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New book reveals Labour’s ‘nightmare’

While the Christian Democrats argue over whether they should team up with the Labour Party and grab government power away from the current Conservatives-led...

Hareide scrambles to ward off defeat

NEWS ANALYSIS: Knut Arild Hareide, leader of the tiny and tormented Christian Democrats party, has set off a political earthquake in Norway that's now...

Finance minister questioned over ‘hytte’

Norway's finance minister, Siv Jensen, has been facing some questions over the financing of her own summer holiday cabin known as a hytte. Opposition...

Parliament sharpens expense reporting rules

The president of the Norwegian Parliament, Tone Trøen, is ordering a full evaluation of the regulations for expense account reporting that apply to both...

Russia suddenly turns agreeable

Norwegian and Russian negotiators have shaken hands on new fishing quotas in the Barents Sea, agreeing on how much cod, halibut and other fish...

Oslo court orders alleged spy’s release

A court in Oslo didn't go along on Thursday with a request by Norway's police intelligence service PST to keep an alleged Russian spy...

MP caught cheating on his expenses

UPDATED: A Member of Parliament for the Progress Party has admitted to submitting fraudulent expense accounts, after newspaper Aftenposten discovered how he had turned...

State visit ‘renews’ Chinese friendship

Norway's King Harald V got some support from Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, both in the literal and figurative sense. Xi reportedly slowed...

King to speak up while in China

Norway's King Harald V was winning praise after he said he would bring up human rights concerns during a meeting with China's authoritarian president...

State budget aims for political appeal

Finance Minister Siv Jensen presented the conservative Norwegian government coalition's state budget proposal on Monday that seems to offer something for everyone. While Jensen...
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