Media Freedom

The late Kare Kristiansen was a leader of the Norwegian Chrsitian People’s Party. In 1994, he resigned from the Nobel Committee to protest the Award granted to Yasser Arafat, whom …

Norway’s youth is not adequately protected from the often subtle and sophisticated digital marketing techniques of unhealthy food brands, says the Norwegian Consumer Council. A new report has found that …

On the eve of International Women’s Day, human rights activists from the Middle East gathered at the Nobel Peace Center. They shared their personal stories and discussed how women’s voices …

After two years of stalling, it’s time for the USA administration to get its own leadership in place at the U.S. government’s global media complex. After a few cliffhanging and …

2018 was a positive year for both Sweden and Norway in terms of their box-office results. Last year, Norway’s box-office takings increased by 14% compared with the same period in …

The Norwegian parliament has decided that dual citizenship will be allowed for everyone who is, or wish to become, a Norwegian citizen. On 6 December 2018, the Norwegian parliament decided …

39 novels in translation are among 141 titles nominated by libraries worldwide for the €100,000 International DUBLIN Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work …

After a very successful first edition held in Cinemateket, the second round will take place on November 27th, 2018, in Kunstnernes Hus. OFF is a boutique film festival with great …

“The Artist of the sound”  Levante, Spanish Daily Newspaper, May 2018  “Now here is a magnificent pianist you have to take account of in the future”  Classica, French Classical Music …

Norway is enjoying the latest instalment in what has been dubbed the world’s most-boring television. Broadcaster NRK is showing live minute-by-minute coverage of a climb up Norway’s highest mountain. It …

The first music star in history. The inventor of rap. The first to compose a music on a single note. But above all, a Gioachino Rossini as we had never …

Despite the new GDPR regulation entering into effect across Europe, Facebook and Google are manipulating users into sharing personal data by leveraging misleading wording and confusing interfaces, according to a …

Without these hard fighting women, our country may not have been as successful and far ahead in terms of equality as it is today.  Fredrikke Marie Qvam – Collected almost …

Police on Monday released Kadafi Zaman, a Norwegian journalist of Pakistani origin, who was arrested on July 13 at the time of a clash between the police and PML-N workers …

Norway is the best place to be a reporter, placing first for the second year in a row, while North Korea remains last, according to the Reporters Without Borders’ 2018 …

A letter written by Marina Nemat, a Canadian rights activist, writer and chair of the Oslo-based Vigdis Freedom Foundation (VFF) to Turkish journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who is serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison …

When news broke in the Norwegian press in December identifying the buyer of one of Oslo’s most iconic buildings, journalists began calling. They were desperately trying to get a comment from Ivar Tollefsen, …

BBC World Service and Norwegian state broadcaster NRK are partnering to produce a podcast that investigates the mysterious death of a woman in Norway in the 1970s. Premiering on 16 …

The Ministry of Culture has presented a proposal for a new media liability act which gathers and modernises current regulation relating to media liability and editorial independence. English summary of …

Sol, an aggregated news site from Norwegian magazine and news publishing group Aller Media, launched an app in December to gain new, younger readers. The Sol app uses a combination of algorithms …

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ)  supported the strike by 1,700 journalist members of their affiliate, the Norwegian Union of Journalists (NJ), at the Norwegian Public …

Norwegian indie outfit Henchman & Goon has netted $400,000 to push ahead with the development of its co-op puzzler, Pode. The investment comes from Altered Ventures — a venture capital …

World Press Freedom Day is being celebrated for the 25th time today. The international focus for the day is the importance of the media as a watchdog keeping power in …

Norway should step up its efforts to boost the job prospects of young people without upper-secondary qualification to further reduce the share of under-30 year-olds who are Not in Employment, …

Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg could face a tough choice: sacrifice her embattled justice minister or put her whole cabinet to a vote. The minority government hangs in the balance after …