Tag: politics

New coalition off to a rough start

They're all trying to put brave and smiling faces on their new government project, but the three other leaders of Prime Minister Erna Solberg's...

Viking ships seem saved after all

Norway's newly expanded government has specifically mentioned in its new platform that a new museum to house the country's famed Viking ships will indeed...

Erna’s government dream comes true

It nearly shattered and created nightmares along the way, but Prime Minister Erna Solberg's dream of forming and leading a conservative coalition government with...

Hard-won coalition emerged painfully

The birth of Prime Minister Erna Solberg's long-sought majority government was anything but easy. Its two newest members are already bruised by internal conflicts...

Highway workers may lose their jobs

Fully 1,650 jobs at Norway's state highway department (Statens vegvesen) may disappear as a result of cost cuts. A total of 7,824 people work...

Immigration can limit social mobility

The numbers of unemployed immigrants and refugees have fallen sharply over the past three years in the Oslo area, and around the country as...

Auditor slams oil safety regulator

Environmental activists were alarmed this week, after Norway's state auditor general's office all but blasted Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (Petroleumstilsynet, PTIL) for not doing...

New government platform looms

As political chaos reigns among its closest allies in neighboring Sweden, the UK and the US, Norway finally seems close to getting a new...

Farmers producing ‘too much meat’

Norway's powerful farmers' lobby often claims how farmers need their subsidies and protection from foreign competition, in order to ensure domestic food production. Now...

Storm builds around Norway’s EU deal

Complaints from some of Norway's biggest labour organizations, combined with no small dose of Norwegian populism, have been fueling dissatisfaction over Norway's trade deal...
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