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Historic ‘no’ to an EU directive

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre had an unpleasant task on Monday, telling EU officials in Brussels that Norway wouldn't be going along with...

Hospitals face huge cuts

Oslo's university hospitals have been ordered to cut NOK 500 million in costs, to meet their budgets, but top hospital administrator Siri Hatlen thinks...

Smooth sailing for Norway and Russia

Relations seem better than ever between Norway and Russia, following a few recent conflicts over salmon imports, human rights, business trouble for Telenor and...

Sky-high home prices spark concern

Norway's residential real estate market has never been hotter, report brokers and bankers, and concerns are rising that it may boil over and go...

Fiesty farmers protest subsidy deal

One Norwegian farmer set fire to his tractor this week. Others drove their tractors and livestock trucks slowly on major highways to create traffic...

Stoltenberg floated as a new IMF boss

Norway's popular prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, is being mentioned among various candidates to take over as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), after...

Military fends off major cyber attack

Norwegian military personnel were the targets of what's being described as a "massive" cyber attack this spring, one day after Norway started bombing Libya...

Norway re-thinks Burma policies

Norway has started talking with some new leaders in Burma, but state secretary Espen Barth Eide insists the Norwegian government won't let itself be...

Sri Lanka upset over asylum cases

Norway's ambassador to Sri Lanka has been called in for an apparent scolding by Sri Lankan authorities in Colombo, after Norwegian officials helped 12...

War vets receive record compensation

The Norwegian government, immersed in campaigns to boost recognition for military veterans, has been paying out record amounts of compensation to those suffering psychological...
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