Tag: Oslo

Poverty hits 10 percent in Oslo

Government figures released on Tuesday show that 9.68 percent of residents in the Norwegian capital Oslo are defined as living in poverty, giving the...

Norway still world’s best for mothers

Save the Children's annual international report on mothers and their children, State of the World's Mothers, has once again named Norway as the best...

Oslo rape threat higher for ‘russ’

Police and voluntary organizations in Oslo have warned of the dangers and consequences of rape in the light of recent high profile cases and...

Labour will end private care homes

The Labour Party and others in the workers' movement in Norway heavily criticized private nursing homes and pledged to end them in Oslo during...

Oslo becoming ‘like Manhattan’

The leader of the Oslo City Council has expressed concern that the center of Norway's capital city is "becoming like Manhattan" where "only the...

Minister urges toddler testing

Norway's education minister, Kristin Halvorsen, has released a new parliamentary report that seeks to reduce the number of Norwegian children receiving special education, including...

New leads in Oslo rape cases

Vital DNA evidence has been retrieved in the effort to bring to justice the perpetrators of a series of rapes in Oslo since Saturday...

Radiation higher in Oslo than Tokyo

A leading Norwegian nuclear physicist has criticized the Norwegian media's "mild, collective psychosis" surrounding radiation since the tsunami in Japan threatened the Fukushima nuclear...

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...

Employment agency probes spread

Police investigating labour law violations by employment agency Adecco say their suspicions have been confirmed as the investigation has unfolded. More allegations against the...
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