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Krekar held after high court loss

UPDATED: Islamic cleric Mullah Krekar was back under arrest Wednesday morning after Norway's highest court upheld two lower court rulings that Krekar can be extradited...

Facebook stunt backfires on everyone

Immigration Minister Sylvi Listhaug, established Norwegian media outlets, local actor Kristoffer Joner, the asylum advocacy organization NOAS and around 30,000 donors to NOAS all found...

Climate ‘anchored’ in Marrakech

It took 10 hours of overtime talks, but Norway's Environment Minister Vidar Helgesen thinks the landmark UN climate agreement struck in Paris last December...

Solberg failed to end budget battle

Prime Minister Erna Solberg finally stepped into the fray and spent much of the weekend trying to win support for her minority government's state budget...

Probe launched into Parliament’s building scandal

The disciplinary committee of the Norwegian Parliament has decided to investigate how and why an expansion project involving their own building has become victim...

‘Crisis’ looms over the state budget

Budget negotiations between Norway's minority government coalition and its two centrist support parties in Parliament have taken a turn for the worse. There was...

Labour to brake Tesla’s ‘free ride’

Tesla electric cars, branded by a Labour Party politician on Wednesday as "fun toys" for affluent men, may suddenly become much more expensive in Norway...

Foreign divers head into court

Two foreign divers who worked in the North Sea during the early years of Norway's emerging offshore oil industry are stepping up their claims for...

Politicians struggle to digest Trump

NEWS ANALYSIS: There's been a lot of hand-wringing and soul-searching among Norway's political leaders as they ponder the nagging question: Could an election uproar like the...

Torchlight parades protested fur industry

Thousands marched in torchlight parades around the country over the weekend, to demonstrate their opposition to the fur industry and fur farms in Norway....
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