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Military heads for Latvia and Ukraine

Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide confirmed that Norway will be participating in a US-led military exercise in deeply troubled Ukraine later this month, and will send...

China cancelled NHO conference

The Chinese organizers of a major business conference with Norway's national employer's organization NHO cancelled it at the last minute last week. The cancellation was...

Norway sends aid to Iraq and Ukraine

A Norwegian military transport flight took off from Oslo Tuesday, bound for Northern Iraq and filled with water filtration systems and other humanitarian aid....

Estonia’s president shortens state visit

Canons fired from the Akershus Fortress and helicopters whirred overhead as the president of Estonia arrived in Oslo Tuesday for a state visit. Tensions...

Stoltenberg halted apology to China

Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg came close last year to approving a secret document aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations between Norway and China, reported...

Oslo drastically cuts its Olympic budget

In what appears to be a desperate move to win more public support for a Winter Olympics in Oslo, city officials are poised to formally...

Brende to meet Lavrov in Norway

On the very day that alarming reports were emerging that Russian soldiers were invading Ukraine, the Norwegian government announced that Foreign Minister Børge Brende would be...

Olympic support sinks to new low

Two new independent public opinion polls indicate that support for hosting the Winter Olympics in 2022 in Oslo has sunk to new lows. A...

Ministers meet to hash out budget

Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Finance Minister Siv Jensen gathered their government colleagues on Wednesday for a final round of negotiations, as they hammer...

Støre blames loss on July 22 attacks

New Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre released a new book on Tuesday in which he puts much of the blame for Labour's loss...
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