Sentences with phrase «nordic countries are in»

March 20, 2017 • All the Nordic countries are in the top tier.

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Many residents of Norway politely declined, according to Reuters, likely because «the Nordic country, one of the richest in the world by GDP per capita, was last year named the happiest nation on the planet.»

Some of the issues I identified with the network equipment maker's Virtual Networking Index included the unlikelihood that Canadians use the internet more than Americans; Japan's similarly head - scratching low usage; the unexplained projections of how traffic is expected to grow in different countries; and why internet leaders such as the Nordic countries were grouped into a generic «Western Europe» category that may have skewed the entire study.

No, but jokes apart, I think the most important thing about the country is the culture, and there is an element of Nordic culture in what we do.

Following a 12 - year, $ 50 million survey of an underwater mountain range, the Nordic country — located in Northern Europe just south of Norway and Sweden — has concluded that it is the rightful owner of the North Pole.

Among companies based in the Nordic countries are Snow Software, a software asset management company based in Sweden; iZettle, a mobile payments company in Stockholm; Extreme Iceland, a tour operator and travel agency based in Reykjavik; and Clio Online, an education company in Copenhagen.

Prasos is the leading Bitcoin service provider in the Nordic countries and we currently serve more than 50,000 customers.

Prasos Oy is the leading Bitcoin service provider in the Nordic countries.

Norges Bank confirms it's ready to hike ratesNorway's central bank left its key policy rate unchanged Thursday, but confirmed its intention to start raising interest rates later in the year, despite surprisingly muted inflation in the Nordic country.

When the Nordic Housing Bubble pops, formerly high - flying countries like Norway and Finland will have more in common with Spain and Italy than they ever imagined was possible.

According to RBS, the receivables purchase program is the first of its kind to be enacted in the Nordic countries.

Twenty years ago, with a latent demand for more leverage - led spending, it wasn't hard to stimulate growth in demand with lower interest rates, at least not in the Anglosphere or the Nordic countries.

With electricity demand from crypto miners set to exceed that from electric vehicles in coming years, the hunt for new markets is narrowing to Canada and a handful of Nordic countries, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Elchin Mammadov said in a report.

The nordic countries are among the most atheist» places in the world.

With salmon, blueberries, and an assortment of produce figuring heavily in the menu, the recipes also emphasize eating local and seasonal as much as possible and in such a way that is relevant in the Pacific Northwest and the Nordic countries this time of year.

is one of the leading paper, cardboard, paperboard, and plastic converters in the Nordic countries.

About the buyer Pyroll is one of the leading paper, cardboard, paperboard, and plastic converters in the Nordic countries.

Thanks to its record - breaking second edition in 2013, where attendance increased by 57 percent to 3,158 attendees from 67 different countries, Natural Products Scandinavia, and its sister event Nordic Organic Food Fair, have been selected as finalists in the Best Tradeshow Exhibition (UK & International) Under 2,000 sq. m category at the Association of Event Organizers» Excellence Awards 2014 — the exhibition industry's equivalent to the Oscars.

Though the United States was not the heaviest coffee - drinking nation at the time (Nordic countries, Belgium, and Netherlands all had comparable or higher levels of per capita consumption), due to its sheer size, it was already the largest consumer of coffee in the world by 1860, and, by 1920, around half of all coffee produced worldwide was consumed in the US.

Consumer demand and sales of organic products continues to increase in the Nordic countries, and with more than 500 exhibitors and over 5000 trade visitors combined over both shows, the Nordic Organic Food Fair, is the perfect platform.

And though the competition was fierce, inasmuch as those who did eventually make the U.S. Nordic cross-country team have an average age of 25, there is reason to believe that had Day joined them in Innsbruck he could have made at the least a respectable showing for his country.

With religion being a lot less prominent in the Nordic countries there is so much less of it in politics and much less chance of religiously biased legislation being enacted.

Intergenerational mobility is a lot higher in the Nordic countries, Canada and Australia.

In the Nordic countries, we find extremely complex carriers, called Komse, which are cradleboards that would not look out of place in many North American First Nations cultureIn the Nordic countries, we find extremely complex carriers, called Komse, which are cradleboards that would not look out of place in many North American First Nations culturein many North American First Nations cultures.

In 1986, 2 years before these data were collected, the United States ranked 16th (3.6 / 1000) in postneonatal death, well below Finland (first; 1.8 / 1000) and Sweden (second; 2.0 / 1000).24 The US breastfeeding prevalence in 1986 was 57 % at birth and 22 % at 6 months, 25 whereas in Finland and Sweden, the prevalence at 6 months then was still ~ 60 % and 50 %, respectively.26 Although the United States still trails the Nordic countries both in breastfeeding and in postneonatal mortality, the US rate of postneonatal death has fallen steadily between the late 1980s and now, and breastfeeding has increaseIn 1986, 2 years before these data were collected, the United States ranked 16th (3.6 / 1000) in postneonatal death, well below Finland (first; 1.8 / 1000) and Sweden (second; 2.0 / 1000).24 The US breastfeeding prevalence in 1986 was 57 % at birth and 22 % at 6 months, 25 whereas in Finland and Sweden, the prevalence at 6 months then was still ~ 60 % and 50 %, respectively.26 Although the United States still trails the Nordic countries both in breastfeeding and in postneonatal mortality, the US rate of postneonatal death has fallen steadily between the late 1980s and now, and breastfeeding has increasein postneonatal death, well below Finland (first; 1.8 / 1000) and Sweden (second; 2.0 / 1000).24 The US breastfeeding prevalence in 1986 was 57 % at birth and 22 % at 6 months, 25 whereas in Finland and Sweden, the prevalence at 6 months then was still ~ 60 % and 50 %, respectively.26 Although the United States still trails the Nordic countries both in breastfeeding and in postneonatal mortality, the US rate of postneonatal death has fallen steadily between the late 1980s and now, and breastfeeding has increasein 1986 was 57 % at birth and 22 % at 6 months, 25 whereas in Finland and Sweden, the prevalence at 6 months then was still ~ 60 % and 50 %, respectively.26 Although the United States still trails the Nordic countries both in breastfeeding and in postneonatal mortality, the US rate of postneonatal death has fallen steadily between the late 1980s and now, and breastfeeding has increasein Finland and Sweden, the prevalence at 6 months then was still ~ 60 % and 50 %, respectively.26 Although the United States still trails the Nordic countries both in breastfeeding and in postneonatal mortality, the US rate of postneonatal death has fallen steadily between the late 1980s and now, and breastfeeding has increasein breastfeeding and in postneonatal mortality, the US rate of postneonatal death has fallen steadily between the late 1980s and now, and breastfeeding has increasein postneonatal mortality, the US rate of postneonatal death has fallen steadily between the late 1980s and now, and breastfeeding has increased.

