Tag: government

Solberg struggles to save her government

Hard-pressed Prime Minister Erna Solberg admitted on Wednesday that she was disappointed and thinks it's "unfortunate" that her government's two support parties have withdrawn...

Government loses its last supporter

Norway's minority government lost the last of its two support parties on Wednesday, when the Christian Democrats followed the Liberals' lead and pulled out of negotiations...

Government’s fate rests with Hareide

Knut Arild Hareide, leader of the small Christian Democrats party, found himself holding an enormous amount of power over the fate of Norway's minority government...

Liberals break out of budget talks

Norway's state budget crisis deepened Tuesday afternoon, when one of the minority government's two support parties broke off any further budget negotiations. The Liberals...

Government ‘on verge of collapse’

Speculation was running high on Tuesday morning over whether Norway's minority coalition government is about to fall. Dramatic and ongoing disagreement over next year's state budget...

Foreign minister meeting Duterte

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende was back in the Philippines on Friday, with plans to meet the island nation's controversial new president, Rodrigo Duterte. Between...

Parties gain on Trump’s election

Nearly all of Norway's political parties have registered strong gains in party membership this autumn, not least in the two weeks following the election of...

Politicians avoid real emission cuts

As Norwegian politicians continued to quarrel this week over raising fuel taxes to cut carbon emissions, climate activists gathering in Oslo put the quarreling in perspective. They...

Norway braces for new refugee influx

Norway's immigration agency UDI (Utlendingsdirektoratet) is bracing for another influx of asylum seekers over its northern border to Russia. Officials won't specify why, but...

Officials not surprised by Telenor’s fine

The director of Norway's national communications authority (Nkom) says he's not surprised that fellow regulators at the state competition authority want to hit Telenor with...
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