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Protests persist after top Chinese visit
NEWS ANALYSIS: What does this man and his Chinese government colleagues want from Norway? Many suspect more influence in the Arctic, lucrative trade deals...
MP accuses China of ‘manipulation’
UPDATED: "It's clear China has manipulated us," declared a Member of Parliament to Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) on Tuesday afternoon. MP Petter Eide was responding...
Sparks fly over Finnmark mining
While local elected officials were celebrating with cake, protests poured in over the Conservative state government's decision on Thursday to finally allow mining operations...
Wolf debate ‘blown out of proportion’
It was the wildlife preservationists' turn on Saturday to demonstrate by the thousands in favour of protecting Norway's roughly 60 surviving wolves. As their...
NATO exercise draws protests
The huge NATO exercise that officially begins on Thursday will include a "demonstration of strength" next week that's drawing protests. Instead of hailing Norway's...
Road toll uproar rolled into Oslo
UPDATED: Hundreds of motorists in the Oslo area drove very slowly on the main E18 highway into the Norwegian capital Thursday evening, part of...
Hundreds marched against Israel
Several hundred people turned out Tuesday evening for a demonstration in Oslo against Israel's occupation of Palestinian areas. After gathering in front of the...
Police arrest demonstrators
Police in Oslo arrested around 40 people during the weekend after they launched an unannounced demonstration and disrupted traffic by blocking tram routes. The...
Hundreds marched against sexual harassment
Hundreds of women, and some men, marched through downtown Oslo on Sunday in a demonstration to display their distress and disgust over sexual harassment,...
Thousands protest gang rape acquittals
Thousands of Norwegians turned out Monday afternoon for demonstrations all over the country against the acquittals of three men who'd been charged with gang...
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