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Oslo Foodora riders on strike nyhet

Oslo Foodora riders on strike

It has become an increasingly common sight in many cities: Foodora’s bike riders home-delivering restaurant food. But right now in Oslo, hundreds of striking riders are cycling around to gather support for their demand for a collective agreement. Other countries are taking note.
OsloMet’s Rector Curt Rice wants to shake up academia interview

OsloMet’s Rector Curt Rice wants to shake up academia

Oslo has a new university, the third largest in Norway. OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, will educate the future labour force across a range of professions. If Rector gets his way, gender equality will permeate everything. Digitalisation will be a top priority and programmes will be developed at the intersection of research, teaching and practice.
Out with the trade union sauna – in with gender equality! tema

Out with the trade union sauna – in with gender equality!

Gender equality in Finnish trade unions might have been lagging behind other Nordic countries. But things are getting better.
Outgoing Secretary General: keep the Nordic focus nyhet

Outgoing Secretary General: keep the Nordic focus

The Nordic region and Nordic cooperation is held in high regard at home and abroad, so keep up the high levels of ambitions. That was the parting message for Nordic parliaments and governments from the Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers Dagfinn Høybråten, as he stepped down after six years today.
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Ove Hygum, Social Democratic Party, Denmark

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Packing your bags is hard to do

Two nights a week, over twenty foreigners like me gather in a classroom at an Oslo language school, determined to improve our faltering Norwegian.
Pål Molander: The Nordic region must not forget the importance of a good working environment interview

Pål Molander: The Nordic region must not forget the importance of a good working environment

A good working environment is good for business, says Pål Molander, Director General at the National Institute of Occupational Health. What is more: The Nordic countries have successfully adapted the working environment in the face of a changing labour market. The working environment has been a strength in the past, and must remain so in the future, he says.
Palestinian, woman, dyslexic – and successful businessperson in Iceland interview
| March 2017

Palestinian, woman, dyslexic – and successful businessperson in Iceland

Fida Abu Libdeh arrived in Iceland aged 16. “I didn’t even understand whether my teacher was trying to teach me Icelandic or Danish. It wasn’t until many years later I learnt I had dyslexia,” she says.
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Páll Pétursson, Progress Party, Iceland

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Pan-European protests as EU introduces new working hours for pilots

When SAS employees were forced to agree to a 47.5 hour week they came closer to the general rule within the EU. Now further EU adjustments await. Brussels is preparing new rules on flight working hours and member states will not be allowed to adopt stricter rules. But according to pilot organisations and air safety authorities the proposals are a threat to air safety.
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