In Thursday’s “Debate” on NRK, the topic of private health insurance is discussed. There has been explosive growth in private health insurance in Norway. Today, more than 800,000 people in Norway have private health insurance, while 20 years ago the number was less than 100,000. Grilled about former private insurance Last week it became known … Read more
During the “Debate” broadcast on Tuesday, the topic was Women’s Day, 8 March. There, some women had been refused participation in the marking as they wanted to mark against the abuse of Israeli women. Among other things, they came up with a banner with “#metoo, unless you’re a jew”. It conflicted with the organiser’s support … Read more
In a recent comment, “This is how we stop Vedum, Trump and Orbán”, Nettavisen columnist Hans Geelmuyden asked the following question: – Why do people in the West vote for populists, and how can we fight for our liberal democracies? Geelmuyden cited Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as good examples of this Western … Read more
After being away from “The Debate” in favor of Melodi Grand Prix, Fredrik Solvang was back as debate leader on Tuesday evening. The topic was food safety in Norway. Nortura has warned against a long-term egg shortage in Norway. It happens after egg producers were paid in 2023 to stop production. Tine has to produce … Read more
The refugee flow that has affected Europe after Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine was the subject of Tuesday’s episode of “The Debate” on NRK. During the broadcast, it was discussed, among other things, that President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has been aware that Ukraine needs several hundred thousand new soldiers. The right-winger’s Mari Holm Lønseth was … Read more
On Thursday evening, NRK invited a debate about Israel, where boycott or non-boycott was the main topic. Both Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (Ap) and Christian Tybring-Gjedde (Frp) stood in the studio at Marienlyst and thought a boycott of Israel was out of the question, while Bjørnar Moxnes (Rødt) and Ingrid Fiskaa (SV) argued that … Read more
The well-known documentary filmmaker and former NRK journalist Erling Borgen is anything but impressed by NRK and Tore Strømøy’s “Nobody Loves Bamsegut”, which tells the story of Jan-Egil Granfoss and the family’s challenges in getting home from the Philippines. After creating great interest, the series was withdrawn, when NRK did not tell about a sentence … Read more
According to NRK, there have been approximately 2,500 inquiries to the Broadcasting Council regarding the coverage of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. About 1,000 of the inquiries are complaints about “New again” about the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and about the news coverage of the same conflict has received about 600 complaints. The … Read more