Tag: immigration

Culture shock hits refugees in Karasjok

Karasjok in Northern Norway is known as a capital of Sami culture with long cold winters, equally long light summer days and wide open spaces. Not...

SAS, other airlines, lift US travel ban

After several days of confusion and chaos, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) was among airlines notified by the industry organization IATA during the weekend that US...

Au pair scandal yields jail terms

The Oslo City Court has sentenced a wealthy Norwegian investor and his wife to five months in prison each, in a case that has...

Foreign minister upholds Trump criticism

Foreign Minister Børge Brende addressed the Norwegian Parliament on Wednesday with a promise to maintain the government's criticism of US President Donald J Trump's...

Immigration tests the welfare state

Norway has not succeeded in ushering refugees and many other immigrants into the workforce, notes the leader of a commission that's been studying the...

Former ministers ‘shocked’ by Trump

Three former Norwegian foreign ministers, including one who also served as Norway's ambassador to the US, are urging the government to directly and more strongly...

Norway slams US’ refugee, travel ban

The Norwegian government, which often has called the US its "most important ally," was as upset as many others around the world this weekend after new US...

Sp keen to exclude resident foreigners

Norway's rural-oriented Center Party (Senterpartiet, Sp) presented two key portions of its election platform on Friday that opponents claim will "punish" foreigners who have residence...

Immigration chief ‘misunderstood’

Sylvi Listhaug, Norway's government minister in charge of immigration and integration, was back in the news this week, exactly one year to the day since...

Prime minister lauded for promoting ‘new word of the year’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg ended up getting credit for introducing and using what Norwegian language experts chose as the "the new word of the year"...
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