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Nordic Look 2012 in Estonia – architecture and urban space
 Nordic Look will take place in Estonia for the second time and will highlight the problems of architecture and urban space at various events held from 15-30 May, which will lead to discussions and create opportunities for closer cooperation between Estonia and the Nordic countries in this area. Nordic Look 2012 is organized by the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia, the Estonian Centre of Architecture and Creative Estonia.
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Exhibition of Icelandic scenery
(1).jpg) Páll Stefánsson´s images of Icelandic scenery until midsummer are exhibited at the Nordic Council of Ministers´ Office in Latvia, 13/3 Marijas Str, Bergs Bazaar, Riga.
Páll Stefánsson about the exhibition: „What makes a nation? It must be the wind. As a photographer, I have never quite managed to capture the wind during the quarter century I’ve been photographing my country, Iceland. This, despite the fact that I’ve scrutinized every shape and color, the light, and anything else I am able to see. Sometimes Iceland seems gigantic when compared with countries like Belgium, Denmark, Israel or El Salvador. At other times, it seems no more than a speck compared with countries like Canada, China, Brazil or Mali.
Iceland is sparse; just over 300,000 inhabitants formed by the wind, the light, the short winter days. But it’s the wind in particular that I’ve never quite managed to photograph.
Why these pictures? To me, they’re creating a certain mood. Showing a land being formed. A land diverse in light and color, a new land not unlike the nation that lives here in the north just below the Arctic Circle. A faraway land closer than you think; just five hours from New York, and under three hours from London.
But one shouldn’t talk about pictures; one should enjoy them. After all, a picture is worth more than a thousand words.” Read more >
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Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða translated into Latvian
.jpg) The Nordic language centre „Nordisk” and the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Latvia invites all fans of Nordic literature to a significant event - presentation of the „Icelandic Saga: Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða with Commentary”. The presentation will take place on Monday, February 6 at 18:00,at the Nordic Council of Ministers´ Office in Riga, 13/3 Marijas Str., Bergs Bazaar.
Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða is one of the shorter Icelandic sagas - masterpieces in miniature. The saga was translated into Latvian by Ilze Bērziņa, with the contribution of language consultants Uldis Bērziņš, Knuts Skujenieks, Dens Dimiņš and Snorre Karkonen-Svensson.
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The welfare state in a Nordic perspective
.jpg) The welfare state in a Nordic perspective is the main theme of the Programme for the Norwegian Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2012. The Presidency will address the various challenges faced by the Nordic welfare states, and how we can meet them by looking at the structure of the welfare state and identifying ways in which the public sector can operate more efficiently. This will also include looking at co-operation between the public sector and both sides of the labour market, as well as at broader co-operation with, e.g. voluntary sector organisations,
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Meeting of Nordic and Baltic creative centres to establish a contact network
The Tartu Creative Economy Centre has submitted an application to the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Business and Industry for support in organising study trips and a contact seminar in order to boost cooperation in the field of the creative economy.
As part of the support granted, a seminar will be held in Tartu on 17 & 18 June which is designed to establish a contact network of companies involved in the creative economy in the Baltic States and Nordic countries.
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Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Latvia, Marijas iela 13/3 (Berga Bazars), Riga, LV 1666, Latvia Telephone: +371 67820089, fax: +371 67213233, e-mail: info@norden.lv.
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