Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "European Free Trade Association" produced 45 items.
| 1. On the outside, looking in | January 26, 2012 |
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The benefits still outweigh the drawbacks of Norway's unique relationship with the European Union.
Stuck in the back seat
The Swiss position
Statoil, Norway's... |
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| 2. A small dog with a big bite | November 11, 2010 |
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How did the EFTA court acquire an influence out of all proportion to its tiny size? “As a small dog you must bark louder than a big dog,” declares Carl Baudenbacher,... |
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| 3. EU leaders approve Iceland's candidacy | June 17, 2010 |
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EU accepts Iceland as fourth candidate for EU membership, but issues warning over Icesave dispute. EU leaders today decided to open accession talks with Iceland, a decision... | |
| 4. Shadowing the EU | April 15, 2010 |
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Lars Erik Nordgaard explains how members of the European Economic Area work with the EU. Each year, roughly 300 decisions are taken that adjust the European Economic Area... |
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| 5. EFTA Surveillance Authority | April 8, 2010 |
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Lawyer - Food Safety
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| 6. Fencing for the EU and the environment | December 17, 2009 |
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Paal Frisvold, Norwegian Olympian, champion of the EU and advocate for the environment. Paal Frisvold dates his interest in international affairs back to 1979, when, as a... |
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| 7. Swiss voters back ban on minarets | November 30, 2009 |
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57% support a ban that had been rejected by all the main political parties. In a stunning rebuke to their main political parties - all but one of which had rejected the... |
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| 8. Movers & shakers | November 5, 2009 |
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| 9. Accession is a logical next step | July 23, 2009 |
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The financial crisis may have re-triggered the debate, but Iceland's application for EU membership is driven by a deeper, longer-term logic. I will today present Iceland's... |
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| 10. Iceland mulls EU membership talks | July 16, 2009 |
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Parliament set to approve application and membership talks could progress quickly. The government of Iceland plans to submit an application to join the European Union... |
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| 11. Iceland's parliament approves EU bid | July 16, 2009 |
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Government authorised to start EU accession talks; application may follow within days. Iceland's parliament has authorised the government to start membership talks with the... | |
| 12. Enthusiastic economist | May 28, 2009 |
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Thomas Wieser was awarded one of the EU's most prized economic policy posts in March, in the middle of the most serious global crisis in years. The EU is poised to undergo... |
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| 13. No way, says Norway | May 7, 2009 |
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Request for funding gets a negative response. EU plans for easing its own financial crisis by squeezing non-members have run into trouble. | |
| 14. Trade incentives needed for Balkan states | January 22, 2009 |
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Here is one form of incentive that should be provided. ‘Balkan states can profit from concrete steps for easing trade with the EU' (Letters, 18 December 2008–7 January)... | |
| 15. The EU must ease trade with the Balkans | December 4, 2008 |
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The polemics are long-standing; what is needed now are some concrete steps. Companies from the EU countries doing business with firms from the western Balkans countries are... | |
| 16. The EU is not an island that can ignore the plight of Iceland | October 23, 2008 |
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EU member states have dented the Union's guiding principle of solidarity by not acting collectively to help Iceland. Solidarity is the cornerstone of the EU, whose 27... |
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| 17. Adaptable survivor faces uncertain times | October 16, 2008 |
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EFTA has undergone many changes since it was set up nearly 50 years ago, but its survival appears uncertain. They are small, rich and have all – for various reasons –... |
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| 18. Time to rethink healthy relations | October 16, 2008 |
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Reforming the EEA agreement would improve co-operation between EFTA and the EU, and would make both sides more competitive on the global market. Since it was founded in... |
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| 19. Establishing free trade across Europe | October 16, 2008 |
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What is being done to ensure a level playing-field in the European Economic Area. Much has changed since the agreement creating the European Economic Area (EEA) was signed... |
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| 20. Time to rethink healthy relations | October 16, 2008 |
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It is understandable that the EFTA states have chosen to stay outside the EU, but it is time to leave the waiting-room and help the Union change from within. As a Scottish... |
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