Tag: government

Post-terror plans meet opposition

Redevelopment proposals for Norway's state government complex in Oslo, heavily damaged in a bombing attack two years ago, were meeting growing opposition over the...

Holocaust Center wins more funding

At a time when many museums in Norway are struggling with budget cuts, the Holocaust Center in Oslo has been granted NOK 20 million. The funding...

It ‘takes time’ to rebuild after terror

A team of volunteers with personal ties to the island of Utøya, where 69 young members of the Labour Party were massacred nearly two...

Investor blasts state ‘meddling’ over bid for Cermaq

High-profile investor and former top broker Anders Onarheim lashed out at state officials and, in particular, Trade Minister Trond Giske, on Monday over their...

Storm grows over refugee children

As Norway's foreign minister traveled to Jordan last week to drum up support for Syrian refugees, in the company of a Hollywood film star,...

New defense chief wins support

The appointment of Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen as Norway's new defense chief on Friday won broad support from both inside and outside the military. Bruun-Hanssen,...

‘Jens vs Erna’ on prime time TV

It was billed as a "duel" over "your next prime minister:" Norway's national commercial television channel TV2 helped kick off the government election campaign...

‘Krone’ falls on bank board news

The value of the Norwegian krone fell sharply on Thursday, after the country's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged and indicated it...

Norway’s key interest rate unchanged despite ‘lower’ economic activity

The executive board of Norway's central bank, Norges Bank, announced on Thursday that it had decided once again to keep its "key policy rate"...

Commission calls for police reform

Norway needs to undertake a massive reform of its state-run police system, claims a high-level commission that has branded it as expensive, inefficient and...
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