. Instead, she considers it exciting to promote Nordic cooperation in such a distant and isolated place.
We have had fruitful cooperation with the Nordic House on the Åland Islands for many years now, which has involved, for example, exchanging travelling exhibitions. Cooperation with the Nordic House on the Faroe Islands has been equally pleasant. A few years ago, a modern Faroese opera, The Madman's Garden, was performed as a joint project at the Kultuurikatel in Tallinn. With our Icelandic colleagues we have been discussing opportunities to introduce New Nordic Food. We hope to deepen cooperation with the Nordic Institute in Helsinki soon.
Photo exhibition "Colours of Greenland"
Thursday, 20 May 2010 12:34|
Toomas Lapp and Eva Mätzler tried to capture the colour, culture and soul of this huge iceberg-like island in photos. During their travels to Nuuk in Western Greenland as well as to Tasiilaqq and Ittoqqortootmiit in Eastern Greenland, they captured magical moments of nature and the people of the island. Everyone is welcome to look at the photo exhibition in the foyer of our Tallinn office, Lai 29. The exhibition consists of 16 pictures (40cm x 55 cm, 40 x 70 cm, 40 x 85 cm & 40 x 90 cm). The photos are wall hung on 10 mm laminated plates. |
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Differences surface prior to the climate conference
Thursday, 29 October 2009 10:34Author: Liisi Poll/Postimees (29.10.2009)
When even Denmark and Greenland cannot agree on how to protect themselves from the effects of climate changes, the rest of the world does not have much hope – this is basically how the municipal leader of Greenland, Kuupik Kleist, commented on the international differences of opinion prior to the UN climate conference in Copenhagen.
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Maailmamainega fotograafi ja rännumehe näitus jõudis Jõhvi
Wednesday, 14 November 2007 10:03|
Tulevane lektor, fotograaf, filmiprodutsent ja kirjanik asus Gröönimaal esiotsa tööle geofüüsikuna. Paari aasta pärast jättis ta oma töö, pakkis koerakelgule jahipüssi ja kaamera ning liitus innuiitidest karuküttidega. Ta spetsialiseerus polaarfotograafiale ning võttis osa arvukatest ekspeditsioonidest Gröönimaa, Kanada, Svalbardi ja Arktika ürglooduses. Alates 1976. aastast elab ta ise püsivalt Lõuna-Gröönimaal ning on teinud kaastööd nimekatele ajakirjadele nagu National Geographic; Stern; GEO. Lisaks produtseerib ta TV-programme ning kirjutab raamatuid. Näitus jõudis Eestisse tänu Põhjamaade Ministrite Nõukogu Eesti esindusele ja galerist Anu Naurile. |