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 | | By contrast, the Nordic Council of Ministers is a vehicle for co-operation between the governments of the Nordic countries. | | | The presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers rotates annually. | | | For example, the Nordic Council has regular meetings with representatives of the Duma, the Federal Council, the Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS and the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast governments. |
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| | Det nordiske samarbeidet i historien |
| | The Nordic Council of Ministers was formed following the adoption of amendments to the Helsinki Treaty, which stipulated that the Council of Ministers was to serve as the official joint co-operation body for the Nordic governments. | | | The Norwegian parliament (Storting), with the founder of the Liberal party, Johan Sverdrup, to the fore, forced the king to adopt the practice of appointing ministers from the party with the majority in the parliament. | | | The question of Yes or No to the Nordic union became relevant when Gustavus Vasa was elected king of Sweden. |
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http://www.norden.org/web/1-1-fakta/uk/1-1-4-nordens_hist.asp?lang=6
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| | Programme for the Danish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2005. | | | The Nordic Council of Ministers opened information offices in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania several months before the three Baltic States reasserted their independence in 1991. | | | At the request of the Finns, who will be responsible for the Presidency of the EU in the second half of the year, the rotating Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers will pass to Norway instead of Finland in 2006. |
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http://www.norden.org/start/start.asp?lang=6
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| | Odin - Nordic cooperation |
| | The Nordic Council of Ministers was created in 1971 and it serves as a meeting place for heads of corresponding ministries. | | | The Council's decisions are not binding for members, but the national governments have often chosen to follow its recommendations. | | | The Nordic countries have accepted a special responsibility for the Baltic states. |
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http://odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/norway/foreign/032005-990418/index-dok000-b-n-a.html
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| | Arctic Council Cooperation in the Arctic Region |
| | It is one of the matters being deliberated by the panel of experts sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers and chaired by President and CEO Jón Sigurdsson of the Nordic Investment Bank. | | | Aside from holding the helm of the Arctic Council, Finland also assumes the Presidency of the Nordic Council at the beginning of next year. | | | As the then holder of the Presidency of the Nordic Council, Iceland played a big part in preparations, for the conference of foreign ministers to discuss the Northern Dimension. |
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http://www.arctic-council.org/en/main/infopage/29
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| | The Baltic Assembly and the Nordic Council |
| | Anniversary of the Baltic Chain, and the Decision on the Appointment of the Secretary of the Baltic Assembly. | | | The guests of the Joint Meeting were the President of the Benelux Interparliamentary Consulting Council with which the Baltic Assembly has signed a declaration on co-operation, representatives of EFTA, the Council of Europe and WEU, ambassadors of the Nordic and Baltic countries accredited in Lithuania and other Baltic states. | | | Its was attended by about sixty parliamentarians of the Baltic Assembly from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and about seventy members of the Nordic Council from the parliaments of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden, as well as from the autonomous regional parliaments of the Aland, Greenland and Faroe Islands. |
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http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter/www_viewer.ViewDoc?p_int_tekst_id=2552&p_int_tv_id=643
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| | The Nordic Sami Council has asked me to address the Working Group on the matter of a Sami Convention, that is to say the proposition that the Nordic States should enter into a treaty relationship with democratically elected representatives of Sapmi, the Sami Nation. | | | an umbrella organization of Sami associations in Finland, Norway and Sweden, and recognized by the Nordic Council and the Governments of the Nordic States as the spokesman of the Sami Nation at the Nordic level. | | | The idea of a Sami Convention was first voiced in 1985, at the Third Seminar on The Small Nations of the North in International and Constitutional Law, which was held in Guovdageaidnu in the midst of the Sami heartland in northern Scandinavia, the Sami Davve Eana. |
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http://www.halcyon.com/pub/FWDP/Eurasia/sami88.txt
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| | Regnor Jernsletten, paper 1995 |
| | The Sámi Conferences elect the Sámi Council, and the delegates to the Sámi Conferences are elected by the Sámi Parliament of Finland and by the National Sámi Associations in Russia, Sweden and Norway. | | | Both in 1962 and 1963 the Nordic Council carried recommendations to the member countries regarding a more uniform policy towards the Sámi. | | | The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs interpreted this as an appeal to the Nordic Council to take sides against a member state. |
