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Corona vaccine arrives in Norway

Prime Minister Erna Solberg could smile over news that Norway is getting much more Corona vaccine than initially planned, and it finally arrived on...

Stricter rules loom as infection rises

Norwegians were heading into the Christmas holidays with rising uncertainty, as state and local officials warned of more social restrictions to combat another rise in...

‘Light at the end of the Corona tunnel’

That's how Norwegian Health Minister Bent Høie expressed reason for optimism on Friday, when announcing that the state will likely be able to offer...

EFTA questions quarantine hotels

Debate has been swirling around Norway's new "quarantine hotels" that opened last month, right after the country's Corona virus containment measures were tightened. Now...

Vedum emerges as premier candidate

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegians woke up Wednesday morning to news that the leader of the formerly small, protectionist and (some claim) populist Center Party is...

Høie preparing stricter Corona rules

Health Minister Bent Høie confirmed on Tuesday that the government will be rolling out even stricter Corona rules later this week, aimed at halting...

Equinor cleans up for its new CEO

NEWS ANALYSIS: Troubled state oil and energy company Equinor has resorted to a major clean-up of its finances, operations and even personnel before new...

Parliament makes defense demands

UPDATED: Members of the opposition in Parliament have begun presenting their own demands for changes in the government's latest long-term defense plan. Among them:...

Arctic oil losses report withheld

Norway's Oil & Energy Ministry knew as early as 2013, when it was under the political control of former Oil Minister Ola Borten Moe,...

Opposition grows to anti-Corona efforts

Health Minister Bent Høie joked in Parliament recently about how the government is trying to enforce Norway's Corona virus containment measures. The restrictions are...
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