Tag: politics

Norway set to ‘talk back’ to US at UN

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and her foreign minister, Ine Eriksen Søreide, smiled for cameras ahead of Tuesday's opening of the UN General Assembly...

Russian spy drama sets off a probe

Investigators from both Norway's police intelligence unit PST and the national security authority NSM were cordoning off printers at the Parliament and reportedly searching...

Solheim’s travel hits UNEP funding

Sweden and Denmark have both decided to withhold funding for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), after reports about its director Erik Solheim's extensive and...

Counties will be forced to merge

The conservative Norwegian government's highly controversial regional reform program has been salvaged by the small Christian Democrats party. The Christian Democrats' decision on Friday...

Parliament’s building costs jump again

The construction cost scandal around an already controversial remodeling project at the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) keeps getting worse. Now it's due to cost taxpayers...

Russian held on espionage charges

A 51-year-old Russian man who was in Oslo last week to take part in a seminar on digitalization at the Norwegian Parliament was arrested...

Solheim responds to the UN’s criticism

Veteran Norwegian politician Erik Solheim is now responding to harsh criticism that's erupted over his extensive and expensive travel as head of the UN...

Labour launches new offensives

Norway's embattled Labour Party was back on top as the country's largest political party this week, according to the latest public opinion poll. Labour...

Svendsen mulls ‘exciting’ offers

Berit Svendsen, the highly rated executive who felt compelled to leave Telenor earlier this month, says she's had "incredibly many nice messages and exciting...

Political gifts reach NOK 100 million

Norway's political parties received nearly NOK 100 million (USD 12.5 million) in donations from private individuals, companies and organizations last year. The Labour Party...
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