Tag: politics

Terror threat now ‘more serious’

Islamic fundamentalists, right-wing extremists and foreign spies pose the greatest threats to Norway's safety in 2011, the state police intelligence unit PST (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste)...

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...

New Nobel fallout hits major firm

Serious calls are going out for changes in the make-up of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, after China's angry reaction to last year's Nobel Peace...

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...

Adecco nursing home scandal grows

One of Norway’s biggest private nursing home companies, Adecco Helse, has been rocked by revelations that employees at one of its flagship homes have...

‘Breakthrough’ in Philippines talks

Norwegian negotiators were reporting a "breakthrough" on Tuesday after a week of peace talks between the two sides of the Philippines’ 40-year-long internal strife....

Ski-VM to profit despite unsold seats

There were still 75,000 tickets available this week to the Nordic World Ski Championships (Ski-VM 2011) that starts in Oslo on Wednesday,  and only...

Ambassador breaks WikiLeaks silence

US Ambassador Barry White has been complaining about Oslo-based newspaper Aftenposten for months and finally went public with his criticism of Norway's largest daily...

Speculation rife over cabinet shuffle

Reports of changes in the Norwegian government’s ministerial cabinet have intensified, with the replacement of beleaguered Health Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen expected. Fellow ministers Jonas...

Norway joined NATO in suppressing reports of civilian Afghan deaths

New WikiLeaks releases, accessed by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, continue to embarrass the Norwegian government as well as the US', with latest revelations suggesting that...
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