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Norway still fails to cut its emissions

While several other countries in the European Union have cut their carbon emissions in half, they've increased in oil-producing Norway. One critic claims Norwegian...

Brexit fallout set to keep swirling

Markets were showing signs of recovery on Wednesday after the shock of Britian's exit from the European Union began to ease, but Norwegian analysts think...

Health minister approves Oslo hospital plan

Health Minister Bent Høie has approved plans to radically restructure Oslo's state-owned hospitals. The historic and sprawling Ullevål University Hospital will be shut down, and...

Oslo court rejects Snowden’s lawsuit

An Oslo city court has rejected a legal attempt to make it safe for US whistleblower Edward Snowden to travel to Norway receive a...

Brende braces for the Brexit storm

Foreign Minister Børge Brende is advising Norwegians "to sit still in the boat" as the storm rises around Great Britian's pending withdrawal from the European...

Minister was target of a cake attack

UPDATED: A young British woman who attacked a Norwegian government minister with a cake during Saturday's Pride Parade in Oslo was ordered jailed for...

Lien set to delay carbon capture

Norway's Oil & Energy Minister Tord Lien confirmed on Friday, when Norwegian media outlets were preoccupied with news about British voters deciding to leave the EU,...

Political reaction muted in Norway

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian politicians were mostly regretting British voters' decision to leave the European Union (EU) but reaction was muted and cautious, not least...

Norway’s anti-EU camp cheers Brexit

While most Norwegian government ministers were hoping Britain remains in the EU, those leading Norway's Nei til EU (No to the EU) movement were cheering...

‘We’re used to others deciding’

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who's long wanted Norway to join the European Union (EU) and thus have a say in forming its policy, was...
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