Tag: government

Sandberg’s book may make waves

Per Sandberg's decision to step down as a deputy leader of the conservative Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp) comes just two weeks before he's due...

Embattled minister aims to cut prices

Norway's new government minister in charge of agriculture and food claims that her most important job is to clear the way for better selection...

Norway seeks rail cooperation with Sweden

The new conservative Norwegian government is launching an effort to work with their Swedish counterparts on improving rail transport and train lines, especially between...

Swedish spying also a concern

Prime Minister Erna Solberg has been hosting all her new Nordic colleagues in Oslo this week at a ministerial meeting of the Nordic Council,...

US probably spied on Norway, too

UPDATED: Jonas Gahr Støre, who served as Norway's foreign minister for seven years in the former left-center government, says it would be be "naive"...

Spy news can sour Russian relations

As revelations of US spying continue to leak out of documents distributed by defected American Edward Snowden, some of them may cause conflicts for...

Pressure grows on the ‘food minister’

Agriculture  and Food Minister Sylvi Listhaug was under more pressure on Friday to reveal who her clients were at public relations firm First House,...

Norway won’t destroy Syria’s weapons

The Norwegian government has decided that Norway lacks the technical facilities needed to take in and destroy chemical weapons from Syria, but has promised...

Payments halted after environmental scandal

Norway's new Minister of Climate and the Environment Tine Sundtoft has frozen NOK 60 million (USD 10 million) that was earmarked to support the...

Cities may win more transit funds

Norway's new transport minister says he wants to steer more extra  funding to the country's urban areas, to relieve traffic congestion where the most...
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