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Anti-racist Front reacts to “negro names” in Svalbard

In Svalbard there are the place names Negerdalen, Negerfjellet and Negerpynten. The Antiracist Front believes this is offensive and the organisation wants the word negro replaced by black, writes Svalbardposten. It was English sailors who in the 17th century named the places on Edgeøya in Svalbard. Antiracist Front is now complaining about this to the […]

Green industry in Norway threatens to move offshore to the USA

The companies we will live off of in the future will drop Norway in favour of the USA, warns the industry. Now they are calling for better support schemes here at home, writes NRK. Hydrogen Pro has its head office in Porsgrunn, but is currently planning a brand new factory in Texas, USA. The reason […]

Study: Less meat and more vegetarian food improves health

Replacing approximately half of animal protein sources with vegetarian ones reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. This has been detailed in a larger overview study carried out at the University of Bergen, writes Forskning.no. Jutta Dierkes at Clinical Institute 1 and her Nordic colleagues have carried out a so-called systematic study […]

A gym in Oslo opens a gender-neutral changing room with communal showers

The gym chain hopes that the new changing room will ensure that more people use the centre. At the Domus Athletica centre at Blindern in Oslo, visitors now have the opportunity to use a gender-neutral changing room. We find that more and more people are asking for a neutral changing room for many different reasons, […]

Trump refuses to publish evidence in the bribery case

The judge in the state of New York, presiding over the criminal case against Donald Trump, issued an order on Monday that refuses the former president to post evidence in his case on social media. In his ruling, Judge Juan Merchan largely followed the same line as the state attorney in Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, by […]

Tucker is working to get out of his contract with Fox

Tucker is bound by his contract with Fox until January 2025 and Fox is doing everything they can to keep him so that he cannot work for others or himself. But his lawyer says that anyone who thinks Tucker is being targeted needs to think again. The fact that Fox will not let Tucker go […]

Erdogan sets the tone before the election: Calls opponent “a drunk”

A week before the presidential and parliamentary elections, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu “a drunk”. Turkish President Erdogan sets the standard for the election campaign rush in the country, using coarse insults and scolding his opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu. According to Erdogan, he is “a drunk”. On Sunday, Erdogan spoke in […]

Strong scenes: Another Pakistani man lynched for alleged blasphemy

A religious leader was beaten to death after he addressed a political rally in yet another case of blasphemy-related violence in Pakistan. Alleged blasphemous remarks Maulana Nigar Alam, a local Muslim leader, was asked to address a meeting organised by former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. In the speech, he allegedly made a […]

Russia scales down the celebration of the victory against Nazi Germany

The usually large-scale Russian military parades on 9 May will this year be scaled down in a number of places in the country. It is officially stated that the reason is fear of sabotage. In several regions of Russia, the annual celebration of the victory over Nazi Germany will take place on a much smaller […]

The head of the Nurses’ Association criticises Ap decisions against private health services

An Ap decision to reduce private healthcare services in order to strengthen the public healthcare system is criticised by the head of the Norwegian Nurses Association. Proving that not everyone in the trade union movement moves in step. Not everyone in the trade union movement is equally satisfied with the many resolutions that were hammered […]

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