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Progress Party gets back to business

After months of turbulence that almost brought down the government, Norway's conservative Progress Party gathered over the weekend to recharge and plot strategy for...

Spying recruiters target Kirkenes

Residents of Norway's far northern city of Kirkenes say it's not unusual to find themselves as targets of recruiters for spying. Civilians who often...

Farmers demand more subsidies

Their most supportive political party (Senterpartiet, Sp) is mired in national shame and scandal but that hasn't stopped Norway's powerful farmers' lobby from demanding NOK...

Berg fears he was duped into spying

Defense attorneys for retired Norwegian border inspector Frode Berg told newspaper Dagbladet on Sunday that Berg has now admitted he more than likely was...

Tax revenue boom ‘signals optimism’

Finance Minister Siv Jensen has reason to smile after a long and difficult winter: New figures show a boom in unexpected tax revenue rolling...

Liberals’ leader survives scandal

NEWS ANALYSIS: One of the newest ministers in the Norwegian government, Trine Skei Grande, had the worst possible start to her Liberal Party's annual...

Supreme court won’t hear appeal against Arctic oil drilling

Norway's highest court (Høyesterett) has refused to hear a direct appeal filed by environmental organizations that lost their attempt to halt oil exploration in...

Careful response to attack in Syria

While allies like Canada, Denmark and Germany expressed "support" for Saturday's attack by the US, UK and France on alleged chemical weapons plants in...

Voter sentiment turns to the left

Norway's Labour Party, and its former deputy leader Trond Giske, may finally be emerging from a string of crises in recent months. Labour logged...

Hydro now denies polluting in Brazil

Large Norwegian aluminum company Norsk Hydro lashed back at its critics on Monday with two new reports claiming that it was not responsible for...
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