Tag: politics

Former minister under indictment

A former Member of Parliament and government minister for the Conservative Party, who later became a county governor in Northern Norway, has been indicted...

UN migration pact sets off brawls

Police in Oslo had to deal with street brawls during the weekend, following what turned into a violent demonstration against the UN's proposed Global...

Innovation chief cleared, but quits

Anita Krohn Traaseth has been cleared of wrongdoing in her job as chief of state development agency Innovation Norway. She nonetheless decided to quit...

Russia’s hijacking ‘unacceptable’

Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide joined European colleagues on Monday in condemning what many were calling Russia's "hijacking" of Ukrainian naval vessels in...

Government starts talking expansion

UPDATED: Prime Minister Erna Solberg and her two other coalition leaders could celebrate five years of cooperation earlier this fall, and now are negotiating...

Opposition parties keen to raise taxes

As the state budget dust settles on the conservative side of Norwegian politics, every single party on the left side is proposing budgets that...

No funds for new Viking ship museum

Norway's government was once again being accused on Wednesday of allowing the country's Viking heritage to rot. State budget negotiations failed to provide funding...

Complaints fly over state budget deal

Prime Minister Erna Solberg has moved closer to her dream of leading a majority non-socialist government, after representatives from all four political parties involved...

Solheim resigns as UN climate chief

Erik Solheim, the former Norwegian government minister and leader of the Socialist Left party (SV), has admitted to making mistakes in how he tried...

Critics try to block dual citizenship

The Center- and Labour parties are scrambling to block looming passage of a new law that would finally remove a long-standing ban on dual...
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