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Alternatives sought for EU agreement

Norway's 25-year-old trade and policy pact with the EU survived yet another round of attacks from labour unions this week. The so-called EØS/EEA agreement...

Government drops state windmill plan

Prime Minister Erna Solberg's conservative coalition is scrapping a new national wind energy plan that identified specific areas as best-suited for windmills. It proved...

Norway grabs the literary spotlight

Norway's biggest and most expensive promotional event ever was finally playing out in Frankfurt this week, after months of preparation. The country has spent...

Solberg to Turkey: ‘Stop the fighting’

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg got tougher against Turkey on Tuesday, after a meeting in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Solberg said Norway...

‘Shoot more whales’ despite low demand

The fisheries policy spokesman for Norway's Progress Party, which holds political control of the state fisheries ministry, is calling for more whale- and seal...

Stoltenberg denies support for invasion

It wasn't easy to get "yes" or "no" answers out of him, but NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg did tell Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) on...

Solberg heckled by climate demonstrators

When Prime Minister Erna Solberg formally re-opened the Museum of Natural History in Bergen on Monday, demonstrators were on hand to protest her government's...

Norway can pay to avoid climate cuts

A loophole in Norway's agreement with the EU to cut Norwegian carbon emissions will once again allow the country made wealthy by its oil...

No more military exports to Turkey

Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide finally responded to repeated demands that the Norwegian government take a stand against Turkey's invasion of Kurdish areas in Syria...

China meets some new opposition

NEWS ANALYSIS: Nine years after the Norwegian Nobel Committee infuriated Chinese officials by awarding the Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiabao, the...
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