Tag: government

Labour movement loses its steam

NEW ANALYSIS: It's not just Norway's Labour Party that has seemed to be imploding after decades of dominance. The labour movement itself, once a...

Threats on the rise against politicians

Fully two of every five politicians in Norway have found themselves the targets of threats so serious that police have needed to launch investigations...

Giske ‘broke rules’ but fights back

Drama and power struggles within the Norwegian Labour Party launched into yet another round after the party concluded that its suspended deputy leader Trond...

New effort launched to open stores on Sunday

Norway's new government minister Trine Skei Grande of the Liberal Party has sent a proposal out for hearing that would further ease restrictions on...

Deported Afghan refugees forced to flee

Seven out of 10 Afghan refugees who've returned to Afghanistan are forced to flee again, claimed the Norwegian Refugee Council (Flyktninghjelpen) this week. It...

Ex-NATO chief eyed for Nobel seat

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former Danish secretary general of NATO, is among as many as 10 people under consideration by Norway's Progress Party to...

Critics blast jump in weapon exports

Norway is the home of the Nobel Peace Prize but it's also a significant weapons producer, and their exports shot up last year. Now...

Thousands rallied to protect wolves

Norway's internationally controversial wolf hunt spurred more demonstrations over the weekend, this time to save the country's wolves from what many fear will be...

Solberg ready to ‘escape’ to Davos

UPDATED: Prime Minister Erna Solberg was flying off to Davos on Monday, for three days of meetings with international business and political leaders at...

‘MeToo’ complaints overshadow Erna

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Erna Solberg's launch of an historic new government coalition this week ended up being overshadowed by complaints filed in the...
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