Norwegian newspapers today report the following: A month after the terror at Oslo and Utøya, a group of researchers from the University of Bergen repeated three of the survey questions they aske...
The US is in an uproar over the inclusion of the word "negro" in a national census. Is race even a relevant parameter anymore? Does it do more harm than good?
This was a political expression by 34 out of 2700 academic staff. Nothing more. Although a majority probably supports taking a stand against Israeli human rights offences, there is no substantial...
http://polemarchus.net/2009/11/13/nonsensical-boycott-uproar/
It seems to be a recurring trend to accuse Norway of anti-Semitism and hate against Israel. Lately these criticisms have come from Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman over the decisions t...
http://polemarchus.net/2009/10/05/accusations-of-anti-semitism-in-norway/
It now seems more or less certain that Norway will see 4 more years with a centre-left government under Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg from Labour. At the moment the right wing parties are throw...
http://polemarchus.net/2009/09/15/centre-left-victory-in-norway/
Votes are being counted in the Norwegian parliament election. At the moment, 78 % of the votes are counted and the official prognosis is at 86 seats to the government centre-left block and 83 sea...
http://polemarchus.net/2009/09/14/norwegian-election-thriller/
The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research today announced its appointment of new external board members for the university boards of seven universities and academic colleges in Norway. In ...
http://polemarchus.net/2009/06/19/norwegian-universities-opening-up-to-the-world/
On May 25th a giant in Norwegian politics, passed away. Haakon Lie might not be very well known to foreginers, but he was certainly one of the most influential people in Norway in the 20th centur...
“As a socialist, I have always said that the market can’t regulate itself,” she said. “But even I was surprised how strong the failure was.” These are the words of Norway’s Finance Mi...
http://polemarchus.net/2009/05/14/nyt-praise-norwegian-economic-management/
The so called “long campaign” before the Norwegian parliamentary election is well under way, and once again it appears that immigration will be a central topic. In the aftermath of a controve...
http://polemarchus.net/2009/03/01/racism-paving-the-way-to-government/