Tag: Oslo

Munch Museum’s future uncertain

Norway's directorate for cultural heritage (Riksantikvar) has blocked plans, at least temporarily, to build a new Munch Museum near Oslo's waterfront Opera House at Bjørvika,...

Oslo bucks ban on grading children

Norway is one of the few countries in the world with what amounts to a ban on grades for school children. Education officials in...

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...

Munch’s studio wanted as museum

Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's studio in Oslo has been suggested as yet another venue to display his famous art. A veteran art collector in...

Adecco scandal widens to hospitals and slaughterhouses

Allegations of labour law violations committed by the human resources (HR) and recruitment firm Adecco have continued to multiply, with a range of operations...

Bjørgen Norway’s biggest hope

Of the many medal hopes Norwegians have for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships currently taking place in Oslo, Marit Bjørgen is arguably their...

Adecco director resigns in scandal

The controversy surrounding illegal labour practices at public nursing homes run by employment firm Adecco Helse keeps growing, as further shocking revelations of labour law...

All eyes on Åsne for Ski-VM

With hundreds of thousands of spectators descending on Oslo over the next two weeks for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 (known as...

On track to a perfect skiing Sunday

THE TRAILS ARE BECKONING: Skiers had another great weekend in Norway, with lots of snow all over, brilliant sunshine on Saturday and relatively mild...

Complaints have poured in over lack of snow plowing

City officials in Oslo have been as dissatisfied with snow clearing this winter as local residents, and have issued fines amounting to several hundred...
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