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Støre condemns document leaks
UPDATED: Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre downplayed revelations from leaked US diplomatic documents on Monday, and condemned that they'd been made public by...
Ministries attempt to steer research
Will more wind turbines reduce Norway's use of more climate-threatening energy sources? Probably not, concluded a team of researchers asked to find an answer....
Pension fraud suspects face prison
A state prosecutor asked a court in Oslo to jail two retired politicians, one for six months and the other for 60 days, claiming...
Data retention veto may hurt
If Norwegian politicians veto an EU-directive on data retention, the country may find itself out of favor with EU officials in Brussels. Norway's Labour...
Norway blasts North Korean attack
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said Norway's government condemned North Korea's attack on South Korean territory this week, not least since it hit...
SV leader wants to keep leading
Kristin Halvorsen has led her political party, the Socialist Left (SV), longer than anyone else in Norway, and shows no signs of giving up...
Norway plots Afghan withdrawal
UPDATED: Three of Norway's top government ministers traveled to the NATO summit in Lisbon on Friday, where the war in Afghanistan was high on...
‘No permission given’ for US surveillance
Justice Minister Knut Storberget shared what he's learned so far about a controversial US Embassy surveillance program in Oslo with members of the Norwegian...
Storberget’s seven-point plan
Justice Minister Knut Storberget tackled a US Embassy surveillance scandal in Parliament on Wednesday, and offered seven proposed measures for trying to limit such...
MPs’ pension rules ‘unclear’
UPDATED: Former prime ministers Gro Harlem Brundtland and Kåre Willoch are the latest in a string of top politicians called in to testify in...
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