Tag: politics

EU confirms exemption for Norwegian steel

Norway's trade agreement with the European Union (known as the EØS-avtale) was getting credit for its official exemption this week from the EU's new...

Council of Europe dumps former MP

Karin Woldseth, a former Member of Parliament for Norway's Progress Party, has been stripped of her title as an honorary member of the Council...

Trump may push Norway into the EU

Norwegians on both ends of the political spectrum are suddenly starting to speak seriously about the need for a new public discussion about joining...

Trump retreats but uncertainty reigns

NEWS ANALYSIS: "Confidence in the US sinks just about every time Trump opens his mouth," said former two-term Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik...

Tougher au pair rules proposed

Norway's justice ministry is moving forward with an attempted crackdown on Norwegian host families who exploit au pairs, mostly young women who come to...

Mattis mended ties after NATO Summit

Helicopters whirled over Oslo Friday evening and Saturday morning, when the US' Secretary of Defense James Mattis showed up for a short visit that...

Chinese Embassy bashes Nobel leader

UPDATED: Berit Reiss-Andersen, a Norwegian attorney who leads the Norwegian Nobel Committee, is relieved and glad that the widow of Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo...

NATO Summit drew to a confusing end

UPDATED: Norway's delegation to the NATO Summit in Brussels could smile at least a bit more broadly after all allied heads of state, including...

Stoltenberg tested as NATO drama began

UPDATED: The leadership of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister, was already being put to the test Wednesday morning, when...

‘Trump’s tweets won’t run meeting’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg arrived in Brussels Tuesday evening for this week's NATO Summit, and it didn't take long for US Donald Trump to...
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