Tag: government

Defense minister in quarantine

UPDATED: Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen has been among those forced to stay home these days. His ministry confirmed on Tuesday that he's had to cancel...

Grande hung on as Liberals leader

Trine Skei Grande survived a power struggle that could unseat her as leader of the Liberal Party. A party committee charged with forming a...

Judge questions severity of NAV scandal

A retired Norwegian Supreme Court justice has taken it upon himself to evaluate the grounds for a series of welfare fraud convictions deemed by...

Norway nudges Saudi Arabia

Human rights were on the agenda when Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide visited Saudi Arabia this week during a Middle East tour filled with...

Fur farmers win more compensation

Norway's newly minority government headed off another challenge this week when it agreed to pay out far more compensation to fur farmers who must...

NAV departures frustrate MPs

News that the two top political and administrative leaders of embattled state welfare agency NAV were stepping down should perhaps have satisfied members of the...

Ferry fare uproar pits locals vs state

Ferries, an integral part of transportion along Norway's vast coastline, are suddenly at the center of a new nationwide uproar. It surged when ferry...

Norway boosts climate goals

Just weeks after the firmly pro-oil Progress Party withdrew from Norway's conservative government, the now-minority coalition has registered new emission reduction goals of at...

Trump ‘peace plan’ is ‘unacceptable’

The Norwegian government, actively involved in Middle East peace talks for years, has toughened its stance against a new plan unveiled earlier this week...

Tempers rise in line with temperatures

As Oslo sweats through a "frighteningly" warm winter, its large chapter of the Conservative Party made some hotly contested decisions over the weekend to...
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