https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The reputation of the Nordic countries for transparency and low corruption levels is "repeatedly being challenged", an anti-corruption campaign group has warned. https://www.thelocal.no/20191118/transparency-international-warns-nordics-over-growing-corruption Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:56:19 +0100 transparency-international-warns-nordics-over-growing-corruption Four out of ten municipalities in Norway say they have experienced being pressured to agree to corrupt and unethical deals, according to a survey. https://www.thelocal.no/20180326/norwegian-municipalities-experienced-threat-from-corruption-report Mon, 26 Mar 2018 18:59:44 +0200 norwegian-municipalities-experienced-threat-from-corruption-report Norway is among the least corrupt places in the world according to a comparison of 176 countries released on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170125/norway-remains-one-of-worlds-least-corrupt-countries Wed, 25 Jan 2017 10:53:52 +0100 norway-remains-one-of-worlds-least-corrupt-countries The incoming chief executive of Norwegian telecoms company Telenor himself uncovered the suspicious information that forced the resignation of the company’s chairman on Friday, Norway’s VG newspaper has reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20151102/telenor-ceo-was-behind-chairman-exit Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:55:27 +0100 telenor-ceo-was-behind-chairman-exit The Egyptian ally of a Norwegian NGO charged with money-laundering has asked a court in Egypt to expel a journalist working for state broadcaster NRK. https://www.thelocal.no/20150918/egypt-court-expel-norway-correspondent Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:12:22 +0200 egypt-court-expel-norway-correspondent The chairman of Norwegian fertiliser giant Yara is stepping down just months after police in Norway charged four former executives for corruption and the company agreed to pay Norway's biggest ever corporate fine. https://www.thelocal.no/20140414/yara-chairman-steps-down-after-bribery-fines Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:08:17 +0200 yara-chairman-steps-down-after-bribery-fines Former Zenit Saint Petersburg defender Erik Hagen said on Wednesday that he had paid a referee to fix a UEFA Cup match during his time at the Russian team. https://www.thelocal.no/20140403/russian-football-team-bribed-referee-norway-member-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 09:59:00 +0200 russian-football-team-bribed-referee-norway-member-2 Police in Norway secretly filmed Oslo's top anti-gang policeman holding clandestine meetings with alleged drug kingpin Gjermund Cappelen, VG has reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20140303/police-have-video-of-superintendent-meeting-drugs-boss Mon, 03 Mar 2014 13:29:00 +0100 police-have-video-of-superintendent-meeting-drugs-boss One of Oslo's top undercover policemen has been charged with gross corruption after a local drug kingpin claimed he had made regular protection payments to him over several years. https://www.thelocal.no/20140227/oslos-top-anti-gang-cop-charged-for-corruption Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:01:00 +0100 oslos-top-anti-gang-cop-charged-for-corruption Norwegian police said on Friday that four former executives of Yara, the world's biggest mineral fertiliser producer, had been indicted for "aggravated corruption" in Libya and India. https://www.thelocal.no/20140117/four-yara-execs-charged-for-aggravated-corruption Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:59:00 +0100 four-yara-execs-charged-for-aggravated-corruption Norway has been rated the most corrupt of the Nordic countries in the latest survey from global anti-graft watchdog Transparency International. https://www.thelocal.no/20131203/norway-most-corrupt-in-the-nordics-report Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:38:00 +0100 norway-most-corrupt-in-the-nordics-report Two in five Norwegians believe corruption taints both the country's political parties and the industry sector, according to a new Transparency International report. https://www.thelocal.no/20130709/norwegians-wary-of-corrupt-politicians Tue, 09 Jul 2013 13:46:00 +0200 norwegians-wary-of-corrupt-politicians Eleven of the world’s 12 most corrupt governments receive substantial aid from Norway, according to a cross-referencing of Norwegian aid recipients and a report from Transparency International. https://www.thelocal.no/20111202/norways-aid-money-still-headed-to-most-corrupt Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:54:35 +0100 norways-aid-money-still-headed-to-most-corrupt Three men have been found guilty of embezzling millions of kroner from the largely state-owned oil company Statoil. https://www.thelocal.no/20111103/statoil-embezzlers-get-jail-time-fines Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:22:13 +0100 statoil-embezzlers-get-jail-time-fines