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Norwegian ministers stream to China

"I love China!" exclaimed Norway's fisheries minister Per Sandberg after landing in Beijing this week. He's leading a large delegation of Norwegian seafood exporters...

Farmers bring their fight to Parliament

Around 3,000 farmers marched through the streets of Oslo and then assembled in front of the Parliament on Tuesday, to once again demand more...

Farmers blocked grocery shipments

Norwegian farmers, angry that their state subsidy demands haven't been met, set up blockades around wholesale food distribution centers all over the country on...

Farmers broke off subsidy talks again

Norway's two major farm lobbying groups once again broke off negotiations with the state over how much subsidy and protection they should receive from...

Opposition loses its lead in the polls

Finance Minister Siv Jensen's Progress Party and Erna Solberg's Conservatives have rebounded in the latest public opinion polls, taking back the lead that the...

Oil price collapse ‘is now behind us’

An optimistic Norwegian government presented a revised state budget on Thursday that proposes few changes in the annual budget for 2017 that was approved in December....

Prudence prevails in use of Oil Fund

Even though Finance Minister Siv Jensen has tapped into more of Norway's oil revenues than any of her predecessors, to pad the state budget, the...

Israel objects to any circumcision ban

The Israeli Embassy in Oslo is criticizing a decision by Norway's conservative Progress Party over the weekend to support any proposed ban on circumcision...

Norway’s ‘success’ attracts North Korea

UPDATED: North Korea views Norway's social welfare state as a "success," according to an expert on the isolated country. That may be why talks are reportedly...

Royals ready to celebrate being 80

Kings, queens, princes, princesses and at least two presidents from all over Europe were arriving in Oslo this week, to take part in Norway's...
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