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Political veteran also turns 50
There's been a boom of big birthdays among Norway's government leaders, most recently Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's 50th birthday celebrations. On Thursday it...
Norway rejects extradition request
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre made a whirlwind day trip to Beijing on Monday and diplomatically claimed he had constructive talks with top...
Powerful friendship spurs debate
As Crown Prince Haakon and Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre kept up their busy schedules in recent days, debate continued over the public emergence...
Progress Party’s lack of progress
NEWS COMMENTARY: Norway's most conservative party, the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp), must be feeling a need for attention. One of its top leaders has...
Royal guests at foreign minister’s 50th
Norway's popular and hard-working foreign minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, was allowing himself a slight break from his normally breathless schedule to celebrate his 5oth...
Conservatives now largest in the land
Erna Solberg's Conservative Party (Høyre) is now Norway's largest political party, according to a new public opinion poll. The Norwegian Labour Party's decline in popularity...
Minister offers new compromise
An underground, instead of undersea, cable may wind up as the compromise solution to a heated political conflict over how to run power lines...
‘Nostalgia’ around role in Mideast
UPDATED: As Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre made the rounds in Israel and Palestinian areas this week, he initially seemed to be among those...
Støre predicts new peace talks
Norway's foreign minister will turn 50 next week, but Jonas Gahr Støre doesn't see any reason to slow his pace or stay home to...
New anger rises over Hardanger
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was back on the defensive Monday morning, after Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported that his government may not set up an...
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