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‘Sad day’ as maternity wards close

The Norwegian government has finally decided to push forward with plans to downgrade local maternity ward services in Odda, Lærdal and Lofoten, and close...

Norwegian workers’ wages increased

Representatives of Norway's employers and workers have reached an agreement in their annual wage negotiations - with 200,000 private sector workers in industry, construction...

Immigrants’ language lessons doubled

The required hours of Norwegian language and social studies lessons for immigrants will be doubled from 300 to 600 hours in 2012, the Norwegian...

Adecco ‘sorry’ as revelations persist

Embattled employment agency Adecco has apologized to its competitors for the negative attention it has attracted to their branch, as revelations of employment law...

Not easy being a Swede in Norway

NEWS ANALYSIS: When Norwegian skiing star Petter Northug flaunted his prowess and tried to humiliate his Swedish arch rival at the world championships last...

Violators in Adecco ‘will be fired’

Employment agency Adecco Norge AS, caught in an ever-growing scandal over illegal labour practices, now has its entire branch against it as the firm...

Stoltenberg’s Twitter jeopardy

Security specialists are criticizing Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg for making himself an easy target for terrorists. Last April Stoltenberg "Twittered" his way through Europe...

Unions dictate many policies

Roar Flåthen may well head the most powerful trade union confederation in the world. This week he and his colleagues were gathering for an...

Exploitation plagues Polish workers

Workers from Poland have been building homes, offices, schools and otherwise making a solid contribution to Norway's economy for years, but they still face...

Board diversity wins over critics

Nearly five years after the Norwegian Parliament passed a law demanding public corporations to appoint a lot more female board members, disagreement lingers over...
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