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  1. CEC Extends Sympathies to the People of Norway
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The Canadian Ethnocultural Council extends deepest condolences to the people of Norway. We share in their sorrow at this moment of great loss and grief.
  2. Le CEC transmet ses condolances a la population de la Norvege
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Le Conseil ethnoculturel du Canada transmet ses plus sinceres condolances a la population de la Norvege. Nous partageons leur chagrin a l'occasion de cette immense perte et de ce deuil.
  3. Connexions Library: Europe Focus
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2009
    Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on Europe.
  4. Das Land der Mitternachtssonne
    Erinnerungen an Norwegen 1940

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1940
  5. Embassy Row Online
    Resource Type: Website
    Contact names and numbers for all embassies to Canada and all Canadian embassies abroad.
  6. How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the '1 Percent'
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    I began to learn that the Swedes and Norwegians paid a price for their standards of living through nonviolent struggle. There was a time when Scandinavian workers didn't expect that the electoral arena could deliver the change they believed in. They realized that, with the 1 percent in charge, electoral "democracy" was stacked against them, so nonviolent direct action was needed to exert the power for change.
  7. Inside Halden, the most humane prison in the world
    Amelia Gentleman visits Halden, the high-security jail in Norway

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    A look into the flagship prison of Norway, where recidivism after two years is only 20%, and the focus is on rehabilitation rather than punishment.
  8. Kirkenes
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1941
  9. Norway lets fathers do their share
    Paternity leave law has helped to create a quiet revolution in childcare

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    In Norway, twelve weeks of the forty six weeks of paid parental leave is reserved for the father. If he chooses not to take the leave the time and money is forfeit. The legislation is designed to promote equality in the household as well as the job market and has been adopted in Iceland, Germany and Portugal.
  10. Norwegian Pension Fund Divests from Israeli Military Giant Elbit
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has excluded the Israeli company Elbit Systems Ltd. from the Government Pension Fund - Global, on the basis of the Council on Ethics' recommendation. The Council on Ethics has found that investment in Elbit constitutes an unacceptable risk of contribution to serious violations of fundamental ethical norms as a result of the company's integral involvement in Israel's construction of a separation barrier on occupied territory.
  11. Norwegian resistance movement
    Connexipedia Article

    Resource Type: Article
    Resistance to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.
  12. One Europe - 100 Nations
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1992
  13. The Tragic Ironies of Breivik's Terror
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    We need to challenge neo-fascism and anti-Muslim bigotry, just as we need to challenge Islamism. But in both cases we also need to keep a sense of perspective about the nature of the threat.
  14. US pressured Norway to arrest & extradite Snowden, seize all devices - documents
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The US repeatedly asked Norway to detain and deport whistleblower Edward Snowden if he tried to enter its territory in the aftermath of his leaks on mass US global surveillance, Norwegian media revealed citing formal requests.

Experts on Norway in the Sources Directory

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