Tag: Sami
Sami demonstrators cleared in court
All of the 18 Sami demonstrators who'd refused to pay fines for ignoring police orders to end their occupation of a government ministry last...
Sami activists await court verdict
Fines have been revoked against some Sami activists who occupied state government ministries last year, but state prosectors are still demanding payment of fines...
Sami demonstrators called into court
They've gone along with recent settlements between Sami reindeer herders and wind power producers on mountain plateaus in Fosen, but Sami demonstrators are still...
Sparks fly around Bodø’s opening as a European Capital of Culture
Norway's northern city of Bodø defied all the odds and could officially start its year this week as a European Capital of Culture. Neither...
Sami suspend demonstrations after meeting with king and crown prince
Sami demonstrators have dismantled their camps in downtown Oslo and suspended their protests over wind turbines on their land, at least for now. After...
Protesters win meeting with the king
Norway's indigenous Sami people continue their protests against the Norwegian government's decision to allow wind turbines on Sami grazing land. They blocked entrances to...
Protesters removed from Parliament
Demonstrators protesting the Norwegian government's refusal to remove wind turbines from Sami grazing land ended up being forcibly removed themselves, from their sit-in at...
Demonstrators block streets, occupy Parliament to secure Sami human rights
Sami and environmental activists set off a new round of demonstrations in Oslo on Wednesday, part of an ongoing effort to secure their human...
Sparks fly over electrification plans
NEWS ANALYSIS: As storms blamed on climate change continued to ravage Southern Norway this week, top government officials were in sunny Northern Norway to...
State snubs Sami again, protests loom
The Norwegian government has once again snubbed and angered the country's indigenous Sami population, by dragging out any program to reduce or remove wind...
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