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Norway eases its border restrictions

The Norwegian government relaxed a wide range of border restrictions within Europe and beyond on Friday. It was welcome news for Norway's troubled tourism...

Corona crisis unity dissolves into chaos

NEWS ANALYSIS: National crises often bring people and political rivals together. Less than four months after uniting during the Corona crisis, however, the gloves...

State auditor will probe oil ministry

Norway's state auditor general (Riksrevisjonen) has decided to examine how the Oil & Energy Ministry has handled its role as the major owner of...

Norway wins seat on Security Council

A jubilant Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide view Norway's election to the UN Security Council as a sign of...

Calls rise for probe of Equinor losses

Several Members of Parliament, professors and not least editorial writers at Norwegian newspapers are all demanding an external and independent investigation of Norway's state-owned...

More billions behind new crisis package

Prime Minister Erna Solberg and her Conservatives-led government rolled out yet another crisis package Friday, funded with an extra NOK 27 billion from the...

Confusion clouds refugee ‘solution’

Norway's three government parties claim they've agreed on a plan to evacuate some "young and vulnerable" asylum seekers from squalid refugee camps in Greece,...

‘Thriller’ ushers in biotech reforms

UPDATED: A political "thriller" of historic dimensions led to sweeping reform on Tuesday of Norway's biotechnology law. A majority of all 169 Members of...

Progress plagues former partners

Norway's top politicians headed into the long Ascension Day weekend amidst rising political pandemonium in Parliament. It's mostly pegged to the right-wing Progress Party,...

New chief inherits battle over defense

NEWS ANALYSIS: General Major Eirik Johan Kristoffersen won't take over as Norway's new defense chief until August, but he already faces intense political conflicts...
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