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http://www.uit.no/ssweb/dok/J/R/95eicass.htm
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| | Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania |
| | The Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania has closed down its branch office in Klaipeda. | | | The closing is a part of a larger process in which the role of the Office is shifting from running Nordic programs in Lithuania to acting as a liaison between... | | | The Nordic Council of Ministers and the EU Commission have signed an agreement this week to run a project to provide backing for the Belarusian university, European Humanities University (EHU). |
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http://www.norden.lt/index.php?set_lang_id=en
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| | FACTSHEET on NORDIC CO-OPERATION |
| | A grants scheme for parliamentarians, administered by the Nordic Council, serves to promote the process of democratisation in the adjacent areas. | | | The Baltic Council of Ministers, will serve as an important partner in Nordic-Baltic co-operation via its secretariat in Riga. | | | The opening of the Information Offices in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 1991 served as tangible evidence of Nordic solidarity with the Baltic cause sending a clear political signal that it is now possible to restore and strengthen the historical and cultural Nordic-Baltic links. |
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http://www.vtt.fi/inf/nordep/projects/nmr/fakta4.htm
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| | Nordic Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Nordic Council and the Council of Ministers have offices in Copenhagen and various installations in each separate country. | | | General Secretary - Nordic Council of Ministers Secretariat | | | The Nordic Council of Ministers, founded in 1971, is responsible for inter-governmental co-operation. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Council
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| | Finland - Nordic Europe |
| | This agreement was followed by the formation in 1971 of the Nordic Council of Ministers, which instituted a formal structure for frequent meetings of the region's cabinet ministers. | | | Meeting once a year for a week in one of the capitals of the member countries, the council was an advisory body, the decisions of which were not binding; it did carry considerable weight, however, as the delegates at the annual meetings were frequently leading politicians of the countries they represented. | | | This setback was mitigated, however, when the Nordic Investment Bank began operations in 1976 in Helsinki. |
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http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-4711.html
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| | SusNord - Nordic Council |
| | The members of the council are members of national parliaments, are nominated by their respective political parties and elected by the parliaments. | | | The Council has 87 members, representing the five countries and three autonomous territories. | | | Official Nordic co-operation is channelled through two organisations: the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers. |
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http://www.prosus.uio.no/susnord/nordic_council
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| | Nordic Council |
| | Before decision is made, an application may be submitted to the Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers for his opinion. | | | The President of the Nordic Council decides on any complaints concerning the decisions made by the Secretary of the Presidium | | | Guidelines for the symbol of the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers |
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http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/xn_nordc.html
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| | CBSS - Nordic Council of Ministers, Conference on Cross-Border Cooperation |
| | Nordic Council of Ministers Information office in Lithuania | | | In parallel with those meetings the meeting of the Nordic Committee of Senior Officials on Regional Policy (NÄRP) of Nordic Council of Ministers will take place. | | | Per Unckel, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers; |
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http://www.cbss.st/calendar/dbaFile1752.html
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| | Nordic Council of Ministers. By Inger Frydendal |
| | The overall objectives for the Nordic Council of Ministers’ co-operation with the neighbouring countries involve i.a. | | | Stable and democratic development in Nordic neighbouring countries is given high priority by the Nordic Council of Ministers. | | | The concept Nordic neighbouring countries has for a number of years included the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, North-West Russia and the Arctic regions. |
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http://www.splq.info/issues/vol35_4/12.htm
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| | Nordic Council of Ministers |
| | Chairperson of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Environment Ministers | | | We, the Nordic Ministers of the Environment have in recent years expressed our concern to the former Government of the United Kingdom over discharges of radioactive substances to the environment from the reprocessing plants at Sellafield and Dounreay. | | | On behalf of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Environment Ministers, meeting in Gothenburg 27 February 1998 I am authorized to communicate the following. |
