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LO demands end to teachers’ strike

The threatened effects of a nationwide teachers' strike still loom large over Norway, and with the first day of school just a few weeks...

Oslo’s population predicted to boom

The population of Oslo is expected to grow by 34.3 percent or 208,000 residents over the next 20 years. It would take the capital's...

Hundreds of teachers dump their union

Norway's biggest union representing teachers, Utdanningsforbundet, has lost at least 500 members since it opted to controversially go along with a labour settlement that...

MP takes on summer school job

Kristin Vinje, former head of finance for the City of Oslo and now a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party, decided not...

Royal debate rages as teachers strike

NEWS ANALYSIS: As angry and demoralized Norwegian teachers voted to go on strike this week, debate continues to fly over the crown couple's decision last week to...

Teachers vote to go on strike

UPDATED: Norwegian public schools look set for labour trouble when they're due to reopen after the summer holidays that began this week. Tens of thousands...

Royals fend off private school fuss

Crown Prince Haakon was forced on Wednesday to publicly defend his controversial decision to pull his children out of Norwegian public school. He and...

More graduates seek higher education

More Norwegians graduating from high school this spring are applying for higher education than ever before. Nearly 120,000 sought admission to local colleges and...

Major strikes loom in the public sector

More than 600,000 employees of state and local governments may walk off the job from May 26 if they fail to iron out their...

Oslo school absentee rules softened

The Oslo school commissioner has eased the city's stringent rules around student absenteeism after a flood of complaints from parents. Commissioner Anniken Hauglie acknowledged...
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