Tag: politics

Defense build-up bad for the climate

Norway's new US-produced F35 fighter jets will contribute to considerably higher carbon emissions in 2030, the government admits, and that's right when emissions are...

Solberg to Turkey: ‘Stop the fighting’

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg got tougher against Turkey on Tuesday, after a meeting in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Solberg said Norway...

‘Shoot more whales’ despite low demand

The fisheries policy spokesman for Norway's Progress Party, which holds political control of the state fisheries ministry, is calling for more whale- and seal...

Stoltenberg denies support for invasion

It wasn't easy to get "yes" or "no" answers out of him, but NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg did tell Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) on...

Next train strike to threaten rush hour

Angry Norwegian railroad workers are threatening to halt Norway's trains once again, if the government doesn't postpone implementation of the latest package of EU...

Solberg heckled by climate demonstrators

When Prime Minister Erna Solberg formally re-opened the Museum of Natural History in Bergen on Monday, demonstrators were on hand to protest her government's...

Norway can pay to avoid climate cuts

A loophole in Norway's agreement with the EU to cut Norwegian carbon emissions will once again allow the country made wealthy by its oil...

No more military exports to Turkey

Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide finally responded to repeated demands that the Norwegian government take a stand against Turkey's invasion of Kurdish areas in Syria...

China meets some new opposition

NEWS ANALYSIS: Nine years after the Norwegian Nobel Committee infuriated Chinese officials by awarding the Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiabao, the...

Defense chief calls for major build-up

Norwegian defense chief Haakon Bruun-Hanssen is asking for, and may well receive, an extra NOK 25 billion (USD 3 billion) over the next eight...
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