Tag: politics

Sandberg resigns, also from party

UPDATED: Embattled Fisheries Minister Per Sandberg had to give in to pressure to resign his government post on Monday, and he also resigned as...

PST investigates minister’s partner

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) was reporting Friday evening that Norway's police intelligence agency PST was now investigating the background of Fisheries Minister Per Sandberg's new...

Pressure grows on errant minister

The political future of the Progress Party's Fisheries Minister Per Sandberg was in grave doubt heading into the weekend, as the list of his...

Christian Democrats attack free heroin plan

Norwegian Health Minister Bent Høie of the Conservative Party is planning to launch a pilot program aimed at saving the lives of drug addicts...

Ministry mum on Israeli outburst

Norway's foreign ministry wasn't commenting on reports in an Israeli newspaper that the country's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sharply reprimanded Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine...

Utøya aid sought as Labour toughens up

Norway's Stoltenberg family was grateful for all the flowers and impressive attendance at Labour Party patriarch Thorvald Stoltenberg's funeral last week, but they suggested...

Minister broke more government rules

A political storm continued to swirl around Fisheries Minister Per Sandberg through the weekend. Now he admits that he took his government-issued mobile phone...

Farmers appeal to Solberg for help

Apparently not satisfied with the public assistance already offered by Norway's agriculture minister, the country's two largest farming organizations have now "invited" Prime Minister...

Norway protests Israeli boarding of Gaza boat

UPDATED: Norway's foreign ministry has asked Israeli authorities to explain how they can justify halting and boarding the Norwegian fishing boat Kårstein in international...

Minister’s boss ‘registers’ Iran trip

"I have registered that Per Sandberg has been on holiday in Iran," the leader of his Progress Party, Siv Jensen, wrote in her first...
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