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http://archive.greenpeace.org/odumping/radioactive/reports/alletter.html
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| | The event is organized by the publishing house Norden AB” and the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Information Office. | | | Responsible Editor of the Newsletter of The Nordic Council of Ministers’ Information Office is Eva Emnéus, Director, HYPERLINK "mailto:eva.emenus@nmr.lv" eva.emenus@nmr.lv. | | | A representative from the Baltic and Nordic countries Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Secretariat in Copenhagen. |
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http://www.nmr.lv/Norden_EN/Documents/2004_Nov_Dec_eng.doc
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| | Nordic countries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Politically, the Nordic Countries are also the member states of the Nordic Council: | | | In most cases, this is due to the political ambitions of the many Social Democrat governments that came to power during the interwar period in each of the Nordic countries. | | | In addition, the following autonomous territories are associate members of the Nordic Council: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_countries
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| | Search Results for Nordic - Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Finland became a member of the United Nations and of the Nordic Council in 1955. | | | Mika Myllyla of Finland captured individual gold medals for the... | | | The 43rd Nordic world championships were contested at Ramsau, Austria, on February 19–28 by more than 400 athletes from 35 nations. |
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http://www.britannica.com/search?query=Nordic&submit=Find&source=MWTAB
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| | Norfoods 2003 - Home Page |
| | The working group has during the past years received economical support from the Nordic Committee of Senior Officials for Food Issues, under the Nordic Council of Ministers. | | | - a project sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers | | | The Nordic Council of Ministers has granted support for a common Nordic project on food data publishing on the Internet. |
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http://www.foodcomp.dk/norfoods
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| | Graphics for the Nordic conference - Buenos Aires |
| | Projection to 2020 of greenhouse gas emissions for the Nordic countries | | | Nordic Council 1998 Special Sesion on the Environment | | | Electricity generation by sources in the Nordic countries |
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http://www.grida.no/db/maps/collection/nordic
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| | Canada and the Circumpolar World - Nordic Council (NC) |
| | The 2004 President of the Council is Iceland. | | | The Nordic Council of Ministers was established in 1971 to support intergovernmental cooperation between Nordic Council members. | | | Canada is not an observer in the Nordic Council. |
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http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/circumpolar/nordic_council-en.asp
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| | 95-03-09: Statement by Nordic Council, Mr. Sten Svensson (EN) |
| | Therefore the Nordic Council has, after proposal from the Social Committee, recommended the Nordic Council of Ministers to study the feasibility of and possible funding arrangements for Nordic health care cooperation with the Baltic states and Eastern Europe. | | | This is why the Nordic Council will be giving high priority to co-operation between the Nordic region and the Baltic countries over the next few years. | | | Health services is one sector, and one in which several Nordic bodies are already cooperating with the Baltic states. |
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| | The Nordic Countries - The Nordic Council - A part of Randburg |
| | The members of the Council work on numerous committees and are appointed according to the same rules as apply to the parliaments in each country. | | | The Nordic Council is a forum for co-operation between the parliaments and governments of the Nordic countries and its purpose is to promote and initiate co-operation between the Nordic countries. | | | The Nordic Countries - The Nordic Council - A part of Randburg |
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http://www.randburg.com/nordic/overview6.html
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| | Sports #9 |
| | Berkshire told his fellow Crested Butte Town Council members at their regular meeting on Monday, February 7 that the Nordic Council was proposing that the tipi be installed temporarily. | | | Town Council member Bill Coburn suggested that the town approve a two-month trial period for a tipi to see what kind of issues crop up—if any. | | | Nordic Center director Bonnie O’Donnell said this week that she hopes to have the tipi, which is the same as those used by the Crested Butte Academy in a fundraiser last summer, installed within a week. |
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| | UNESCO Sector for Culture: Links (Window to Culture) |
| | The Nordic Council of Ministers conducts an extensive range of activities. | | | The Nordic Council is a forum for co-operation between Nordic parliamentarians and between parliamentarians and governments in the Nordic region. | | | Top : Regional organizations : Nordic Council and Council of Ministers |
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http://www.unesco.org/culture/links/Detailed/253.shtml
