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Protesters win meeting with the king

Norway's indigenous Sami people continue their protests against the Norwegian government's decision to allow wind turbines on Sami grazing land. They blocked entrances to...

Government shake-up looms

Both the governing Labour Party and the opposition Conservatives have tumbled in public opinion polls again. That, in addition to disappointing election results, boosts...

Protesters removed from Parliament

Demonstrators protesting the Norwegian government's refusal to remove wind turbines from Sami grazing land ended up being forcibly removed themselves, from their sit-in at...

Demonstrators block streets, occupy Parliament to secure Sami human rights

Sami and environmental activists set off a new round of demonstrations in Oslo on Wednesday, part of an ongoing effort to secure their human...

Norway charters flight from Tel Aviv

Around 190 Norwegians caught in Israel when war broke out over the weekend were finally able to fly home during the night, on a...

Støre pressured into calling Hamas ‘a terrorist organization’

Neither Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre nor Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt, both from the Labour Party, had wanted to call the militant Palestinian...

Norway offers to talk with Hamas

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says his government is once again willing to seek a truce in the Middle East and talk with...

Parliament opened under a cloud

The sun was shining outside, but the 168th session of Norway's Parliament (Stortinget) ceremoniously opened on Tuesday under a cloud of recent scandals, conflicts of...

Political drama deepens around Solberg and her husband

Two new surveys are sending mixed signals, as political drama continues to swirl around former prime minister Erna Solberg and her Conservative Party (Høyre)....

Justice minister failed in her effort to restrict government openness

Norway's government minister in charge of justice and preparedness, Emilie Enger Mehl, chose one of the busiest political weeks of the year to quietly...
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