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China critics slam the government

Prime Minister Erna Solberg and her conservative government coalition remained under heavy criticism this week, for failing to support Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize...

Ministers carefully respond to critics

After more than a week of self-imposed silence, both Prime Minister Erna Solberg and one of her government ministers have at least tried to...

‘China has lost all respect for Norway’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg literally hit the road this weekend in her new campaign bus, but it wasn't all glad-handing and smiles. Solberg was...

Ministers silent on Nobel winner’s fate

NEWS ANALYSIS: It's been two days since news broke that China's Nobel Peace Prize winner, dissident Liu Xiaobo, had finally been released from prison,...

Labour wins power over Peace Prize

A power shift has quietly occurred on the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which will announce the winner of the next Nobel Peace Prize winner in...

China’s envoy nurtured reconciliation

Hovering in the background of many of the official photos from events tied to Norway's and China's recent reconciliation is a tall Chinese man named Wang Min. His...

Minister disappoints on human rights

UPDATED: Norway's Culture Minister Linda Hofstad Helleland wound up a six-day trip to China over the weekend without mentioning a word about human rights...

Norwegian ministers stream to China

"I love China!" exclaimed Norway's fisheries minister Per Sandberg after landing in Beijing this week. He's leading a large delegation of Norwegian seafood exporters...

Nobel Committee elects new leader

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has elected Berit Reiss-Andersen as its new leader, to replace the late Kaci Kullmann Five. Reiss-Andersen has been serving as...

Amnesty objects to Solberg’s China trip

The human rights organization Amnesty International is strongly criticizing Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg's trip to Beijing next week, which aims to officially restore Norway's...
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