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Political debate looms over surveillance

Politicians on both the right and the left were urging renewed debate over the scope of surveillance in Norway, after reports emerged this week...

How to cast an Olympic vote

Around 60,000 foreign residents of Oslo who aren't Norwegian citizens but nonetheless eligible to vote in local municipal elections can have their say on...

Syria crisis hits election campaign

Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide cancelled all his scheduled election campaign appearances on Wednesday in order to concentrate on the ongoing crisis in Syria....

Disgraced mayor still wants to fight to clear his name

Rune Øygard, the former Labour Party mayor who was convicted of sexually assaulting a young teenaged girl, expressed disappointment on Wednesday when told that...

Youth welfare benefits under fire

Labour Minister Anniken Huitfeldt is evaluating changes in the welfare benefits available for young Norwegians, after state broadcaster NRK reported that for many, it's...

Dairy giant’s ad full of mistakes

Tine, Norway's dominant dairy cooperative that plunged the country into its embarrassing "butter crisis" two years ago, embarrassed itself again this week. A jubilee...

Fur farming probe welcomed

Animal rights activists and the fur farming industry itself said they welcome the government's decision to finally appoint a commission to study fur farming...

Millionaire Sveaas donates the most

Christen Sveaas, the highly successful businessman and investor known for his charitable cntributions, is also donating millions to the election campaigns of Norway's non-socialist...

Lack of maintenance plagues universities

UPDATED: Around 40 percent of the buildings at Norway's universities in Tromsø, Bergen, Ås, Trondheim and Oslo are in bad shape, after years of...

Norway pushes again for peace

UPDATED: An optimistic Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide was back in the Middle East this week to make another attempt at prodding along...
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