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Fafo in the press August 2005

(When the entry is in Norwegian, the news referred will be in Norwegian as well)

Pøser ut millioner mot menneskehandel. 'Millions are spent to combat trafficking.' Norwegian Broadcasting interviews Fafo researcher Guri Tyldum. See also the Fafo breakfast Hva mener vi med menneskehandel? 'What do we mean by trafficking?', Aug 31

Gråsoner og svarte lommer. 'Grey zones and black holes.' Fafo's research director Line Eldring discusses future challenges for the labour market with union publication LO-Nytt, Aug 31

Får ikke jobbe nok. 'Not enough work.' The Newspapers' News Bureau has interviewed Jan Davidsen, the leader of the Norwegian union for municipal employees, who comments on the results from an unpublished Fafo paper about temporary and part-time workers in the social sector. Referred in Dagsavisen and Finnmarken, Aug 31

Lite fattigdom i Norden. 'Not much poverty in the Nordic countries', Fafo's research director Tone Fløtten tells Bergensavisen, Aug 30

En varslet katastrofe? 'A catastrophe foretold.' Klassekampen fears the right-wing of the Norwegian labour party. Fafo is mentioned as one of the party's advisers, Aug 30

Mange flere fattige i Bergen. 'More poverty in Bergen.' Norwegian broadcasting in Hordaland interviews Fafo's research director Tone Fløtten about the increasing influx of poor people to the Salvation Army centers in Bergen. See also Bergensavisen, Aug 29

Makt i sikte, rødt i glasset. 'Power in sight.' Dagbladet interviews Gudmund Hernes at Fafo's summer party. See also extract from a pre-election poll Fafo has commissioned: Ap-velgerne forventer mest. 'Labour party voters expect most from upcoming parliamentary elections'. Aug 27

Kostbare omstillinger. 'Expensive restructuring.' LO-nytt refers Fafo researcher Espen Løken's speech at LO State's congress yesterday, see the Fafo paper Den nye staten (The new state, in Norwegian), Aug 25

Hvad gør I nu? 'What do you do now?' Fafo is mentioned in an article in Klassekampen about generations and power, Aug 23

Slår hull på myten om en lite endringsvillig stat. Fafo researchers 'crush myths about a state not willing to change'. Magasinet Aktuell and LO-nytt refers from Fafo-paper 2005:20 (in Norwegian), Aug 22

Et betydelig samfunnsproblem. 'A considerable problem'. Comment about reading and writing difficulties by the researchers Ivar Solheim (Norsk Regnesentral) and Siri Ytrehus (Fafo), in LO-Aktuelt. See Fafo-report 481 (in Norwegian), Aug 22

Mer til polakkene 'More to the Poles'. Fafo's research director Line Eldring is interviewed in Dagens Næringsliv, Aug 20

Glasveggen i arbeidslivet. 'Glass ceiling in work life'. Bergens Tidende interviews, among others, Fafo's research director Hanne Kavli about difficulties faced by those getting into the labour market. See also interview with the LO director Gerd-Liv Valla, 6-timarsdagen uaktuell før 2009, in the same paper. Aug 19-20

Statsansatte blir syke av omstillingene. 'Restructuring of the state makes the employees ill', says NITO.no, and refers to Fafo's project Den nye staten (The new state), Aug 17

Aust-Europa trugar småbedrifter. 'Eastern Europe threatens small enterprises.' Fafo's research director Jon Erik Dølvik is interviewed by Bergens Tidende. See also; Lettare å leve her enn i Litauen (Easier to live here than in Lithuania) in the same paper, Aug 17

Uviss framtid for barna på Gaza. 'Uncertain future for Gaza children'. Fafo's research director Jon Pedersen is interviewed by Vårt Land about the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip; see also the journal Klar Tale, Aug 11-13

Myten om den statsansatte. 'The myth about the state employee'. Comment in Dagsavisen by Fafo researchers Thomas Lorentzen, Espen Løken, and Sissel Trygstad. See also the Norwegian Minister of Modernisation's reply in the same paper, Forandre for å bevare (Changing in order to preserve), Aug 8-13

Til kamp for de fattigste. 'Fighting for the poorest'. Bergens Tidende refers to a Fafo report showing that 80,000 Norwegian children under 17 years-old live in households with low income, Aug 9

En av fire har ikke råd til ferie, 'One out of four can't afford holidays', according to Norway's Central Bureau of Statistics. Fafo's research director Tone Fløtten is interviewed on the numbers by Dagbladet, Aug 7

Muslimsk terror. 'Muslim terror'. Editorial in Sunnmørsposten refers to a Fafo report about the Norwegian qualifications market (in Norwegian), Aug 1