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Home for Polish workers shut down

State authorities ordered an immediate evacuation of a four-story residential building in Figgjo, western Norway, after calling it a "fire trap" that endangered the...

Labour Party torn by new sex scandal

UPDATED: Some Labour Party officials are calling it the party's worst crisis ever, after top politician Roger Ingebrigtsen was forced to resign for having...

Trade minister turned author

Trond Giske has been making lots of headlines in recent months as Norway's busy and sometimes controversial trade minister, but he's also managed to...

Prosecutors seek four-year prison term for mayor

State prosecutors declared in a court in Lillehammer on Thursday that the popular mayor of a small mountain community should spend four years in...

Mayor’s trial enters final week

The trial of a Labour Party mayor accused of sexually assaulting a young teenage girl over a period of two years entered its final...

Air traffic controllers’ leader resigns under pressure

The controversial leader of Norway's air traffic controllers, Åge Røde, has decided to resign as his colleagues' representative, after state aviation agency Avinor went...

Norway ‘attractive’ but not enough

Norway has nice scenery and has become more attractive to talented foreign workers amidst ever-growing global mobility, but can and should do much more...

Call goes out for six-hour workday for parents

Parents of small children should be allowed to work just six hours a day at full pay, claims one of Norway's biggest labour unions,...

Law protecting elected officials from being fired ‘should be changed’

A Norwegian law that prevents elected officials from being fired during their terms of office should be changed, according to some professors, Members of...

Jobless rate still high for immigrants

Norway's strong oil-fueled economy has kept the country's unemployment rate low for years, but it's still high for immigrants, especially those from Africa, South...
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