Tag: government

Kirkenes rallies to ‘bring Frode home’

Christmas Eve services at the church in Norway's northern town of Kirkenes broke into unusual and spontaneous applause, when the pastor leading them called...

Norway may stop sending prisoners to the Netherlands

Justice Minister Per-Willy Amundsen announced just before the Christmas holidays that Norway's conservative government may let its agreement to lease cells at a prison...

Film star lobbies to protect Lofoten

Environmental activists in Norway were calling it "one of the greatest things that's ever happened:" Film star Leonardo DiCaprio has taken up their campaign...

Giske ‘sick,’ and his future in doubt

Trond Giske, long one of Norway's top politicians for the Labour Party, has gone on sick leave after finding the pressure of an emerging...

Norwegian isolated in Moscow jail

Retired Norwegian border inspector Frode Berg continues to languish in a Moscow jail, after the 62-year-old resident of Kirkenes was arrested on espionage charges...

Drama surrounds the Labour Party

Norway's Labour Party was already in crisis when it became enveloped by even more drama this week: Its deputy leader and high-profile veteran Trond...

Giske apologizes for his behaviour

UPDATED: Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre issued a rare public rebuke to a party colleague on Thursday afternoon, stating in a press release...

Labour’s leader now put to a new test

"For (Labour Party leader) Jonas Gahr Støre, this is worse than losing the election," wrote one of Norway's leading political commentators, Kjetil B Alstadheim,...

Norway grants more funds to Poland

Norway's new government minister in charge of relations with the EU traveled to Warsaw on Wednesday, to formally hand over more development funds. Marit...

Scandal shakes up Oslo’s City Hall

Heads are rolling at Oslo's City Hall, after months of scandal along with a loss of voter support for the Labour Party that leads...
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