Tag: foreign policy
Turkey and Russia pose ‘complications’
Norway strives to be a peacemaker around the world, but has complicated relations of its own with such countries as China and neighbouring Russia....
Brende missed meeting with Obama
Norway's foreign minister, Børge Brende, was late for a meeting with arguably the world's most powerful man last week, but could only laugh it...
Embassies and consulates reshuffled
Norway's constantly globe-trotting foreign minister, Børge Brende, was in Mumbai, India on Tuesday, where he among other things re-opened a Norwegian general consulate. It was...
Norway at the UN: Waving the flag
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian government officials are once again mounting a major show of support for the United Nations, not least as the UN celebrates its...
Palestinians win aid but no recognition
Lots of people turned up and the sun was even shining, but the message at a rally in front of the Norwegian Parliament this week...
Busy Brende won’t give up on peace
Norway's globe-trotting foreign minister, Børge Brende, was back in the Middle East this week for meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders after the recent...
Norway demands publication of damning Sudan report
Norway's foreign ministry was demanding that the African Union make public a report said to blame Norway, the US and Great Britain for the...
Norway found guilty of discrimination
Norway prides itself on being among the world's most egalitarian countries, but a United States federal court has found it guilty of gender discrimination. Now...
Norway welcomes thaw in US-Cuba relations
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and the entire spectrum of political leaders in the Norwegian Parliament voiced support Thursday for renewed relations between the...
Brende pleased by ‘solid’ aid for Gaza
Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende, who co-led Sunday's top-level meeting to re-build Gaza after Israel's bombing last summer, said that the "solid" amount of...
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