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Cermaq sale stirs some uncertainty

Some scenic and small communities in the northern Norwegian counties of Nordland and Finnmark are uneasy following the announcement this week that giant Japanese firm Mitsubishi has...

‘No choice’ but to back Obama on IS

Norway, which refused to back the US' invasion of Iraq during the Bush Administration, will be supporting US President Barack Obama's plan for fighting...

Norway won’t let China build radar

Norwegian politicians are keen to restore diplomatic relations with China, but won't grant China's request to build a large radar antenna on Norway's Arctic archipelago...

Labour soars in latest voter polls

Norway's Labour Party has logged a major leap in voter support, scoring its best public opinion poll for nearly 30 years. Commentators attribute the...

China’s salmon ban reels in the industry

First Russia banned Norwegian salmon, and now China's decision to do the same is being branded as "extremely unfortunate." The latest ban on Norwegian salmon, which...

Solberg warns of new Arctic freeze

Prime Minister Erna Solberg traveled straight from the NATO summit in Wales to a local political meeting in Northern Norway over the weekend, and...

Stoltenberg makes his NATO debut

Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was formally introduced as NATO's next secretary general at the NATO Summit in Wales on Friday. As he...

Slimmed-down OL raises new gripes

Oslo's Olympic committee unveiled details of their 11th-hour alternative plan for a slimmed-down Winter Olympics in 2022 on Thursday, cutting its budget by nearly a third....

Putin’s nationalism worries Solberg

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg adopted a tougher tone towards Russia as she arrived for the NATO summit meeting in Wales on Thursday. She's...

NATO an important arena for Norway

NEWS ANALYSIS: "This is the most important summit meeting of the alliance for a long time," Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide declared as the...
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