DT 10-11 / 2007

Swedish NGOs face more competition over fewer funds

Sida’s invitation for new Swedish NGOs to apply to become frame organisations is likely to result in...

July 17, 2007

Finland to review Afghanistan portfolio

As Finnish troops are transferred to the Swedish-led PRT in Mazar-i-Sharif, the Foreign Ministry in Helsinki...

July 17, 2007

Norwegian PM builds alliance for radical shift in global health aid

As the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg prepares to launch his business plan for scaling up...

News July 17, 2007

Vietnamese outscore Nordics in UN survey

A UN survey carried out in Vietnam and four Nordic countries reveals that Vietnamese people have better...

News July 17, 2007

OECD tells Denmark, again: untie mixed credits

News July 17, 2007

Finland to review Afghanistan portfolio

As Finnish troops are transferred to the Swedish-led PRT in Mazar-i-Sharif, the Foreign Ministry in Helsinki...

News July 17, 2007

Bondevik positive about Støre’s Middle East policy

Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik is supportive of the Norwegian government’s recognition...

News July 17, 2007

Swedish NGOs face more competition over fewer funds

Sida’s invitation for new Swedish NGOs to apply to become frame organisations is likely to result in...

News July 17, 2007

Stop waving the chequebook

The Nordics’ most valuable asset in the UN is credibility. Since the UN was established the small Nordic...

Opinion Editorial July 17, 2007

NOREPS sales for 2006 solid, but fail to match tsunami year 2005

Norwegian emergency relief companies in the NOREPS network failed to top the sky-high sales results of...

Business July 17, 2007

IFC ombudsman scrutinises SN Power’s India project

Business July 17, 2007

Nordic roots of the CAO

The watchdog function of the International Finance Corporation has Nordic roots, Meg Taylor, the Compliance...

Business July 17, 2007

Preliminary data shows slow down for Nordic firms in UN market

Danish, Finnish and Norwegian companies experienced sluggish results in their sales to UN agencies last...

Business July 17, 2007

Danish rural electrification funds depend on Sida’s ok

Denmark has in principle approved about DKK 33 million in aid funding for a rural electrification project...

Business July 17, 2007

Has Finland implemented the Paris Agenda?

Within the framework of OECD/DAC evaluation network a joint evaluation has been launched to assess the...

Business July 17, 2007

Norad to evaluate truck scandal and peace aid

The Norwegian Red Cross has since 2002 used of old trucks donated by the Norwegian military in the transport...

Business July 17, 2007

Bondevik to push Ban Ki-moon on UN reform

As former Norwegian PM Kjell Magne Bondevik winds up his assignment as a UN envoy, he reflects on his...

News July 17, 2007