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Norway won’t send arms to Libya

The Norwegian government will neither send arms to the opponents of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi nor contribute to any moves to send ground troops...

Lawmakers drop trip to China

The finance committee of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) has decided to drop a planned trip to China, because it was unlikely any Chinese officials...

Norway among EU’s most obedient

Norwegian lawmakers and bureaucrats obediently follow directives issued by the European Union (EU), now probably on controversial data storage rules as well, even though...

Death and scandal over bad roads

Norway's notoriously inadequate road system has now left transport officials fending off claims of death and scandal. As a court case opened last week...

Brazil grabs Norway’s attention

Top Norwegian government officials were heading back to Brazil this week, marking their third ministerial visit in recent months. They think Brazil has emerged...

Progress Party leaders under fire

Criticism from within their own ranks continued to assail leaders of the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp) during the weekend, with some party veterans calling...

Bombing makes Norway a terror goal

Norway's participation in the bombing of Libyan targets likely will make the country a terrorist target itself if dictator Moammar Gadhafi continues as Libya's...

Norway’s F16s bomb Libyan targets

UPDATED: Norwegian fighter jets bombed new targets in Libya during the weekend, as they took part in additional rounds of armed assaults that started...

Immigrants’ language lessons doubled

The required hours of Norwegian language and social studies lessons for immigrants will be doubled from 300 to 600 hours in 2012, the Norwegian...

Progress Party sinks into crisis

Leaders of Norway's most conservative party, the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp), were trying to fend off crisis on Friday following the alleged sexual misconduct...
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