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Oil fund faces ethical probe

Norway's co-called "oil-fund," one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds that prides itself on making ethical investments, is under investigation for violating OECD...

Stoltenberg: ‘No decision’ on Mali

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who's won more praise for his handling of last week's hostage crisis, won't be sending Norwegian soldiers to Mali any...

Multinational firms avoid paying tax

Many multinational corporations operating in Norway have been avoiding paying taxes by using creative accounting and loopholes in the tax system. Norwegian politicians are...

Government split over aid to Mali

Norway's coalition government is by no means united on a proposal to send Norwegian troops to Mali, to help allies fend off an Islamist...

Norway may join the battle in Mali

Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, who's just spent the past week dealing with a crisis involving Norwegian hostages at an Algerian gas plant, is...

Elite headed for Davos again

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were among the Norwegian elite joining other royals, politicians, business and community leaders and economists at the...

Eide shifts from Algeria to Arctic

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide shifted his attention from the aftermath of a hostage crisis in Afghanistan to the future of the Arctic...

City loses embassy zoning battle

City government officials in Oslo have given up trying to get the Israeli embassy to abide by local zoning regulations. For 12 years, the...

Høyre hits new heights in new poll

Never before has Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre) had so much support in a public opinion poll or an election: The party held 40.1 percent...

Ministry confirms counterattack

Norway's Foreign Ministry confirmed Thursday afternoon that the Algerian military had launched a counterattack on radical Islamists who'd been holding hostages, nine of them...
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