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Politicians strike back at oil critics

Several state politicians have fired back at 200 artists, researchers, authors and other members of Norway's cultural elite, who have called for a halt to...

Doubts arise over oil job creation

Government claims that the huge new Johan Sverdrup oil field will create as many as 51,000 new jobs in Norway are now being drawn into...

Celebrities aim to halt Arctic drilling

Many of Norway's most prominent authors, researchers and artists are among a group of 200 academic and legal experts demanding an end to oil and gas exploration in...

Conservatives resist more refugees

Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre), which leads the country's coalition government, continues to resist calls by other parties for Norway to take in 10,000 more...

Norway rushes aid to quake victims

As the death toll from Saturday's killer quake in Nepal kept rising, Norway was joining international efforts to help survivors. Foreign Minister Børge Brende, a former...

Farmers want to boost food prices

Norway's two main farming organizations handed over a demand for the equivalent to NOK 950 million (USD 118 million) in state financial aid on Friday,...

Solberg rallied her party troops

Prime Minister Erna Solberg, whose leadership has been directly challenged this week on several key issues, went on the offensive Friday as she opened her Conservative...

Norway backs coal mining on Svalbard

The Norwegian government has decided to go along with controversial pleas to bail out the state-owned company that runs coal mines on Svalbard. Several other...

Government chided over Armenia

Norwegian polar and humanitarian hero Fridtjof Nansen is hailed on a stamp in Armenia, but now the Norwegian government is being assailed for its failure to join 22...

Brende defends aid to refugees

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende has struck back at critics who claim Norway has been too slow to respond to the boat refugee crisis in...
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