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Solberg and Merkel plan for G20

Prime Minister Erna Solberg and German Chancellor Anglela Merkel were able to make some joint preparations for the upcoming G20 meeting in Hamburg this summer, when they...

Dual citizenship wins a nod, but ‘no’ to circumcision

Norway's Progress Party has become the latest to back dual citizenship, thus creating a majority in the current Parliament in favour of allowing Norwegian citizens...

Jensen rallies her shrunken party

Progress Party leader Siv Jensen left no doubt as she opened her party's annual meeting on Friday that she's determined to hang on to government...

State slashes farmers’ demands

Last week Norway's farmers demanded more than NOK 1.4 billion in state subsidy and other financial support. On Friday the state responded, with an...

Curtain falls over drama at the Opera

All the top officials at Norway's state-owned Opera & Ballet have put a lid on the latest management drama that's already resulted in the looming...

Nobel Committee elects new leader

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has elected Berit Reiss-Andersen as its new leader, to replace the late Kaci Kullmann Five. Reiss-Andersen has been serving as...

Northern Norway’s counties to merge

Northern Norway has long been divided into three counties: Finnmark in the far northeast, Troms farther to the west, and Nordland between Troms and...

Defense minister defends herself

Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide has been forced into defense mode herself in recent weeks. Now she faces even more highly critical reports from...

Poll shows unrest over EU trade deal

Tuesday marked the 25th anniversary of Norway's trade deal with the European Union (EU), called the EØS avtalen, but there was no big celebration....

Parties used May 1 to kick off campaign

Norway's leftist political parties were out in full force on the May 1st Labour Day holiday, using the beautiful weather and  crowds to mobilize support...
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