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| | Ravenna Proposed Ethanol Plant Questions & Answers |
| | At this writing we are aware that the mayor and at least one other council member have visited the Aurora ethanol production facility. | | | Nordic biofuels has said they intend to become an active corporate citizen supporting community events, activities, and schools. | | | What is left to be done by the city, township, county, and state? |
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http://www.ci.ravenna.ne.us/questions.htm
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| | These represent the eight members of the council. | | | I found in a book a flag for the Nordic council which is white with five white stylized swans on a blue disc. | | | "The Nordic Council was set up in 1952 as a co-operative link between the parliaments and governments of Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. |
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| | RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY |
| | And third, the Nordic Council meetings in Kaliningrad are likely to be important as a test of the intentions of Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov's promise to "root out" any separatist tendencies in his country. | | | Precisely because the Nordic countries played a key role in helping Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to recover their independence from Moscow, some in both these countries and elsewhere have suggested that Nordic involvement with Kaliningrad could have a similar impact there. | | | On Tuesday, a delegation of parliamentarians from the Nordic Council countries -- Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Denmark -- arrived in Kaliningrad to participate in discussions with officials and political leaders in that Russian region. |
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http://www.rferl.org/features/1999/01/F.RU.990120135239.asp
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| | Nordic Literature |
| | Oscar Hemer: The Nordic Council of Ministers' unofficial award for literary criticism | | | Pia Ingström: Vibeke Grønfeldt "The new" (Nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Award) | | | J.P. Pulkkinen: Steve Sem-Sandberg "Ravensbrück" (Nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Award) |
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http://www.nordic-literature.org/2004/english/articles
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| | Association of Nordic Music Academies |
| | The Nordic Colleges and Schools of Higher Education in Music and the Academies of Music are member organisations. | | | The Association of Nordic Music Academies is an independent association for co-operation in higher education in music in the Nordic countries. | | | It is my belief that a strong united Nordic Association, that includes all the different and individualized institutions, can have tremendous power and ability to help further the higher education of music in the world. |
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| | Stora Enso - Sustainability |
| | Stora Enso often goes beyond what is required by law. | | | Like the majority of Nordic companies, Stora Enso has its own policies and supports international principles such as the UN Global Compact and the ILO core conventions on employee rights. | | | Of Nordic companies, only 44% published a sustainability report, and of those only half had the information verified. |
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http://www.storaenso.com/CDAvgn/main/0,,1_-2089-13874-,00.html
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| | News from the High North Alliance |
| | The West Nordic Council is a joint parliamentary organisation of Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. | | | The West Nordic Council has proclaimed 2001 to be the year of traditional hunting in the west Nordic areas. | | | We can but appeal to the industrialised nations to act in a conscientious and responsible manner and work continuously towards reducing the emissions of environmentally hazardous substances into nature. |
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http://www.highnorth.no/news/nedit.asp?which=264
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| | Nordic Council |
| | Nordic Council of Ministers criticises SAS web site for language choice.(Company Business and Marketing) (Telecomworldwire) | | | The territories of the Faeroes and the Åland Islands have been represented since 1970; Greenland gained representation in 1984. | | | Among its accomplishments are the abolition of visas, the creation of a common labor market, mutual recognition of academic degrees, and mutual law enforcement. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0835857.html
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| | Nordic Wetland Conference & Ramsar Meeting, May 2004 |
| | our announcement at www.ramsar.org/w.n.nordic_book.htm), the Nordic Council of Ministers - representing the governments of Denmark and Greenland, Finland and Åland, Iceland, Norway and Svalbard, and Sweden - and the Directorate for Nature Management (the Ramsar administrative authority in Norway) organised a | | | This is proof of the continuing catalytic role of the Nordic countries for wetland conservation and through supporting international cooperation with transfer of know-how, experience and practical means (technical and financial) to their neighbours in the Baltic region and beyond. | | | To this end, Norway offered to convene a smaller planning meeting later in 2004 to consider the mandate, geographical focus, a possible work plan, funding opportunities and the lead responsibilities for wetland cooperation. |
