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 On the Edge – An opinion column about current issues in Norway By Siv Jensen, leader of the Progress Party Written exclusively for the Norwegian American Weekly Over the past seven years, Norway’s disability pensioners have increased by 228,279 people and added NOK 2 trillion more in the Oil Fund. Over 100,000 students have [...]  By Maren Anderson Johnson, M.A. in Scandinavian Studies For the second year in a row, the consortium of Norwegian colleges in the Midwest have welcomed a University of Washington student to join a weekend of engagement, speeches, discussions around the ideas, norms and principles of the Nobel Peace Prize. The University of Washington sent [...]  “On the Edge” is the new opinion column in the Norwegian American Weekly, offering opinions written by invited contributors to make some comments on the current issues that define modern Norway. By Svein Ludvigsen Governor of Troms county Norway was once one of the poorest countries in Europe. So many inhabitants left [...]  As many as than 622,000 Norwegians have already casted votes in the run-up to Norway’s parliamentary election, reports Regjeringen.no on Sept. 11. This is nearly triple the amount of advance and absentee voting compared to the last election in 2005. As the heat is building up, four new opinion polls just published were evenly [...]  On Sept. 3 the Red Cross, ChildMinder, Telenor and the Norwegian Media Authority launched Norway’s biggest ever campaign against digital bullying. During the next three months, 50 lower secondary schools, 7,500 pupils and 3,500 parents will be visited by the “Use your Head” tour, which is intended to prevent digital bullying by spreading information [...] |
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