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Party leaders take over budget talks

A week of negotiations over the government's proposed state budget collapsed on Tuesday, when representatives from the two government coalition parties and their two...

Universities reject tuition proposal

Several of Norway's largest universities are rejecting a state budget proposal that would call on them to start charging tuition fees to foreign students...

Brende sends more aid to Afghanistan

Globe-trotting Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende spent much of his weekend in Afghanistan and pledged an extra NOK 50 million (USD 7.5 million) in financial...

Armed guards posted at Parliament entrances

Security around the Norwegian Parliament has been strengthened, with armed police now permanently posted at all entrances. The change went into effect last week. The heightened...

Terror threat rises against Norway

The head of Norway's police intelligence unit PST (Politiets Sikkerhetstjeneste) announced Wednesday that the likelihood of a terrorist attack against Norway over the next...

‘Will do all we can’ to fight terrorists

Government officials and members of the opposition in Parliament united once again on Wednesday, in the midst of state budget battles, in an effort...

Erna’s fate tied to state budget battle

Prime Minister Erna Solberg and the survival of her government are now being put to the test, as state budget negotiations finally got underway on...

Statoil rolls out huge new oil field

NEWS ANALYSIS: The timing was ironic at best: Just as a new wave of climate concerns was literally washing over Norway this week, state oil...

Majority in Parliament supports EU climate cuts

Even some of the most anti-EU parties in Norway were praising EU leaders on Friday for agreeing to cut carbon emissions by at least...

No foreigners eyed for Nobel committee

Norway's Conservative Party, which will be able to nominate two new members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee this autumn, has now ruled out considering anyone who's not...
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