If the rouble falls further (and it slipped 10% last week), the comparison will be with Ireland.
The Nordic countries, together with Ireland, have a combined population of close to 30 million.
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Wales have also applied to be joint host of the 2019 spectacle with Ireland and Scotland.
The parallels with Ireland are overdone: Spain's biggest banks, unlike Ireland's, are serious businesses.
It is clear from his novels that Mr O'Brian was half in love with Ireland.
Can you imagine if West Indies dropped out and into a group with Ireland and the Netherlands?
France ran riot and set themselves up for the crucial Group D meeting with Ireland on Friday.
The campaign to reach the 2011 event in South Africa begins on Wednesday, with Ireland the first opponents.
Silver went to the Netherlands' Gerco Schroder, with Ireland's Cian O'Connor pushed into bronze position after a jump-off.
The next big hope for Wyeth's pipeline is a treatment for Alzheimer's being developed with Ireland's Elan Pharmaceuticals.
Major safety changes were brought in, and Coleman says organizers had to plead with Ireland's racing authorities to keep holding the event.
With Ireland only able to make 135-7, Sri Lanka claimed a nine-run victory.
Other currencies across the ERM suffered as much or more, with Ireland and Portugal among the countries devaluing their currencies.
Wales are joint top of the Six Nations table with Ireland with two wins each, but Ireland lead on points difference.
Cyprus currently enjoys a low 10% corporate tax, putting it on par with Ireland (which also has its share of problems).
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The tournament runs from 19 February to 2 April, with Ireland beginning their campaign against Bangladesh in Dhaka on 25 February.
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France's Europe Minister Jean-Pierre Jouyet has spoken of a possible "legal arrangement" with Ireland at the end of the ratification process.
But with Ireland at home they have an excellent chance to win the event and then qualify for the West Indies.
He maintained communication over the past year with Ireland's prime minister, Bertie Ahern, and developed a good relationship with Tony Blair.
The budget deficit, projected to fall from 9.3% of GDP in 2009 to 4.6% in 2011, pales by comparison with Ireland's.
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Arthur Guinness made stouts synonymous with Ireland in 1759 when he signed an optimistic 9, 000 year lease on a brewery in Dublin.
Which, as with Ireland, seems like an appallingly silly thing to do.
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Shakib eventually saw him off for 108 with Ireland 27 short and Niall O'Brien came and went for five to increase the tension.
The Scots led 12-9 at half-time as Chris Paterson traded penalties with Ireland's Ronan O'Gara, who became the leading Six Nations points scorer.
Before that Wales' Leigh Halfpenny and Tom Shanklin, along with Ireland scrum-half Tomas O'Leary, had to withdraw from the tour due to injury.
Linda Martin believed that with Ireland hosting the competitions, the traditional image of Ireland that was projected helped boost the country's tourism reputation.
Bickerton narrowly avoided a play-off with Ireland's Padraig Harrington after he double-bogeyed the 15th, but held on with a final round of 69.
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However, he added that the high unemployment rate and weak economy in Ireland meant it was not possible to consider closer links with Ireland.
In January 2012, O'CEARRBHAIL hacked into the personal e-mail account of an officer with Ireland's national police service, the An Garda Siochana (the "Garda").
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