Tag: government

Minister gets tough on grocery chains

The Norwegian government is finally cracking down on grocery retailers and wholesalers who dominate the market and thus, it's believed, limit competition. Torbjørn Røe...

Norway boosts aid to Afghanistan

The Norwegian government is boosting its humanitarian aid to Afghanistan by NOK 48 million this year, because of drought and conflict."The humanitarian situation in...

Ousted Solheim fires back at UN

Erik Solheim was back home in Oslo last weekend, and vigorously trying to defend himself after having to resign as head of the United...

UN migration pact sets off brawls

Police in Oslo had to deal with street brawls during the weekend, following what turned into a violent demonstration against the UN's proposed Global...

Russia’s hijacking ‘unacceptable’

Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide joined European colleagues on Monday in condemning what many were calling Russia's "hijacking" of Ukrainian naval vessels in...

Government starts talking expansion

UPDATED: Prime Minister Erna Solberg and her two other coalition leaders could celebrate five years of cooperation earlier this fall, and now are negotiating...

Opposition parties keen to raise taxes

As the state budget dust settles on the conservative side of Norwegian politics, every single party on the left side is proposing budgets that...

No funds for new Viking ship museum

Norway's government was once again being accused on Wednesday of allowing the country's Viking heritage to rot. State budget negotiations failed to provide funding...

Complaints fly over state budget deal

Prime Minister Erna Solberg has moved closer to her dream of leading a majority non-socialist government, after representatives from all four political parties involved...

Critics try to block dual citizenship

The Center- and Labour parties are scrambling to block looming passage of a new law that would finally remove a long-standing ban on dual...
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