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 Norwegian officials reacted sharply on Tuesday after the country's women's beach handball team was fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms in competition. https://www.thelocal.no/20210720/norwegians-give-short-shrift-to-fine-for-womens-handball-team Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:39:10 +0200 norwegians-give-short-shrift-to-fine-for-womens-handball-team The Norwegian handball federation said Monday it was ready to pay a possible fine after a match that saw the country's female beach handball team defy official regulations and forgo the bikini bottoms. https://www.thelocal.no/20210719/norwegian-female-beach-handballers-scrap-bikini-in-spite-of-rules Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:19:27 +0200 norwegian-female-beach-handballers-scrap-bikini-in-spite-of-rules Norway’s biggest airline has been slammed for its sexist “Mad Men” approach to company dress code, effectively forcing its female staff members to wear heels. https://www.thelocal.no/20190419/norwegian-tells-female-staff-want-to-wear-flat-shoes-get-doctors-note Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:59:13 +0200 norwegian-tells-female-staff-want-to-wear-flat-shoes-get-doctors-note A baby clothing brand has caused a storm in gender-equal Norway by trying to sell a pink babygrow with the words "heartbreaker" written on it, alongside a blue one marked "CEO". https://www.thelocal.no/20140121/sexist-babygrows Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:11:00 +0100 sexist-babygrows The keynote speaker at a Microsoft conference in Norway last week has slammed the company over a lewd dance performance featuring women in hot pants and lyrics about developers' penises being neither micro nor soft. https://www.thelocal.no/20120613/microsoft-blasted-for-sexist-norway-show Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:01:00 +0200 microsoft-blasted-for-sexist-norway-show