Tag: agriculture

Horsemeat scandal reaches Norway

UPDATED: NorgesGruppen, Norway's largest grocery wholesaler and retailer, announced Friday that it had found horsemeat in frozen lasagne it imports to Norway under the...

Norway’s food confirmed as most expensive in Europe

Consumers in Norway have known it for years, but now Norwegian food prices have been confirmed once again as the highest in Europe by...

Dominant dairy draws more flak

Several grocery store owners claim Norway's dairy conglomerate Tine, which regulates and controls the national market, still isn't managing to produce enough butter to...

Minister caught in real food fight

The Norwegian government's unpopular decision to further raise import tariffs on cheese and meat, to protect Norwegian producers, is setting off more political battles....

Danes concede to ‘cheese war’ truce

Denmark's trade minister remains unhappy over the Norwegian government's decision to boost import tariffs on cheese and meat, to protect domestic producers, but she's...

Protests rise over meat and cheese

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg claimed that angry opponents of his government's move to boost income for Norwegian farmers, by dramatically raising import tariffs, would...

New ‘butter crisis’ looms

Officials at Norwegian dairy cooperative Tine are trying to ward off another looming "butter crisis" like the one that left grocery store shelves bare...

Minister orders reindeer slaughter

Norway's agriculture minister wants to slaughter nearly 40,000 more reindeer in the country's most northerly county of Finnmark as quickly as possible. He claims...

Government caves in to demands for even higher meat and cheese prices

The farmer-friendly Center Party has won its budget battle with government coalition partners for more protectionism for agriculture in Norway. Despite loud public debate...

Fuss over flowers sows EU complaint

Norway's decision to suddenly impose a 72 percent import duty on flowers known as hortensia (hydrangea) has, as warned, led to Denmark filing a...
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