Tag: government

Emergency aid sent to Philippines

The Norwegian government, the Norwegian Red Cross, Caritas Norge and a long list of other humanitarian organizations were already increasing emergency aid to the...

New state budget full of changes

Finance Minister Siv Jensen presented the new conservative government's first state budget on the floor of the Norwegian Parliament on Friday, with proposals that...

Food giant ‘comes out of the closet’

Norway's largest food producer, Orkla, has threatened to move production out of Norway if the new government eases the protectionist policies that  keep food...

Stoltenberg still favorite premier

Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was finally off taking some holiday this week. Many Norwegians, however, still wish he was back home running the...

Calls rise to register lobbyists

Sylvi Listhaug, Norway's new government minister in charge of agriculture and food, won't have to reveal her list of clients in her previous job...

Jagland’s Council bid launched

The Norwegian government has decided to launch Thorbjørn Jagland's candidacy for re-election as secretary general of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Jagland himself...

Alarms ring over radical recruitment

UPDATED: Police and community activists are warning that increasing numbers of Norwegian youth, mostly from immigrant families, are the targets of radical Islamists who...

‘Whistleblower’s’ firing raises concerns

Environmental groups and some oil industry executives have raised objections to the recent dismissal of Rolf Wiborg, a veteran worker in the Norwegian Petroleum...

Rafto winner credits ‘unnamed heroes’

Maryam al-Khawaja, acting president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, accepted the Rafto Prize in Bergen on Sunday on behalf of the center,...

Oil era extended as debate flows

Norway's oldest oil field, Ekofisk, got a new lease on life this week, just as news broke that a conflict over the Snorre field...
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