Tag: politics

Norway calls in Iran’s ambassador

UPDATED: As Nordic prime ministers presented a collective front in Oslo this week, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide summoned Iran's ambassador in Oslo...

Russia reacts to NATO’s exercises

Two Russian bomber jets flew along Norway's coastline as far south as Bergen on Wednesday before they turned around after being met by Norwegian...

‘Super diplomat’ heads for Syria

Geir O Pedersen is known as a "super diplomat" from Norway with high standing at the United Nations. It's therefore no great surprise that...

New ambassador needed in China

Just weeks after organizing a conciliatory state visit to China following a lengthy diplomatic freeze, Norway's foreign ministry needs to place a new ambassador...

Historic visit to firm up UK-Nordic ties

British Prime Minister Theresa May clearly has a staggering amount of things to deal with this week, from presenting her government's state budget to...

Norwegian still held on spying charges

A city court in Moscow ordered on Tuesday that Frode Berg, the retired border inspector from Kirkenes, be held in prison until December 5....

War hero hailed as NATO flexed muscle

It was perhaps only fitting that the funeral ceremony for Norway's last surviving "Hero of Telemark," Joachim Rønneberg, was held on Tuesday at precisely...

New abortion debate stirs up Stortinget

Norway's Parliament (Stortinget) is being stirred up once again by a new debate over the country's abortion law that critics call "unprofessional" and little...

Solberg welcomes Theresa May to Oslo

Prime Minister Erna Solberg was ready to welcome her British colleague Theresa May to Oslo on Tuesday. The two planned to discuss Brexit, NATO...

Political ‘thriller’ dominates news

Few would have thought that revival-type local meetings held by one of Norway's smallest political parties in equally small places like Bø, Lillesand or...
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