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Political ‘D-Day’ tests democracy

NEWS ANALYSIS: "Is Norway still a democracy?" read the headline on a letter to the editor of the country's biggest newspaper, Aftenposten, this week....

Norway calls in Iran’s ambassador

UPDATED: As Nordic prime ministers presented a collective front in Oslo this week, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide summoned Iran's ambassador in Oslo...

Solberg and May settle citizens’ rights

Nothing is certain regarding post-Brexit trade deals, but the prime ministers of Norway and Great Britain could set aside concerns about at least one...

‘Super diplomat’ heads for Syria

Geir O Pedersen is known as a "super diplomat" from Norway with high standing at the United Nations. It's therefore no great surprise that...

New ambassador needed in China

Just weeks after organizing a conciliatory state visit to China following a lengthy diplomatic freeze, Norway's foreign ministry needs to place a new ambassador...

Historic visit to firm up UK-Nordic ties

British Prime Minister Theresa May clearly has a staggering amount of things to deal with this week, from presenting her government's state budget to...

New abortion debate stirs up Stortinget

Norway's Parliament (Stortinget) is being stirred up once again by a new debate over the country's abortion law that critics call "unprofessional" and little...

Solberg welcomes Theresa May to Oslo

Prime Minister Erna Solberg was ready to welcome her British colleague Theresa May to Oslo on Tuesday. The two planned to discuss Brexit, NATO...

Political ‘thriller’ dominates news

Few would have thought that revival-type local meetings held by one of Norway's smallest political parties in equally small places like Bø, Lillesand or...

Oil Fund battered but still booming

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's huge state pension fund known as the "Oil Fund" was back in the news this week, most recently for earning another...
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