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Pressure grows on ‘au pair’ program

UPDATED: A television documentary on the exploitation that often faces foreigners arriving in Norway on "au pair" contracts was setting off more alarms this...

Breivik’s defender back in the news

Geir Lippestad, the Norwegian defense attorney who represented terrorist and mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik last year, has been back in the news over...

Norway closer to drafting women

Norway's Labour Party has become the latest to approve a measure promoting mandatory gender-neutral military service for young Norwegian citizens. It was the second-most...

Labour goes for the (black) gold

A weekend of hefty internal debate among delegates to the ruling Labour Party's national meeting in Oslo ended with a majority going along with...

Stoltenberg fires up the troops

Labour Party leader Jens Stoltenberg remains a popular prime minister in Norway, but his party has been lagging in the polls and his coalition...

Opposition grows to Olympic plans

The Oslo chapter of Norway's largest labour confederation, LO, has voted overwhelmingly to actively oppose plans by city officials to host the Winter Olympics...

Inspectors set to land on Ryanair

A special meeting among state aviation authorities, government officials and labour leaders has resulted in a warning that Irish airline Ryanair is about to...

Pressure grows on Ryanair

Norwegian Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen says he will demand that employees of Irish low-fare airline Ryanair who are based in Norway must pay taxes...

Ryanair turbulence lands in Parliament

Ireland's low-fare airline Ryanair faces more legal challenges in Norway, after two flight attendants announced they're filing lawsuits over their working conditions and abrupt...

Overtime mediation averted strike

Norway's labour federations LO and YS came to terms with national employers' organization NHO at around 3am on Monday, after three hours of mediation...

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