The distribution of household labour is most equal in Nordic countries and least equal in southern Europe;

First, as experience in the Netherlands and Nordic countries indicates, the cultivation of self - organising institutions and networks that are capable of delivering high quality public services requires decades of investment, as well as the appropriate cultural values, norms and an appropriate level of social capital.

In addition to policies aimed at increasing the age at which workerscan retire and encouraging private pensions (central planks of pension reforms in many other countries), the Nordic countries have for several years been focusing on adjustments to the way their pension systems are fundeIn addition to policies aimed at increasing the age at which workerscan retire and encouraging private pensions (central planks of pension reforms in many other countries), the Nordic countries have for several years been focusing on adjustments to the way their pension systems are fundein many other countries), the Nordic countries have for several years been focusing on adjustments to the way their pension systems are funded.

An example that is particularly relevant since the question alludes to the use of the criminal justice system to enforce property rights is that in Germany and some Nordic countries, they punish many less serious criminal offenses with «day - fines» rather than incarceration.

I've written in a bit more detail elsewhere about just some of the important differences that exist (and this post builds on and overlaps somewhat with my earlier post), even within the Western world, between countries like the U.S., where the newspaper industry has suffered greatly in recent years, and then other countries like Germany or the Nordic Countries, where developments have been much less dramatic — though these countries have levels of internet penetration and use that are as high as or higher than in countries like the U.S., where the newspaper industry has suffered greatly in recent years, and then other countries like Germany or the Nordic Countries, where developments have been much less dramatic — though these countries have levels of internet penetration and use that are as high as or higher than in countries like Germany or the Nordic Countries, where developments have been much less dramatic — though these countries have levels of internet penetration and use that are as high as or higher than in Countries, where developments have been much less dramatic — though these countries have levels of internet penetration and use that are as high as or higher than in countries have levels of internet penetration and use that are as high as or higher than in the U.S..

Other state - run pension systems, for example in Nordic countries, distribute by means of a more generous base pension; the German system is still geared toward status maintenance for high earners.

For example, the Nordic countries are among the oldest countries in the world.

In Europe, especially the Nordic countries, some universities supplement conference travel costs for women who are nursing, Rice writes.

Probing mysteries of soot and clouds A study released in May by the Arctic Council suggests that, while countries below 40 degrees north latitude collectively contribute the lion's share of the world's black carbon output, Nordic countries» soot is the most damaging, because it has the shortest distance to travel to the Arctic.

As one speaker at the conference pointed out, even in the Nordic countries, where the equality agenda has been stronger than in many other European countries, there is still a startling lack of progress.

Nevertheless, says lead study author Isabelle Deltour of the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen, «The Nordic countries are a good model for studying the association» due to broad early adoption of the technology and thorough medical records.

The negative impacts of warmer winters may be less evident in Nordic countries than in places like Alaska, where people and animals like polar bears and seals are more dependent on the presence of sea ice, according to Serreze.

NordProLink is an interesting project that gives young employees from small and medium - sized enterprises in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and northwest Russia (those «adjacent areas») the opportunity to work in an equivalent company in a Nordic country.

The situation is better in the Nordic countries such as Norway and Sweden, where this problem affects barely 5 % of their water masses.

At the opposite end are the Nordic countries, «where - Palència said - there is a higher State involvement in the care of children, the elderly and dependents through public services, which means that women have less family burden and a higher work engagement.»

The aim of the network is to facilitate, extend and strengthen collaboration and contact between higher education institutions in southern Africa and the Nordic countries.

Nordlys is a cross-disciplinary network within the Nordplus programme, with participation by 37 universities in the Nordic countries.

Nordlys is aimed at students and teaching staff who want to study or work in subjects in which their institution does not have agreements / networks with universities in the other Nordic countries.

SASNET is funded by Lund University, but is also accessible to researchers and students at other universities in Sweden and the other Nordic countries.

The highlands in the Nordic countries were classified as a separate oroarctic tundra type.

SANORD is a member organisation that connects universities in the Nordic countries and southern Africa.

The location of assemblies alternates between the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden which are represented in the Council.

If you have been admitted to exchange studies in a Nordic or European country, you can apply for a Nordplus or an Erasmus scholarship.

With over 40,000 students and more than 9,000 employees, the University of Copenhagen is one of the largest institutions of research and education in the Nordic countries.

AAU is also an active partner in international Master's programmes and double degree programmes where students will rotate between university departments in both Nordic and European partner countries.