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US may finally send an ambassador

After two years without an ambassador in Norway, US President Barack Obama has finally announced a new nominee to be his representative in Oslo....

Norway falls in climate rankings

Norway is not doing its share in the global effort to meet climate goals by cutting carbon emissions, according to international groups of independent climate researchers....

More welfare in revised budget

Finance Minister Siv Jensen was offering more state funding for social welfare programs as she rolled out the government's revised state budget on Tuesday. The extra money was widely...

Reform to put trains ‘on the right track’

Norway's state rail system is rolling through a tough week: Technical trouble halted service and resulted in major delays on Monday, just after state railway NSB also was...

Christian party makes threats

The Christian Democrats' party is threatening to dump its agreement to support Norway's non-socialist minority government. It became the latest political party over the weekend to defy...

Farming organizations come to the table

Norway's two most powerful farming lobbies dropped threats of refusing to negotiate their financial support demands with state officials, and agreed to come to the...

Russian Embassy drew huge crowd

So many guests responded favourably to an invitation to a Liberation Day reception at the Russian Embassy in Oslo on Friday that they literally...

Solberg pleased Conservatives won British election

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who heads Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre), was predictably pleased on Friday that her British counterparts did well in Thursday's election...

Northerners just want to stay friends

As Norway celebrated Liberation Day on Friday, 70 years after the end of five miserable years of occupation during World War II, many Norwegians...

Norway gears for war memorials

Friday May 8th is both Liberation- and Veterans' Day in Norway, and this year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War...
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