Tag: politics

Sandberg gets lucrative quarantine

One of the conservative minority goverment's most outspoken ministers, Per Sandberg, was missing from this year's opening of Parliament on Tuesday, after he was...

Norway’s Parliament among world’s youngest

The fall session of this year's Norwegian Parliament boasts one of the world's youngest national assemblies of elected representatives. Only Sweden, Finland and Ecuador...

Parliament opens to an autumn storm

Amidst all the pomp and circumstance at Tuesday's opening of Parliament (Stortinget), it was the latter that grabbed most of the attention. Lurking in...

Russians keep Norwegian in jail

A stand-off over alleged spying on each other continued between Russia and Norway this week. A court in Moscow ordered a former Norwegian border...

Road toll plazas vandalized

Three of the new toll plazas set to open around the Stavanger area on Monday were out of order, following severe vandalism during the...

Christian Democrats may topple Erna

Knut Arild Hareide, leader of the small and struggling Christian Democrats party, put Prime Minister Erna Solberg on notice Friday afternoon. After supporting her...

Alleged spy’s custody appeal rejected

A Norwegian appeals court ruled this week that a 51-year-old Russian man must be kept in custody while police investigate spying charges against him....

Solberg opposes Trump’s protectionism

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg followed through on plans to oppose US President Donald Trump's new protectionist trade policies when she addressed the United...

Norway caught in a new UN conflict

Opposition politicians in Parliament are suddenly expressing worries about Norway's reputation at the United Nations. Just two weeks after the Norwegian head of the...

Parliament to review security routines

Administrators at the Norwegian Parliament say they will be "reviewing their routines" regarding security procedures and access to the building, after a Russian participant...
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