Tag: government

IOC’s demands met with ridicule

"High and mighty" demands made by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were setting off ridicule and head-shaking among members of the Norwegian...

MP charged in narcotics case

UPDATED: A 24-year-old Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party, has been charged in a narcotics case that already has led to the...

Culture minister failed to silence critics

Thorhild Widvey, Norway's new Minister of Culture from the Conservative Party, failed to satisfy members of the political opposition in Parliament this week, when...

Rape statistics surprised researchers

Researchers were as surprised as Norwegian government ministers, when new statistics released on Wednesday showed that 10 percent of all Norwegian women have been...

Ministry faces new aid dilemmas

Norway's Foreign Ministry was facing tough questions on Wednesday over its  extension of financial aid to more than a dozen countries in Africa that...

Politicians clash over immigration

Negotiations over a proposed tightening of Norway's asylum and immigration laws have stranded once again. Politicians from the two parties that have generally agreed...

Terror threat still rising

Norway's military intelligence service (Etterretningstjenesten, or E-tjenesten) has repeated earlier predictions that the threat of a terrorist attack continues to rise, also with the return...

Norway to review all aid to Uganda

UPDATED: Foreign Minister Børge Brende, who "deeply regrets" a new law in Uganda that can send homosexuals to prison for life, announced Monday that...

Norwegian-Americans lead protests against ambassador’s nomination

Opposition is growing to US President Barack Obama's nomination of George James Tsunis as the next US ambassador to Norway. Some leaders of the...

‘Sports Illustrated’ sets off OL storm

Norwegians vehemently opposed to the idea of hosting another Winter Olympics in 2022 have been sounding off this weekend in an unusual forum and...
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