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Minister intent on deregulating food

NEWS ANALYSIS: New Agriculture Minister Sylvi Listhaug is a farmer's daughter who has referred to the country's highly regulated farming and food industries as...

Beef tariffs cut, but not prices

Norwegians' growing hunger for prime cuts of meat has led, after much hesitation, to a cut in the tariffs slapped on imported meat to...

Putin glad ‘Jens’ will lead NATO

The recent selection of former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens  Stoltenberg as the next leader of NATO has won broad support, now also from Russian President...

Transport Minister steps on the gas again

Norway's new transport minister from the Progress Party, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, has managed to bypass congestion on another new stalled highway project. His goal is...

Thommessen’s tax haven tangle

UPDATED: The Chief Minister of Guernsey said he'd contact the President of Norway's Parliament (Stortinget), Olemic Thommessen, after Thommessen went public with his 10-year...

Norway urged to ‘let the oil lie’

NEWS ANALYSIS: The strongest warnings ever about the hazards of climate change, issued over the weekend, have prompted Norway's new environment minister to promise...

Begging bans could be in by summer

Controversial plans to give individual municipalities the power to ban begging could be underway by summer, if the government secures a majority vote in...

McCain fights ambassador appointment

A heavyweight of US politics is carrying on the growing chorus against US President Barack Obama's nomination of George James Tsunis as the next...

Nordic countries condemn Russia

Ukraine, political security in Europe and the path towards the NATO summit in September were up for discussion when the Nordic countries' defense ministers...

Moe triumphs in Sp power battle

Ola Borten Moe was elected first deputy of the Center Party (Senterpartiet, Sp) at an extraordinary general meeting in Lillestrøm on Monday, putting to...
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