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Jens fends off critics at home

NEWS ANALYSIS: As Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg welcomed heads of state to Oslo, and got ready to host another climate conference and effort to...

New effort to save the rain forests

Top Norwegian officials signed a deal on Wednesday to help fund preservation of rain forests in Indonesia. The deal comes on the eve of...

Major strike looms in public sector

Schools and day care centers may close, and nursing homes and a variety of other public services will be affected, if Norway's biggest public...

Statoil won’t drop oil sands project

Norwegian state oil company Statoil faces loud protests over its involvement in a Canadian oil sands project, but insists on moving forward. The Norwegian...

Emissions fall but few are cheering

Norway's emissions have fallen to their lowest level in 14 years, but the government won't take credit and environmentalists aren't cheering either. The decline...

Stoltenberg spends 17th with troops

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg took off on a sudden and secret trip to Afghanistan during the holiday weekend, landing in Kabul Monday morning to...

Stoltenberg congratulates Cameron

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was quick to congratulate his new British counterpart David Cameron Tuesday evening, after Cameron was asked to form a new...

Revised state budget cuts spending

Norway's left-center coalition proposed a revised state budget on Tuesday that cuts use of oil revenues by around NOK 17 billion. Some areas, though,...

Even more reject EU membership

Only one out of every three Norwegians now supports joining the EU, while a solid majority opposes EU membership. Southern Europe's heavy debt and...

Conservatives turn farther right

Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre) wrapped up its annual national meeting on Sunday with a new leadership line-up and a string of new resolutions. Political...
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