Norway’s traumatic moment of truth
April 20, 2012 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: After describing himself as a self-appointed executionist on Thursday, Anders Behring Breivik was back on the witness stand in Oslo on Friday to answer more questions about his attacks of...
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‘Lilyhammer’ set for second season
March 15, 2012 ·
Norway went on a sort of withdrawal Wednesday night. After months of hype and eight weeks of record ratings, the Norwegian TV series “Lilyhammer” wrapped up its first short season on state...
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Storm of support for refugee children
March 15, 2012 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: They’re called “asylbarn” in Norwegian, children of refugees whose applications for asylum in Norway have been rejected by immigration authorities. Debate over their fate...
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Political storm delays climate report
March 1, 2012 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Just as Norway experiences some of its warmest winter days ever comes more news of an ongoing political storm over the government’s long-awaited climate report. It’s been delayed...
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Lawyer’s leaks pose media dilemma
February 15, 2012 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian media were in a squeeze this week after police claimed they’d identified the lawyer suspected of leaking confidential information from ongoing investigations into last summer’s...
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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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