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Government to invest in three main east-west routes

Norway's conservative government coalition failed to select one main route for improvement over the mountains between Oslo and Bergen this week, opting instead to...

Progress Party proud of sharp decline in asylum seekers

Norway's conservative Progress Party, which long has argued in favour of restrictive immigration, was proud of the "solid documentation" released this week showing that...

Conflicts of interest ram Center Party

Ola Borten Moe is a former Oil & Energy Minister for the Center Party who now leads its program committee heading into the next national election. He's...

Labour avoids its own property tax

The Norwegian Labour Party has found a way to avoid paying the property tax that the Labour-led Oslo city government has imposed on all other owners...

Property tax bills spark more outcry

Several cultural institutions and humanitarian organizations are the latest to be hit by new property tax bills from the City of Oslo that they...

SV takes a sharp turn to the left

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's small but resurgent Socialist Left party (SV) has always been on the left side of Norwegian politics, but now it's getting...

Conservatives gain on Labour’s loss

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Erna Solberg's Conservative Party has scored a major gain in the latest public opinon poll, which also logged the worst showing...

Oil minister ‘crazy’ to open oil fields

Fishing industry- and environmental advocates were reacting with disbelief on Tuesday after Norway's new Oil & Energy Minister Terje Søviknes announced plans to open up...

Oil enthusiasm fails to dip on price fall

Oil prices have fallen recently and so has the value of Norway's currency, the krone, but that's not dampening enthusiasm for those who still...

Conservatives open to dual citizenship

After years of debate, the Norwegian Conservative Party has voted in favour of clearing the way to allow dual citizenship in Norway. Since the Conservatives...
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