Scandinavia

INTERVIEW scandinavia : Liv Holm Andersen: 'Danes like to lose their sense of security'

Liv Holm Andersen: 'Danes like to lose their sense of security'

She talks and laughs with Mediterranean hand gestures and speaks a bit of Greek, but don't be fooled. The 24-year-old is actually one of Denmark’s youngest politicians, a candidate for the Scandinavian’s country’s second smallest party Radikale Venstre in elections on 15 September. In Athens, we talk Europe, the Balkans and learning from Spain

by Elina Makri @ // 14/09/11

scandinavia, balkans, greece, youth, bosnia and herzegovina, right wing extremism, athens

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Image : Tips for a trip to Oslo: surviving on a handful of kroner

Tips for a trip to Oslo: surviving on a handful of kroner

Scandinavia, new top erasmus destination?

Scandinavia, new top erasmus destination?

In 2008, almost 13, 700 students on the 'erasmus' student exchange programme were drawn to countries in northern Europe. Finland, Sweden and even Norway aren't yet threatening Spain in its pole position as Europe's most popular destination, but they're generating an enormous amount of debate, between cliches and untruths. From student salaries in Denmark to Finnish e-courses, we tackle the young man or woman's Nordic myth

INVESTIGATION scandinavia : Why Swedes go next door to Denmark to buy alcohol

Why Swedes go next door to Denmark to buy alcohol

The Swedes are notorious for their heavy drinking; its government has been trying to counter the problem since the 19th century

by Jessica Karagöl @ // 07/08/09

scandinavia, business, systembolaget, alcohol, tourism, youth, travel

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Conference about Scandinavia

Seems to be interesting: political, social and cultural analysis of the creation of the Scandinavian region. Nobody from Lithuania is presenting though.

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Happiness Hierarchy

A few days ago Eurofound published a resume of 2nd European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS). This survey highlights the social and economic policy challenges that the European Union faces today following the two recent rounds of enlargement. The final result and the statistics were made on the basis of ...

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The euro as failure or savior?

The global financial crisis is testing the eurozone. Tony Barber of the Financial Times writes about the ever-widening spread between the yields on German and Italian 10-year government bonds, implying that investors lack full confidence in Greek and Italian fiscal policies. While these problems are created by the policies of ...

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Decoder

Selected works of third biennial for video art Contour 2007 in CAC, Vilnius.

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Merry Christmas from Stockholm

God Jul (Merry Christmas) from a sunny winter-morning Stockholm. It pleases us to extend our Season's Greetings to all babelians, and we also link to Adriano Farano's post about 2008.

Waldemar by Waldemar on stockholm