Tag: politics

Court orders Oslo to refund initial property tax bills

Norway's Supreme Court has ruled that the City of Oslo had no right to start charging income tax just months after a Labour Party-led...

Carlsen shakes up chess federation

Norway's chess champion Magnus Carlsen topped the national news on Tuesday after he launched and funded a new chess club that sparked instant controversy....

North Cape battle polarizes community

A major hotel chain backed by the slimmest possible majority of local politicians won last week's battle over control of the North Cape. The...

Ministry confirms frigate scrapping

It's official: Norway's badly damaged frigate KNM Helge Ingstad won't be repaired. The defense ministry has finally determined that it will be better to...

Pride Parade draws record turnout

Oslo Police estimated that aound 50,000 people marched in Oslo's Pride Parade on Saturday while another 275,000 spectators lined the streets, setting a new...

Pride spread all over the country

As thousands of people gathered in Oslo this weekend to round off annual "Oslo Pride" celebrations, many more were also assembling in smaller cities...

Session ends amid uproar and pay hike

Norway's Parliament was closing for the summer on Friday, amid ongoing political uproar over road tolls and sagging public opinion polls. While formal debate...

Pork industry’s secrets revealed

Norwegian farmers' carefully cultivated image of taking good care of their animals in almost idyllic settings was shattered Wednesday night. An NRK documentary revealed...

Battle flares over popular North Cape

Norway's North Cape is one of the country's foremost tourist attractions where visitors have long had to controversially pay for access to the Arctic...

E-coli found in the water on Utsira

It ranks as Norway's smallest municipality, but the island community of Utsira was in the news on Wednesday as a new victim of contaminated...
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