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http://www.ramsar.org/mtg/mtg_nordic_ramsar_2004.htm
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| | Nordic Council for Reindeer Husbandry Research (NOR) |
| | was founded in 1980 and is now formally under the auspices of Nordic Council of Ministers (http://www.norden.org/) with regulations from 2003. | | | distribute travel grants to Nordic researchers, and Ph.D. and Masters students, which are studying reindeer or reindeer husbandry, | | | NOR actively promotes contact between reindeer husbandry and the research community within the Nordic countries and between the Nordic researchers themselves. |
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http://www.rangifer.no/eng/about-nor.html
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| | Nordic Environmental Specimen Banking |
| | This web is a result of the cooperation between the Nordic countries (Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark (Greenland), Sweden and Faroe Island), and are financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers (Nordiska Ministerrådet (NMR)). | | | Information on the national activities in the Nordic Countries | | | The web also give information on national ESB activities in the Nordic countries, and on the Nordic ESB cooperation. |
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| | Nordic Literature |
| | Jón Yngvi Jóhannsson: Life is a schnapps table - Stewe Claeson “The Rowanberries Glow” (Nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literature Award) | | | Morten Abrahamsen: Love, the media and Helsinki - Kjell Westö “Lang” and Pirjo Hassinen ”Strawberries in November” (Nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literature Award) | | | John Swedenmark: The irrefutable poetics of inanimate objects - Morten Søndergaard “Vinci, later” (Nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literature Award) |
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http://www.nordic-literature.org/2003/english/articles
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| | Steamboat Springs Nordic Council |
| | 2005-2006 will be the 7th year that the Steamboat Springs Nordic Council has been working in the Yampa Valley to promote Nordic Skiing and a healthy life style. | | | You can support the Nordic Council and its mission by attending the Nordic Challenge Series events, by purchasing a Steamboat Valley Nordic Pass, making a tax exempt donation to the Nordic Council and by just getting out and skiing at our touring centers. | | | The Steamboat Springs Nordic Council seeks to promote a healthy lifestyle and to preserve the heritage of Nordic skiing in Routt County by providing educational information and a wide variety of opportunities for individuals of all ages and ability levels to participate in Nordic Sports. |
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| | Nordic Film & TV fund |
| | This is a great Nordic film, which speaks from the heart about timeless issues, but does so in the language of our time and on its own terms.” | | | The actual award ceremony will be held in the City Theatre, Reykjavik, on Wednesday 26 October during the annual Session of the Nordic Council. | | | The jury members from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden chose Drabet as “a great Nordic film, which speaks from the heart about timeless issues, but does so in the language of our time and on its own terms.” |
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http://www.nftf.net:16080/nordicfilmprize
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| | Crested Butte Nordic Center |
| | The ice rink is open from mid December to the end of February. | | | Ski school is the fastest way to cross country fun. | | | For the more adventuresome, we also offer backcountry ski tours or moonlight ski parties. |
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| | Aspen/Snowmass Nordic Council - 60 Km of free cross country ski trails in Colorado |
| | The City of Aspen, Pitkin County and Snowmass Village joined together in an Intergovernmental Agreement in the late 80’s to help ensure the continued success of the system. | | | This trail system is also the largest free groomed cross-country ski system in North America. | | | The ASNC oversees the general operation and the City of Aspen Parks Department administrates the maintenance of the system through its Nordic Trails Department. |
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| | BBC NEWS England Nottinghamshire Council champions Nordic walking |
| | Mansfield District Council said Nordic Walking may look a little odd, but reckon it is a great way to get fit. | | | A new exercise sweeping across Europe is set to hit Nottinghamshire after being championed by a council. | | | Kirsty Armstrong, physical activity development officer at Mansfield District Council said: "We have had such a fantastic response to this first course and the group seems to really enjoy the sessions. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/4129134.stm
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| | Grand Mesa Nordic Council – Corporate Sponsorship |
| | Grand Mesa Nordic Council, Post Office Box 266, Cory, Colorado 81414 | | | The Grand Mesa Nordic Council seeks donations from individuals and corporate sponsors. | | | The Grand Mesa Nordic Council is nonprofit tax deductible organization under section 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the 1991 Tax Code as determined by the Internal Revenue Service, District Director, Gary O. Booth, in its correspondence (Letter 947 DO/CG dated Nov 27, 1991) to the Grand Mesa Nordic Council. |
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http://home.mesastate.edu/~jerry/gmnc/corporatesponsor.htm
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