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New NAV boss gets down to work

Sigrun Vågeng started her new job as head of Norway's state welfare agency NAV this week, a post billed as one of the worst and...

Controversial thriller draws in viewers

More than 630,000 Norwegians watched the first episode of a new controversial TV thriller that premiered Sunday night, and already has sparked protests from...

Telenor keen to dump VimpelCom

Norway's international telecoms firm Telenor, now under a new CEO, appears keen to cut off its profitable but long-troubled involvement in the Russian-dominated mobile phone...

Parliament opens for lots of debate

Flags were flying, politicians were unusually dressed-up and customary royal pomp reigned inside and out as the 16oth session of the Norwegian Parliament formally...

King missed some of his opening lines

It's not easy being a king. On Friday, Norway's 78-year-old monarch spoke loudly and clearly as he customarily read aloud the government's annual proclamation...

Officers blast military cutbacks

Defense Chief Haakon Bruun-Hanssen formally delivered what's billed as his professional military advice to Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide on Thursday, and it didn't...

Norway at the UN: Waving the flag

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian government officials are once again mounting a major show of support for the United Nations, not least as the UN celebrates its...

‘Extreme’ weather becomes the norm

A new climate report for Norway, updated by 37 researchers and meteorologists nationwide, confirms that torrential rain and flooding is already becoming normal as temperatures...

Weak krone hikes fighter jet price

The new F35 fighter jets that Norway ordered from Lockheed-Martin in the US have suddenly become even more expensive because they're priced in dollars....

Norway will share EU’s refugee load

Norwegian Justice Minister Anders Anundsen has pledged that Norway will take part in the EU's plan approved this week to distribute 120,000 refugees more evenly among...
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