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Fighter jet funding splits government

Norway's three-party coalition government reportedly is split over yet another issue, this time over how the state will pay for a new fleet of...

Dairy giant sours its own image

UPDATED: Norway's large and powerful dairy cooperative Tine, bashed for failing to produce enough butter last year, now risks angering Norwegian consumers and its...

New party leader stumbles at the start

Government minister Audun Lysbakken is off to a rocky start as incoming leader of the Socialist Left party (SV), even before he's formally elected...

AUF cancels Utøya summer camp

The Labour Party's youth organization AUF claims it still intends "to take Utøya back" after last summer's massacre on the island, but it's decided...

Battered bank boss still smiling

Øystein Olsen, head of Norway's central bank, was still smiling this week, even after his proposal to further limit use of oil revenues was...

Reaction mixed to spending cut call

A call by Norway's central bank boss to spend less of the country's vast oil revenues is being greeted by decidedly mixed reaction. At...

Telenor faces legal marathon in India

Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor has opted to file a huge compensation claim against its partner in India, Unitech, after their joint venture Uninor lost...

Lysbakken looms as new SV leader

Audun Lysbakken has won an internal power struggle within the Socialist Left party (SV) and now seems assured of being elected as SV's new...

Krekar trial disrupted by filming

The latest trial of former guerrilla leader Mullah Krekar was disrupted after it got underway on Wednesday, when three men were caught filming the...

Krekar back in court, denies threats

When Mullah Krekar told a group of journalists that a top Norwegian politician would die if he's expelled from Norway and dies, too, back...
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