Debate over Breivik’s fate won’t cease
January 12, 2012 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway’s home-grown mass murderer and confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik continues to grab headlines in Norwegian media, as debate goes on over what will ultimately happen...
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Tine and others flunk flatness test
January 7, 2012 ·
COMMENTARY – VIEWS ON THE NEWS: There’s an expression in Norway that’s often applied to those who need to admit an error and even apologize for it. They “legger seg flat”...
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Jens, stay home!
December 4, 2011 ·
COMMENTARY – VIEWS ON THE NEWS: Has anyone else noticed the irony of how people worried about the climate – including Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg – spend vast amounts of...
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Many thanks – ‘tusen takk!’
November 7, 2011 ·
To our readers who answered our recent call for support, and clicked on our pages’ Donate button, we just wanted to say “many thanks,” or as the Norwegians would say, “tusen takk!”...
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SOS – Support Our Stories
November 1, 2011 ·
More than 100,000 readers clicked into Views and News from Norway again this past month, so we must be doing something right. Less than a dozen of you, though, hit the “Donate” button. Therefore...
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Minister Moe takes Sp to the right
September 8, 2011 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Oil & Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe has been stirring up controversy and quarrels in the government for the past few weeks, ever since Norway’s politicians began their delayed...
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‘Most expensive’ yet again
August 18, 2011 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Another ranking of the world’s major cities places the Norwegian capital in the top spot as most expensive, way ahead of cities known for high prices like Tokyo, Paris and New York....
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Foreigners just don’t ‘get’ Norway
July 28, 2011 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Sympathy for Norwegians who have lived through a violent nightmare in recent days has streamed in from around the world, but so has criticism of Norway in foreign media. As Norwegians tried...
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Norway’s ‘russ’ – the good, the bad and the ugly
June 3, 2011 ·
NEWS COMMENTARY: As the end of another school year draws to a close, the annual party season for graduating students known as “russ” is winding down as well. Many teachers are breathing a sigh...
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Norway’s economic riddle
May 13, 2011 ·
COMMENTARY: Oil wealth, high prices and a relatively high standard of living don’t mean Norway is free from a certain degree of public poverty. Debate continues over why such a wealthy country doesn’t...
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Power without responsibility, responsibility without power
April 6, 2011 ·
COMMENTARY: The Norwegian Study of Power and Democracy was a five-year government-mandated effort overseen by five academic experts charged with assessing what’s going on with democracy in Norway. This...
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Norway’s economy wins good reviews
April 1, 2011 ·
COMMENTARY: Norway’s economy is still on a roll, and keeps catching the attention of analysts and investors around the world. It emerged relatively unscathed from the recent finance crisis, is poised...
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Sorry, but Norwegian isn’t dying
March 31, 2011 ·
COMMENTARY: “Sorry,” I said, as I tried my best not to knock people over on my way through the bus. It was my first week in Norway and “sorry” was still my awkward, automatic reflex in any such...
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Two Canadians at Ski-VM
March 3, 2011 ·
COMMENTARY: Lady Luck is shining down on me. I am Canadian, and out of two whole weeks of competition at the FIS World Ski Championships (Ski-VM) in Oslo, the day I had tickets was the day the Canadians...
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Norway’s brand of democracy
January 14, 2011 ·
COMMENTARY: As two of Norway’s political parties consider major personnel changes, the two most striking features of Norway’s political system may be that individual lawmakers aren’t...
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