The 1. October the levy on biodiesel in Norway disappeared. "A step on the road to a green shift," says chairman of the Storting's environmental committee Ola Elvestuen.
Deeyah Kahn was dissatisfied with the premise of the debate about young Europeans being recruited into extremist groups. In the movie Jihad she lets young men and women with experience from extremist movements come to the fore.
Twenty years have passed since the signing of the Oslo Agreement, which was to signify the start of peace between Israel and Palestine. "It fills me with sadness to look back at the optimism that existed 20 years ago when the agreement was signed," says Jan Egeland, Secretary General of Norwegian Refugee Aid.
Ljudmila Rogova fled to Norway from Russia after being subjected to serious hate crime based on her sexual orientation. The Norwegian authorities and the Oslo District Court refer her to internment in Russia.
Architect Magne Wiggen wants to create her own villages for refugees coming to Norway – and believes that it can, among other things, lift the Norwegian craft tradition to new heights.
Last year, 54 people were refused to study in Norway because the authorities fear that they will contribute to the development of nuclear weapons. "This is detrimental to the academic environment in Norway," says fellow Hamideh Kaffash, who was sent out of Norway after eight months at NTNU.