The run of public holidays at this time of year continued today with the traditional 1st May celebration – Labour Day. It also coincided with the first anniversary of my move to Oslo. My, how time flies! Today was widely predicted to be a “different” 1st May due to the ongoing terror trial, but the [...]
Nine Months On: The Breivik Trial Begins
The trial of Anders Behring Breivik finally gets underway on Monday. It’s hard to believe almost nine months have passed since the Oslo terrorist attacks. Life in the capital has long since returned to normal, although the government quarter which bore the brunt of the explosion is still out of bounds. I live a few [...]
A Tour of the Norwegian Parliament
Last month when my friend Colin was here I wrote about the Norwegian local elections. During that weekend, aside from being inundated with colourful election leaflets around the city streets, we decided to visit Stortinget, the Norwegian Parliament. It was a fascinating time to visit, just a few weeks after the terrorist attack and two [...]
Visiting the Nobel Peace Center
This weekend I’ve had the pleasure of Andy’s company here in Oslo. On Friday we wandered past the City Hall and the Nobel Peace Center, which reminded me I’d seen the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winners on the news earlier in the day. Anyway we decided to visit the Peace Center on [...]
Valg 2011 – Norway Goes To The Polls
Today and tomorrow Norway votes in local and regional elections. With my political background it’s been an interesting experience to be in another country during an election campaign. It is of course the first election here since the July attacks and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s Labour party are expected to do well, they’ve seen a [...]
