Tag: politics

Norwegian defense ‘has been weakened’

Only their smiles were perhaps surprising when Norway's defense chief, Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, presented his annual report to Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen this week....

Street artist’s Assange painting disappeared

The Norwegian artist who goes by the initials AFK mounted another politically charged painting in Bergen over the weekend, this time depicting a tortured...

Solheim stunned by terror in Sri Lanka

Erik Solheim, the former Norwegian politician who spent years brokering peace on Sri Lanka, was among those wondering whether the brutal terrorist group IS...

Russia sentences Berg to 14 years in jail

A Russian court in Moscow found retired Norwegian border inspector Frode Berg guilty of espionage on Tuesday, and sentenced him to the full 14-year...

Errant MP faces police charges

Hege Haukeland Liadal, a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party since 2013, is now facing police charges after she admitted to repeatedly...

Royals confronted again, now over oil

For the second time in as many weeks, members of Norway's royal family have been confronted while abroad with what's seen as the hypocrisy...

Probe launched into frigate’s salvage

The Norwegian Navy's ill-fated frigate KNM Helge Ingstad was refloated this week, just six weeks after the sunken vessel was raised from the waters...

Parliament tightens up expense filings

The Norwegian Parliament's honour system for filing travel expense compensation claims hasn't been working. Now the Parliament's president will impose stricter rules and routines...

Labour’s leader fined

There seems to be no end to the problems facing Norwegian Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre. Faced with sagging voter support, internal power...

Another MP claims fictitious expenses

Norwegian voters' confidence in their elected Members of Parliament was hit by another jolt on Wednesday. Now it's an MP from the Labour Party...
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