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High-speed trains ‘may be profitable’

Pressure is growing in favour of building new high-speed train lines around Norway, and a long-awaited report released Wednesday didn't put the brakes on...

Butter said to be back ‘soon’

It's taken Norway's dairy cooperative Tine (pronounced "Tee-nah") longer than expected to produce enough butter to satisfy retail demand, but Tine officials claim it...

Støre involved in child welfare case

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has taken the unusual move of involving himself in a child welfare case involving a family from India, after...

Broke immigrants told to go home

Labour Minister Hanne Bjurstrøm had a message over the weekend for hopeful immigrants from southern Europe who've been arriving in Norway in search of...

New immigration rules may be eased

Justice Ministry officials are promising to at least "adjust" tough new immigration rules that have made it increasingly difficult for foreign spouses of Norwegian...

Labour soars in latest poll

Another public opinion poll has shown Norway's Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet, Ap) jumping way beyond its biggest rival at present, the Conservative Party (Høyre), and...

Farmers’ lobby loses members

One of Norway's most traditionally powerful lobbying organizations, the farmers' group Norges Bondelag, has reported a decline in membership for the first time in...

Sverdrup’s name ‘taken in vain’

Johan Sverdrup, often viewed as the "father" of Norway's parliamentary system and even its democracy, has now had an oil field named for him,...

Hate-video maker held in custody

A local court in Telemark County went along with prosecutors who asked to keep a 21-year-old man in custody for at least two more...

Oil minister keen on more production

Ola Borten Moe has been called "the perfect minister" by some players in the oil industry, not least because of his bullishness on their...
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