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Work rules eased, no one pleased

UPDATED: Neither the labour movement nor employer representatives were happy after Norway's conservative two-party government struck a deal Thursday with its support parties in...

Elder care goes on trial in Oslo

Norway's much-vaunted cradle-to-grave security was under legal scrutiny this week after the City of Oslo went on trial over its often-criticized elder care. At...

Government drops new tax on plastic bags

Retailers in Norway were celebrating on Tuesday after the Finance Ministry announced it was dropping plans to impose a new tax on plastic bags...

‘Cuts loom without shift away from oil’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg delivered a tough message as her government gathered for its first budget conference of the year on Monday: Major spending cuts...

Norway demands publication of damning Sudan report

Norway's foreign ministry was demanding that the African Union make public a report said to blame Norway, the US and Great Britain for the...

Krekar ordered held in prison

A court in Oslo rejected an appeal on Friday from Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad, who uses the name Mullah Krekar, that he be released from...

Still ‘big problems’ with equality issues

Several of the most powerful positions in Norwegian society are currently held by women, but equality hasn't fully extended to Norwegian business. As thousands of women...

Oil minister tries to settle quarrel over Sverdrup stakes

Oil & Energy Minister Tord Lien called the oil companies that own stakes in the giant Johan Sverdrup oil and gas field into a meeting...

Solberg hits the ‘re-start’ button

Prime Minister Erna Solberg has been huddling this week with her fellow party leaders needed to keep her government together. They all returned to...

Kaci takes over Nobel Committee

Kaci Kullmann Five, a former trade minister and head of the Conservative Party, took over as leader on Tuesday of the small but powerful Oslo-based...
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