Obama is no Messiah
Has Barack Obama's complexion made us blind to the politics he stands for?
Will make a diagnosis in Norway
Book here Norway. A diagnosis takes the debate about the influence of the prose in a new direction.
Dangerous word war
LEADER: This week has shown that there is more than just war in the air. Can the old NATO debate also return?
Investigate alternatives to the EEA Agreement
Norway needs a real debate about what alternatives we have to the EEA.
Statoil praises Major
StatoilHydro and the Norwegian authorities are working closely to secure interests in Russia, according to the company itself. Is this why Norway does not criticize Putin as much as others?
The F-word for the red-green
The election result in 2005 was barely clear before the new government removed the family minister. Since then, we have hardly heard the government talk about the family.
Animation for adults
Animated films are not just child strikes – and never have been.
enthusiasm code
There is one year left for the next parliamentary election and the Progress Party's progress casts shadows far into the prime minister's office. How should the Stoltenberg Government inspire voters?
The Georgian knot
Russia is back among the great powers. Has the new Cold War already been warm?
Björk's bear service
In the Chinese rock environment, many are cursed by the Icelandic artist Björk.
Hollywood's China Syndrome
The Chinese market is becoming increasingly important to the West, also on the film front. This week's "Mummy 3" premiered, with action from the Olympic Games of the Middle Kingdom.
Værmakerne
Everyone talks about the weather, but only the Chinese do something about it.
Will break the myths
For most Chinese, the Olympics are personally important: They want to connect with the world. The hope is that the political reforms will follow.
The WTO breach seen from the south
Foreign Minister Støre promised to work for a solution in the WTO that "all countries can live with". But in foreign media, Norway has emerged as a bad guy.
Time for rethinking
This summer we have seen the WTO collapse, G8 has pledged without commitments and the UN reforms are in jeopardy. Do we need new, global institutions?
Left is back!
Ola Elvestuens' invitation to FrP shows that the Left is again on safe, bourgeois grounds.
More democracy, less politics
Our elected representatives are among the groups of Norwegians least trusted. Then it becomes strange to call for more transfer of power to the politicians.
Unfair subsidies
In order to ensure better conditions for peasants in the south, it must be tolerated that Norwegian peasants receive increased competition.
Time to wake up
How long should the oil industry set the agenda for climate and environmental interests?
The saturated middle class
The welfare state should not be for everyone, but for those who need it – when they need it.
We don't sell our souls
The debate over which government will replace the red-green is important. It also creates great tension among politicians and ordinary people.
Abundance of food is not a matter of course
In a time of increasing food shortages, it is both irresponsible and unsolidary to weaken Norwegian food production.
The EU seen from Africa
Several African countries refuse to sign new free trade agreements with the EU.
Behind the levers for the United States
The Norwegian people want no escalation of Norway's offensive operations.
It does not seem to make an impression on the politicians in the Storting.
It does not seem to make an impression on the politicians in the Storting.
Mari Eifring
Head of Red Youth.
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