Tag: politics

Norway blasts Trump’s new tariff

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide was quick to challenge a new 12.5 percent tariff imposed Friday by US President Donald Trump on a...

15 years since terror hit Norway

COMMENTARY: Many in Oslo remember exactly where they were when the bomb went off on Friday afternoon, July 22, 2011. I had just taken...

Terror threats linger after July 22

Norwegian government officials, Norway's king and queen and not least survivors of a right-wing extremist's deadly attacks on July 22, 2011 gathered once again...

Greens leader battles cancer

He's been at the forefront of battling climate change and environmental damage, but now Arild Hermstad is fighting for his own life. The 59-year-old...

Prospects rise for NATO, and football

NEWS ANALYSIS: Neither Donald Trump nor nagging conflicts ruined NATO's summit in Ankara this week. Founding NATO members Norway and England also faced a...

Lawmakers approve their own pay raises

Among the many laws passed and measures approved just before the end of the Norwegian Parliament's session this year was one that often grabs...

Member of Parliament sentenced to jail

Morten Wold, a Member of Parliament and recently one of its officers, has been fined and sentenced to jail for 24 days. He pleaded...

Defense minister on the defense

Norwegian Defense Minister Tore O Sandvik has been a driving force behind Norway's massive military build-up in recent years. Now he needs to defend...

Bellona saved from bankruptcy

Norway's international environmental organization Bellona has avoided bankruptcy, after an emergency call for donations was met and even exceeded. Bellona founder and leader Frederic...

Parliament agrees on new defense plan

All nine political parties in the Norwegian Parliament came together on Wednesday to present a new long-term defense plan. It involves an extra NOK...
123...507Page 1 of 507

FOR THE RECORD

MOST READ THIS WEEK

CURRENCY RATES
For up-to-date info on exchange rates and currency news, Newsinenglish.no recommends ExchangeRates.org.uk - Exchange Rates UK
For more news on Arctic developments.