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Norways stops leasing Dutch jail space

The Norwegian government claims it has succeeded in its efforts to shorten the waiting lists of convicts needing to serve jail time. After having...

Here comes NATO: Convoys hit the road

Norwegians were set to have some of their first close encounters with major military convoys this weekend, after a German military cargo ship tied...

Christian Democrats resurrect reforms

Norway's controversial regional reform plans were descending into utter chaos this week. Just as work on another of the biggest county mergers seemed to...

Government scolds Telenor’s CEO

"I had expected more of Telenor," exclaimed Linda Hofstad Helleland after the state-controlled company failed to retain its most senior female executive who has...

Dual citizenship still a few years away

Norway's conservative coalition government has decided to send a proposal to Parliament that would finally allow dual citizenship on a formal basis. It still...

Minister shift sets off power struggle

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Erna Solberg strode out of the Royal Palace in Oslo on Friday, to once again present three new ministers in...

Farmers secure more taxpayer aid

Norway's two major farmers' organizations have accepted a so-called "crisis package" for those hit hard by the summer drought that dried up fields and...

Two ministers leave the government

Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen confirmed on Thursday that he's steering a new course, and resigning after five years as one of the Progress Party's...

Solberg warns of tighter budgets

Prime Minister Erna Solberg was meeting with her ministers behind closed doors on Wednesday and Thursday, to put the final touches on their state...

State builds more student housing

Norway's education ministry announced that it will soon break ground for construction of 2,188 new student housing units, to be built in 14 Norwegian...
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