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Dalai Lama’s visit ends with cheers

The Dalai Lama bid farewell to Oslo on Friday after three days of being met with cheering crowds, packed receptions, rapt audiences and lots...

Chill settled over defense ceremonies

Norway once again mounted its annual Liberation Day and Veterans Day ceremonies on May 8, this year under threatening skies and chilly temperatures. It...

Faremo gets new job at the UN

Grete Faremo, one of the many government ministers who lost their jobs after Norway's former left-center government lost last fall's national election, has accepted...

Politicians drop abortion referrals

After setting off massive political debate and public protests, the head of the Christian Democrats party Knut Arild Hareide has formally given up his...

Dalai Lama enjoys ‘warm welcome’

The Dalai Lama arrived in Oslo on Wednesday to rainy and chilly weather but also to what he said he felt was a "warm...

Unofficial welcome awaited Dalai Lama

Public interest in the Dalai Lama's visit to Oslo this week is so high that police are beefing up security measures and Members of...

Politicians rise up against monarchy

Two high-profile politicians representing the most staunchly monarchist parties in Norway have spoken out against the institution of royalty in a new book to...

Sports lobby won’t give up Olympics

The majority of Norwegians who oppose an Olympics in Oslo could heave a collective sigh of relief on Sunday that they may not need...

Frp in power tackles other thorny issues

Norway's conservative Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp) wrapped up its first national meeting ever as a party holding government power on Sunday, and voted on...

Frp blows out Olympic flame

Norway's Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp) seems to have halted further progress on the City of Oslo's campaign to host a Winter Olympics in 2022. A...
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