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 Sylvi Listhaug, Norway’s former justice minister who stepped down from the post earlier this year after causing outrage with a controversial Facebook post, has again clashed with media over claims made on the social network. https://www.thelocal.no/20180618/norwegian-mp-listhaug-in-new-media-controversy-after-propaganda-over-retirement-home Mon, 18 Jun 2018 14:06:46 +0200 norwegian-mp-listhaug-in-new-media-controversy-after-propaganda-over-retirement-home Three women who came forward with allegations of sexual harassment against former Labour Party deputy leader Trond Giske have criticised the media in the Scandinavian country for its role in the issue. https://www.thelocal.no/20180129/metoo-norway-harassment-whistleblowers-criticise-media-over-treatment Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:32:43 +0100 metoo-norway-harassment-whistleblowers-criticise-media-over-treatment Norway has the strongest penetration for digital news subscriptions of any country. Can media organisations in the Nordic country thank consumer culture, good strategy or something else entirely for the boom in paywall payers? https://www.thelocal.no/20170925/why-norwegian-media-lead-the-world-in-digital-subscriptions Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:00:00 +0200 why-norwegian-media-lead-the-world-in-digital-subscriptions Norway is the top country in the world for press freedom in an era in which global media freedom is coming increasingly under threat, says a new report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). https://www.thelocal.no/20170427/norway-ranked-first-for-press-freedoms-in-post-truth-era Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:08:20 +0200 norway-ranked-first-for-press-freedoms-in-post-truth-era When a leading European business school wanted to raise awareness of its new pan-European course, The Local delivered. https://www.thelocal.no/20170321/how-the-local-helped-this-business-school-reach-smart-young-global-citizens Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:59:59 +0100 how-the-local-helped-this-business-school-reach-smart-young-global-citizens A Norwegian news site has launched a new feature to try to sift out the number of trolls commenting on its articles by having readers take a quiz on the story before they can vent their opinions about it. https://www.thelocal.no/20170302/norwegian-news-site-sifts-out-trolls-with-quiz-for-commenters Thu, 02 Mar 2017 11:10:05 +0100 norwegian-news-site-sifts-out-trolls-with-quiz-for-commenters Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has apologized for a formulation used when describing Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser. https://www.thelocal.no/20170127/norwegian-newspaper-apologizes-for-calling-trumps-son-in-law-the-jew Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:18:27 +0100 norwegian-newspaper-apologizes-for-calling-trumps-son-in-law-the-jew When Gothenburg company Craft Academy wanted to recruit students to its programming course, The Local really delivered. https://www.thelocal.no/20161214/why-advertising-on-thelocal-paid-off-for-this-startup Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:00:01 +0100 why-advertising-on-thelocal-paid-off-for-this-startup Norwegian newspapers on Wednesday expressed fear that America's new president Donald Trump will cause problems for Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20161110/norwegian-newspapers-react-to-trump-win Thu, 10 Nov 2016 14:49:10 +0100 norwegian-newspapers-react-to-trump-win Norway was declared an “almost flawless” example of press freedom amongst an overall “deep and disturbing decline in respect” for media around the world in a new report from Reporters Without Borders (RSF). https://www.thelocal.no/20160420/norway-almost-flawless-for-press-freedom Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:29:52 +0200 norway-almost-flawless-for-press-freedom The Local has been providing news in English from around Europe for ten years. 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Paul Rapacioli explains. https://www.thelocal.no/20141215/introducing-the-locals-new-logo Mon, 15 Dec 2014 13:06:00 +0100 introducing-the-locals-new-logo The Economist has ruffled feathers in Norway after describing the country’s finance minister as a “a sort of Norwegian Marine Le Pen”, in reference to the leader of France’s far-right National Front. https://www.thelocal.no/20140103/le-pen-comparison-ruffles-causes-norwegian-upset Fri, 03 Jan 2014 16:23:00 +0100 le-pen-comparison-ruffles-causes-norwegian-upset Citing concerns that Norway's foreign correspondents are becoming a rare breed, a government minister plans to double grant money available for journalists who want to report abroad. https://www.thelocal.no/20130710/norway-doubles-journalists-foreign-travel-grant Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:40:00 +0200 norway-doubles-journalists-foreign-travel-grant As The Local throws open the doors to its new office in Paris, founder Paul Rapacioli argues - purely coincidentally - that a daily diet of local news could change Europe’s destiny. https://www.thelocal.no/20130205/why-europe-needs-local-news-in-the-global-language Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:36:00 +0100 why-europe-needs-local-news-in-the-global-language For almost a decade now, The Local has been delivering accessible European news to millions of Anglophone readers all round the world – but we're now about to get even better. https://www.thelocal.no/20130204/bienvenue-to-the-local-in-france Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:21:00 +0100 bienvenue-to-the-local-in-france