Tag: government

Mullah Krekar meets the press

Norway's least welcome refugee, who's been formally declared a threat to national security, sat down with reporters in Oslo on Thursday but only those...

Drilling debate off Lofoten rages on

Three government ministers gathered in Lofoten this week to address oil and gas exploration plans in waters off the archipelago that also are known...

Minister proposes own data directive

Debate has been swirling for months over whether Norway should implement the EU's controversial Data Retention Directive, and now a government minister is proposing...

Alarms ring over cancer treatment

State health regulators have conducted a risk analysis of cancer treatment in Norway, and concluded that major improvements are needed. Meanwhile, the state's health...

Minister faces lack of confidence vote

Norway's Oil and Energy Minister, Terje Riis-Johansen, faces a lack of confidence vote in the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) over allegations that he failed to...

Stoltenberg to head UN climate group

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was named over the weekend to take over as chairman of the United Nations' High-level Advisory Group on Climate...

Politicians ban Israeli colonel

A Norwegian military staff college invited an Israeli officer to speak at a conference on special operations, including Israel's controversial invasion of Lebanon in...

Worries rise over deep-water drilling

The ongoing oil spill crisis in the Gulf Mexico may finally be having more consequences for oil drilling and exploration off Norway. Calls are...

Government grilled over Mongstad

Norway's Oil and Energy Minister faced hostile questioning by a parliamentary committee this week, after the government announced more lengthy delays in development of...

Stoltenberg secures funds for forests

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was being called "the king of the forest" on Thursday, after he succeeded in getting countries around the world...
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