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Norway needs to ‘shut down rigs’

A new round of appeals to stop climate change have gone out this week, and they all call on Norway to stop being one of the...

Iceland’s interest in Norway fuels new party

Encouraged by what he called "overwhelming response" to his half-joking proposal for Iceland to become part of Norway, initiative taker Gunnar Smári Egilsson is forming...

Norway backs sanctions against Russia

As expected, the Norwegian government has decided to adopt the tougher sanctions against Russia that were imposed by the EU and the US from August...

Parliament tackles Russian sanctions

An expanded meeting of the Norwegian Parliament's foreign policy- and defense committee was set on Monday to discuss how Norway will respond to the EU- and...

Øya festival soared on its support

The public turned out in droves, the state subsidized talent scouts in the audience, and organizers of  last week's popular Øya music festival in Oslo...

Only three of 10 back an Olympics

Opposition to the City of Oslo's bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2022 continues to grow. According to the latest public opinion poll,...

Public sector spending more on public relations

State- and local government agencies have emerged as major customers of often- high-priced public relations (PR) firms, reports newspaper Dagsavisen. A survey of public accounts...

Brende: Russian bans ‘unreasonable’

Foreign Minister Børge Brende called Russia's decision to ban imports of Norwegian salmon and other seafood "completely unreasonable." The bans are included in a...

‘Quite dramatic’ bans from Russia

Seafood, especially salmon, ranks as Norway's second-largest export industry behind oil, and import bans announced Thursday by Russia sent shares in Norwegian seafood companies...

No smiles now as Russia bans imports

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who was all smiles in cooperating with Norway just last year, is now punishing its northern neighbour along with many...
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