Tag: government

Jens jabbed in another book

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg hasn't been having a very good year, and now he's being jabbed by yet another of his government colleagues who...

State oil company keen to avoid taxes

Statoil, Norway's state-controlled oil company, was threatening this week to move some of its operations out of Norway if the government goes through with...

New begging restrictions loom

State officials from various political parties are once again mounting efforts to limit begging on the streets of Oslo and elsewhere in Norway. While...

Former top cop in the hot seat

Ingelin Killengreen, who served as director of Norway's state police in the 10 years leading up to last year's terrorist attacks in Oslo, was...

CO2 levels rise again on Svalbard

The impact of global warming has mostly fallen off the front pages of Norwegian newspapers recently, but new evidence from Norway's far northern archipelago...

Police director wants to continue

Odd Reidar Humlegård made it clear he was only "filling in" when he assumed the top job as state police director last summer, following...

Giske ‘looks forward’ to address charges of camaraderie

Trade Minister Trond Giske claims he's looking forward to face a disciplinary committee in the Norwegian Parliament that's decided to probe charges he tried...

Telenor gets new licenses in India

Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor hasn't given up on doing business in India despite getting caught up in a major political conflict that left it...

‘No regrets’ over Islamic terror focus

The former head of Norwegian police intelligence unit PST said she has no regrets that she and her colleagues spent more time monitoring Islamic...

‘Still unprepared’ for new attacks

Norway is still not ready to handle large-scale emergencies, according to the man in charge of the country's civil defense. His disturbing assessment of...
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