Tag: politics

Oil Fund battered but still booming

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's huge state pension fund known as the "Oil Fund" was back in the news this week, most recently for earning another...

NATO exercise draws protests

The huge NATO exercise that officially begins on Thursday will include a "demonstration of strength" next week that's drawing protests. Instead of hailing Norway's...

Norwegians urged to ‘be prepared’

Norway's state directorate in charge of security and preparedness (DSB) has launched a campaign urging Norwegians to be prepared for a crisis. Last summer's...

Oslo politician wants to lower speed limit

Oslo's controversial politician in charge of environmental and transport issues is continuing her drive to tax motorists, this time targeting their patience instead of...

‘Culture of fear’ prompts new city probe

Oslo's Labour Party-led government has another problem on its hands, following complaints of a "culture of fear" within the city's planning and building agency...

Calls rise to limit cruiseship arrivals

Increasingly fierce opposition to the numbers of large cruiseships docking in Norway in recent years is finally being heard. Officials in Bergen, Norway's busiest...

Islamist fled his own trial

Norwegian authorities have issued an international warrant for Mohyeldeen Mohammad, a radical Islamist charged with making threats against a Member of Parliament. They've also...

‘Wealthy’ Norway to pay poor pensions

Norway, the country with one of the world's largest pension funds, actually ranks low in terms of pension income that workers in the private...

New book reveals Labour’s ‘nightmare’

While the Christian Democrats argue over whether they should team up with the Labour Party and grab government power away from the current Conservatives-led...

Hareide scrambles to ward off defeat

NEWS ANALYSIS: Knut Arild Hareide, leader of the tiny and tormented Christian Democrats party, has set off a political earthquake in Norway that's now...
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