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LO cracks down on cash

Norway's large labour confederation LO is urging its members to use bank- or credit cards when paying for services like hair cuts and car...

Couple cleared of exploiting au pairs

A court in Oslo has acquitted a couple charged with exploiting two au pairs from the Philippines and forcing them to work up to...

Pilots quarrel with Norwegian

Norway's once-high-flying Norwegian Air, which has been hard hit this year by problems with its new Boeing Dreamliner jets, was caught in more turbulence...

Stoltenberg era ends, for now

Outgoing Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg spent much of the weekend in a whirl of farewell events, and he's been packing his way out of...

Au pair exploitation goes on trial

Two trials currently underway in  Oslo point up the serious exploitation faced by many au pairs and other labour migrants who travel to Norway, many...

Swedes still stream to jobs in Norway

Fully 20 percent of all young workers in Oslo are currently Swedish, according to fresh figures from the independent social economic research foundation Frischsenteret....

Supreme Court toughens up

UPDATED: Norway's highest court issued what's being called an historically tough prison sentence against a convicted sex offender on Thursday. By ordering disgraced mayor...

Boeing flies in for crisis talks

A delegation from aircraft manufacturer Boeing was due to land in Oslo on Wednesday afternoon for what media outlets are calling "crisis talks," after...

Disgraced mayor still wants to fight to clear his name

Rune Øygard, the former Labour Party mayor who was convicted of sexually assaulting a young teenaged girl, expressed disappointment on Wednesday when told that...

Former minister claims she’s not bitter

The former Labour Party minister who's written what her party colleagues are calling a downright  nasty book about them is defending her decision to...

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