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Babies parked out in the cold

An age-old Norwegian practice of putting babies in their carriages and parking them outdoors to take their naps, also in the middle of winter,...

ID scams may lead to DNA testing

Calls were being made this week for mandatory DNA-testing of children born at home in Norway, following several welfare fraud cases involving women who...

Breastfeeding advocate retires

Norway's internationally renowned obstetrician and breastfeeding advocate Dr Gro Nylander is retiring this week after a long career, but she's not leaving without voicing...

Privileged fathers feel the squeeze

Dads in Norway have never had it so good. Armed with paternity leave benefits that rank among the best in the world, and social...

Government flunks welfare test

Another new public opinion poll shows that only 10 percent of Norwegians think their primary welfare services - schools, health- and elder care -...

Day care rebellion set off a strike

Thousands of staff members at day care centers in Oslo, joined by parents, went on strike on Wednesday afternoon over cutbacks, chronic staffing shortages...

Hundreds caught in welfare swindles

Norway's state welfare agency NAV, which administers everything from unemployment benefits to maternity leave pay, is cracking down on welfare cheats. NAV has reported...

Call goes out for six-hour workday for parents

Parents of small children should be allowed to work just six hours a day at full pay, claims one of Norway's biggest labour unions,...

Nursing home strike drags on

A strike by health care workers at privately run nursing homes wrapped up its first week on Wednesday with no sign of settlement in...

Migrants ordered to move on again

This summer's odyssey of migrant poor in Oslo entered a new chapter on Friday when they once again were ordered to break camp and...
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