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China meets some new opposition

NEWS ANALYSIS: Nine years after the Norwegian Nobel Committee infuriated Chinese officials by awarding the Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiabao, the...

Nobel Committee ready for spotlight

The five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee have once again been huddling for months over who should win this year's Nobel Peace Prize....

MP accuses China of ‘manipulation’

UPDATED: "It's clear China has manipulated us," declared a Member of Parliament to Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) on Tuesday afternoon. MP Petter Eide was responding...

Standing ovations for Nobel Laureates

The applause seemed to go on forever at Monday's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. Dr Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad were honoured with...

Nobel winners seek justice for women

Security was tight around the Norwegian Nobel Institute on Sunday, after a week in which news broke about threats against Norway's justice minister and...

Norway joins criticism of China

Norway has joined some international criticism of China, after reports of how Chinese authorities have rounded up as many as 1 million ethnic minorities...

State visit ‘renews’ Chinese friendship

Norway's King Harald V got some support from Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, both in the literal and figurative sense. Xi reportedly slowed...

King to speak up while in China

Norway's King Harald V was winning praise after he said he would bring up human rights concerns during a meeting with China's authoritarian president...

More rape victims are seeking help

Just days after the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced a Peace Prize that boosts awareness of sexual violence, comes news that rape remains a major...

Nobel spotlights sexual violence

The Norwegian Nobel Committee turned the spotlight on the horrors of sexual violence, especially as a weapon in war, when it awarded this year's...
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