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 Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose school strike for climate has inspired protests around the world, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is handed out in Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20190314/swedish-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-nominated-for-norways-nobel-peace-prize Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:15:41 +0100 swedish-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-nominated-for-norways-nobel-peace-prize It's easier to lose a Nobel Prize than to win one. https://www.thelocal.no/20180929/1001-ways-to-lose-a-nobel-prize Sat, 29 Sep 2018 05:14:17 +0200 1001-ways-to-lose-a-nobel-prize Norway's Nobel Institute said Wednesday it had no intention of withdrawing its Peace Prize from Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi after a damning UN report termed the treatment of the Rohingya people as "genocide." https://www.thelocal.no/20180830/norway-nobel-institute-says-no Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:32:00 +0200 norway-nobel-institute-says-no Eighteen Republican lawmakers from the United States have sent a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in which they recommend President Donald Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the ongoing peace process on the Korean peninsula. https://www.thelocal.no/20180503/donald-trump-nominated-to-norwegian-nobel-committee-for-peace-prize Thu, 03 May 2018 12:04:11 +0200 donald-trump-nominated-to-norwegian-nobel-committee-for-peace-prize Norway’s parliament on Friday voted in favour of allowing Labour party candidate Berit Reiss-Andersen to continue as a Nobel Committee member. https://www.thelocal.no/20171208/not-fair-says-carl-i-hagen-as-parliament-puts-stop-to-nobel-committee-dream Fri, 08 Dec 2017 14:28:25 +0100 not-fair-says-carl-i-hagen-as-parliament-puts-stop-to-nobel-committee-dream Carl I. Hagen, the controversial former leader of Norway's anti-immigration Progress Party, on Thursday saw his chances of joining the committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize fade. https://www.thelocal.no/20171207/norway-populists-nobel-committee-bid-appears-blocked Thu, 07 Dec 2017 19:49:21 +0100 norway-populists-nobel-committee-bid-appears-blocked Norway’s parliament will rush through a vote on a rule that could block former Progress Party leader Carl I. Hagen’s nomination to the Nobel Committee. https://www.thelocal.no/20171204/norways-parliament-to-take-decisive-vote-for-hagen-nobel-ambitions Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:22:28 +0100 norways-parliament-to-take-decisive-vote-for-hagen-nobel-ambitions Carl I. Hagen, the influential former leader of Norway’s populist Progress Party, is prepared to relinquish his position as a deputy MP in order to be accepted to the Nobel Committee. https://www.thelocal.no/20171122/populist-politician-hagen-prepared-to-resign-from-parliament-role-to-join-nobel-committee-report Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:26:14 +0100 populist-politician-hagen-prepared-to-resign-from-parliament-role-to-join-nobel-committee-report Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, who has represented Norway’s Progress Party on the Nobel Committee since 2000, said new candidate Carl I. Hagen is unsuitable for the role after the party voted to replace her on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20171116/norway-nobel-committee-member-criticises-hagen-nomination Thu, 16 Nov 2017 13:55:11 +0100 norway-nobel-committee-member-criticises-hagen-nomination Norwegian populist party the Progress Party has proposed that influential former leader Carl I. Hagen replace Inger-Marie Ytterhorn as its representative on the Nobel Committee. https://www.thelocal.no/20171115/norway-populist-nominated-to-nobel-committee Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:24:18 +0100 norway-populist-nominated-to-nobel-committee Nuclear disarmament group ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fuelled crises swirl over North Korea and Iran. https://www.thelocal.no/20171006/anti-nuclear-campaign-ican-wins-nobel-peace-prize Fri, 06 Oct 2017 13:30:45 +0200 anti-nuclear-campaign-ican-wins-nobel-peace-prize As the North Korean crisis rekindles the Cold War-era threat of nuclear catastrophe, this year's Nobel Peace Prize could honour efforts to limit the spread of atomic weapons, several experts suggest. https://www.thelocal.no/20171004/will-anti-nuclear-campaigners-win-nobel-peace-prize Wed, 04 Oct 2017 11:18:07 +0200 will-anti-nuclear-campaigners-win-nobel-peace-prize Praised to the skies and bearing great hopes, they went on to disappoint the world: as the case of Aung San Suu Kyi shows, Nobel Peace Prize winners have not always lived up to expectations. https://www.thelocal.no/20170929/norway-nobels-shining-stars-who-lost-their-lustre Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:50:01 +0200 norway-nobels-shining-stars-who-lost-their-lustre Two Indian activists from the heavily militarised region of Kashmir on Thursday won Norway's Rafto Prize for human rights for their long-term struggle against violence in the disputed territory, the jury announced. https://www.thelocal.no/20170928/norway-two-indian-kashmir-activists-win-rafto-prize-for-human-rights Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:07:37 +0200 norway-two-indian-kashmir-activists-win-rafto-prize-for-human-rights Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the Nobel committee to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's peace prize over the Myanmar government's treatment of its Rohingya Muslims. https://www.thelocal.no/20170907/nobel-committee-says-it-cannot-revoke-aung-san-suu-kyis-peace-prize-over-rohingya-crisis Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:45:46 +0200 nobel-committee-says-it-cannot-revoke-aung-san-suu-kyis-peace-prize-over-rohingya-crisis Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday praised the normalisation of relations with Norway, six years after a dispute over the Nobel Peace Prize, as Norway's prime minister said she was glad to be back. https://www.thelocal.no/20170410/chinas-xi-praises-normalisation-of-ties-with-norway Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:41:29 +0200 chinas-xi-praises-normalisation-of-ties-with-norway The first vice chair of Norway’s Standing Committee on Justice Anders B. Werp says that he fears the country is ill-prepared for potential hacking attacks as its general election approaches. https://www.thelocal.no/20170404/norwegian-parliamentary-committee-fears-election-hacking Tue, 04 Apr 2017 12:23:32 +0200 norwegian-parliamentary-committee-fears-election-hacking Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg will travel to China next week for talks with top leaders, her office said Friday, a visit expected to seal the two countries' reconciliation after a deep freeze. https://www.thelocal.no/20170331/norway-pm-to-china-to-seal-reconciliation Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:02:39 +0200 norway-pm-to-china-to-seal-reconciliation A near-record 318 people and organisations are in the running for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Institute said on Thursday, a motley crew believed to include Syria's White Helmets, Donald Trump and Pope Francis. https://www.thelocal.no/20170303/trump-among-2017-nobel-peace-prize-candidates Fri, 03 Mar 2017 09:21:52 +0100 trump-among-2017-nobel-peace-prize-candidates Kaci Kullmann Five, the chairwoman of the committee which selects the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has died aged 65 after a long illness, the organisation said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170220/nobel-peace-chair-kullmann-dies-of-breast-cancer Mon, 20 Feb 2017 13:41:04 +0100 nobel-peace-chair-kullmann-dies-of-breast-cancer