Norway being out-educated
From fifth place in 2007, now Norway’s populace is 10th most educated Pieter Wijnen Norway Today Other countries are catching up to Norway when it comes to the proportion of young persons with a...
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The Nordic Model
Apollon publishes a succinct overview of economic reforms M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway The cover story of the current issue of Apollon, the University of Oslo research magazine, is about the Nordic model, a...
Prize for Maud salvage
Gerard Taylor Norway Today Prime Minister Erna Solberg handed out the Asker municipality’s cultural prize on May 25 to Jan Wanggaard and Tandberg Eiendom for having retrieved Roald Amundsen’s polar vessel back to Norway....
Norway is #InspiredByVigeland
Why are Norwegians making toast versions of Vigeland’s art? The Local #InspiredByVigeland is a Norwegian social media campaign that has challenged young artists to find new ways to draw and look at the work...
EU elections affect Norway
Some of Europe’s decisions matter to Norway even though it’s not an EU member Gerard Taylor Norway Today Many electoral promises were made before the EU elections, but what exactly has the European Union...
Uhlenbeck first woman winner of Abel Prize
The mathematician developed tools and methods used to model theoretical physics concepts Abel Prize Norway Today The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize in Mathematics for 2019...
Not so fast, wind(mill)s of change
Protests and birds threaten to halt wind power installations in coastal Norway Pieter Wijnen Norway Today Energy company TrønderEnergi planned to begin building its wind power development on Frøya on May 13. However, they...
180 nations agree to fight plastic waste
Two new chemicals also added to the Stockholm Convention ban list at Triple COPs Marit Fosse Geneva, Switzerland Late in the evening of May 10, representatives of more than 180 countries adopted a raft...
Russ accidents at record low
2018 saw the fewest vehicular accidents involving Russ busses since their advent Pieter Wijnen Norway Today A record-low 41 accidents involving Russ (graduating high school seniors) vehicles were registered last year, compared with 50...
Rabbi awarded prize
Chief Rabbi of Norway honored for Mosaica, building relationships across religious lines Marit Fosse Geneva, Switzerland In Geneva, Switzerland, on April 29, Danish-Norwegian Rabbi Michael Melchior, founder and president of Mosaica—Religion, Society and State,...
