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24 Jan 2022 3 minute read

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Introducing...Jonas Gahr Støre

Norway’s new left-leaning prime minister is a product of Europe’s neoliberal discontent, argues Richard Swift...

White saviours: challenging poverty tourism

1 Mar 2018 1 minute read

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White saviours: challenging poverty tourism

Norwegian activists are challenging ‘white-saviour’ attitudes that over-simplify poverty writes Tom Lawson...

5 Jan 2018 5 minute read

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Landmark verdict gives Arctic oil green light

But ‘Trial of the Century’ also cements climate protections, reports Ragnhild Freng Dale.

26 Jun 2017 4 minute read

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Environmental groups are taking Norway to court over oil drilling in the Arctic

It’s against the Constitution, and means Norway will not respect the Paris Agreement, argues Tina Andersen Vågenes...

22 Apr 2015 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Trading fjords for profit

Tina Andersen decries Norway’s decision to open up its fjords to mining projects.

19 Mar 2015 4 minute read

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Prison as a place of healing

Death Row inmate Brandon Astor Jones asks the world to wake up to an enlightened approach to incarceration in...

3 Mar 2015 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Norway’s ring of peace

In Norway, Jews and Muslims stand in solidarity against hate speech, writes Ryan Rodrick Beiler.

2 Oct 2014 4 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

Risking fjords for profit? Norway’s dirty mining story

The Nordic country is about to turn some of its unspoilt landscape into dirty waste disposal units, reports Tina...

21 Dec 2012 2 minute read

This article is almost 11 years old.

Best of the web: 2012’s most read

Just in case you missed them...legalizing drugs, vaginal whitening, Kony and Julian Assange: 2012’s Top 10 popular New...

9 May 2012 4 minute read

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Death, justice and the big questions

With capital punishment debates resurfacing since the Breivik trial, Tony Mckenna argues the death penalty...

20 Apr 2012 4 minute read

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Reflections on the Breivik trial

The obsession with Norway’s extremist killer has failed to dent the political fortunes of Europe’s far right,...

30 Mar 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Norway-India children plot thickens

Mari Marcel Thekaekara reacts to recent developments in the story of the Indian children taken away from...

Norway snatches Indian children from their parents

23 Jan 2012 3 minute read

This article is almost 12 years old.

Norway snatches Indian children from their parents

Two young Indian children have been taken into care in Norway because their mother fed them with her fingers. Mari...

27 Jul 2011 3 minute read

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Far right may gain from Norway killings

Violent acts can bolster anti-immigrant parties by making them appear respectable, says K Biswas.

27 Jul 2011 1 minute read

This article is more than 12 years old.

Norway's bloody day

ノルウェーの血塗られた日

12 Oct 2009 4 minute read

This article is almost 14 years old.

Theatre of the absurd

Obama beats Superman to Nobel Peace Prize.

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