Global gangsters
The UN wants Hollywood to help fight crime. Gangster films around the world both reflect and idyllize life as a criminal.
From the past to the future
Ny Tid will continue to provide new perspectives on the Norwegian public debate, 55 years after its predecessor Orientering came out for the first time.
More children, please
The European Parliament is concerned that the European population is growing older, that the number of pensioners is increasing in proportion to the number entering the labor market, and that the birth of too few children.
Redraw the map!
The most important lines on the world map are not the borders, but the ever-increasing flows of people, goods and ideas that cross the borders.
At Fidel's Book Fair
We have visited Havana's International Book Fair and examined the freedom of expression on the island.
New wave of separatism?
Kosovo's independence can have consequences far beyond the former province's own borders.
Judged by the press
Unfortunately, Stoltenberg was pressured to get rid of one of his most qualified ministers.
The world's eyes on the United States
A whole world follows the dramatic presidential battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Read Ny Tid Tid's unique reports on the US election from the inside of countries such as India, Cuba, Iran, China, Japan, Palestine and Canada.
Solidarity in perverse practice
Peace. Olsen's daughter Annette could have been one of their victims. Well, there are Norwegian dimensions in the incredible story of the Blekingegad band.
The protest songs are back
– When poetry and politics are mixed, it is often a very good result, says the current rock icon Patti Smith to Ny Tid.
balance Art
55 years ago, Ny Tids forløper was published Orientering for the first time. What part of the legacy of the 1950 can be revitalized today?
The ballad about East and West
Jonas Gahr Støre wants Norway to be a driving force for an "Afghanisation" of the reconstruction of Afghanistan. But how?
Sami with new glow
The proposal for Sami in the Storting meets with enthusiasm. But Norway appealed to the UN for violating the rights of the rural communities.
Brustad should intervene
The Board of Health is trying to put an end to the Ali Farah case. That should not be allowed, as long as we want to live in a democratic and inclusive society.
Give the Sami a dumping place!
Sami Snøfrid is the ancestor of Norway's royal line. And the Sami have the credit for the art of skiing and Nansen's success. At the celebration of the Sami people's day on 6 February, and at the start of the Year of Diversity 2008, it is time for the Sami to now have a permanent seat in the Storting, writes Ny Tid's new editor Dag Herbjørnsrud in this week's comment.
The war as a crime novel
When the tragedy of Palestine is told as Crimea, the hope of peace lies in ruins, while the Palestinians go to war against each other.
Soft men, hard land
The filming of Khaled Hosseini's bestseller The Dragon Runner makes the biggest impression when it appears shockingly normal.
While waiting in the dark
Israel has faced massive opposition to its blockade and siege of Gaza's 1,5 million residents last week. On the inside, there is little that lives in the flame of hope.
Some distance to the moon
The climate settlement is finally in the box, but some environmental policy lunar landing cannot yet be praised by Norwegian politicians. The settlement was presented as a victory for the environmental movement, but the environmentalists themselves see no reason to bounce the champagne corks yet.
Said no to UN service in Iraq
Norway received a request to send personnel to a UN operation in Iraq, but refused.
Let go of the prisoners, it's the Olympics
Chinese authorities use the upcoming games as a pretext for highly controversial reforms.
The road to equality
The most painful changes are also the most effective.
Carbon neutral pension?
Toolbox is abounding full of green investment tools.
From jungle to park
Before, Norwegian politicians thought of the globalized economy as a wild jungle. Now they think of it as a fancy park. How did it go, and what opportunities open up in the future?
Diminishes Norway's role
– We knew about Støre, says Taliban leader to Ny Tid. But Afghan experts consider him a boastful pope, linking Monday's Serena Hotel attack to al-Qaeda, and downplaying Norway's importance.