Tag: politics

Norway halts arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Norway won't be issuing new licenses for the export of defense-related equipment to Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide announced on Friday. The...

Sandberg sat near alleged assassin

Former Norwegian government minister Per Sandberg shared front-row seats at an Iranian embassy event earlier this year with a Norwegian-Iranian who was ordered held...

Bestseller bound to break boundaries

Zeshan Shakar grew up in Oslo's Stovner district and wrote a book about it that's been winning rave reviews. Now his revealing story about...

Tax lists released, but can mislead

Norwegian authorities made the country's tax lists publicly available and searchable once again on Wednesday. The lists reveal taxable income and net worth for...

‘Pre-plan’ emerges for National Gallery

After years of facing an uncertain future, state officials finally have a plan of sorts for Norway's popular National Gallery in downtown Oslo. It...

Government still caught in drama

Prime Minister Erna Solberg isn't celebrating yet. New political posturing during the weekend suggests the future of her conservative government coalition remains insecure, even...

Christian Democrats stick with Solberg

Christian Democrats leader Knut Arild Hareide needed a miracle at his party's national meeting on Friday, and he didn't get it. After setting off...

Political ‘D-Day’ tests democracy

NEWS ANALYSIS: "Is Norway still a democracy?" read the headline on a letter to the editor of the country's biggest newspaper, Aftenposten, this week....

Lavrov likely to re-visit Finnmark next year

Russian President Vladimir Putin isn't expected to take part in next year's 75th anniversary of the Soviet liberation of Finnmark from Nazi German forces...

Thousands of farmers apply for compensation

More than 14,000 farmers are seeking state taxpayer-funded compensation for crop losses following last summer's drought. The number compares to 890 last year, reports...
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