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SV urged to pull out of government

A rising chorus of veterans in the Socialist Left party (SV) is calling for its withdrawal from Norway's left-center government coalition. They believe SV...

Storberget quits, ministers shuffled

After six years as one of Norway's longest-serving justice ministers ever, Knut Storberget called it quits on Friday. He's endured an autumn of what...

No warm welcome for tax collectors

Norwegian specialists in tax collection can't expect a warm welcome if and when they arrive in Greece as part of an EU-backed reform program....

New highway project takes a toll

A long-awaited expansion of the E6 highway opened this week north of Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen, but the road improvement comes at a...

‘Should see what we can do better’

Opposition parties in Parliament had expected a humble admission from Justice Minister Knut Storberget that mistakes were made during the response to the terror...

Top lawyer to join Nobel Committee

Norway's Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) is partially following its own advice to revamp the membership of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, by naming Berit Reiss-Andersen to one...

Norway winds down in Afghanistan

Norwegian military forces are getting ready to pull out of Afghanistan after years of participation in NATO-led operations and several casualties. Norway's role is...

EU faithful face huge uphill battle

Support for the European Union (EU) has never been very high in Norway and those who still want Norway to join are now more...

United opposition demands hospital merger ‘time-out’

The leaders of the four main opposition parties in parliament have called for a "time-out" in the highly painful process of merging Oslo's biggest...

Norway eyes oil era for Greenland

The Arctic nation of Greenland seems on the verge of an industrial revolution that's involving controversial oil exploration and several Norwegian players. At stake...
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