Tag: government

State budget battle begins in earnest

Prime Minister Erna Solberg got a taste this week of the state budget battle her government faces this autumn. A united opposition, including her government's...

‘Norway’s oil age is not over,’ yet

Tord Lien, Norway's government minister for oil and energy, isn't letting himself be overly concerned by the recent, some say dramatic, fall in oil...

Refugee ready to lead AUF

Mani Hussaini, who came to Norway as a 12-year-old refugee from Syria, was elected with a standing ovation as the next leader of the...

Artists try to halt Munch museum

Some of Norway's most prominent contemporary artists have suddenly rallied together at the last minute to try to block construction of Oslo's long-planned new...

Cop killer freed after 10 years

A robber with a long criminal record who killed a Norwegian policeman during Norway's largest heist in history, the so-called NOKAS robbery, is being released from prison...

Women now subject to military service

The Norwegian Parliament finally approved a long-awaited law making women subject to compulsory military service, just like men have been for decades. Defense Minister...

New power cables abroad ‘will boost prices at home’

An announcement on Monday that state power network operator Statnett has won approval to build new electricity cables to Germany and the UK means electricity...

Norway negotiated while bombing Libya

Jonas Gahr Støre, the new leader of Norway's Labour Party, conducted secret negotiations with the Gadhafi regime in Libya at the same time that...

Parliament Ball called ‘snobbish and old-fashioned’

Plans by the President of the Parliament's staff to hold a winter ball right after New Year have been met by sneers and snickering...

Conference lands Haakon in trouble

UPDATED: Crown Prince Haakon, heir to the Norwegian throne, has been accused of overstepping the bounds of his mostly ceremonial role and ignoring his political...
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