Tag: politics

Norwegians think their culture is best

Just two weeks after Norway's annual display of enthusiastic patriotism comes news that a majority of Norwegians think their own culture is better than...

State starts urging crisis preparation

Severe storms and greater potential for other calamities are prompting new campaigns that will urge Norwegians to be better prepared for a crisis. Everyone...

EU support rises, but not in Norway

Fully 60 percent of citizens in the European Union (EU) think their various homelands' membership in the EU is "a good thing," according to...

Warm receptions at Kistefos’ opening

PHOTO FEATURE: The weather was unusually warm on Sunday when Norwegian industrialist and philanthropist Christen Sveaas could finally welcome a government minister in charge...

Foreign aid subject to major reforms

Norway remains one of the world's major contributors to foreign aid, donating more than 1 percent of gross national product to development projects every year....

‘Norway first,’ but cooperatively

The mood turned playful when Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide joined in for a selfie with her colleague Nicolai Astrup on an unusually...

Palace finally ready to improve security

Officials responsible for running Norway's Royal Palace in Oslo are starting to improve security around the home and workplace of the monarch, seven years...

Trump thanked Solberg for golf club

Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) could report this week that US President Donald Trump was happy with the Ping golf club, a putter, that Norway's...

Record number became Norwegian citizens

A total of 21,600 people obtained Norwegian citizenship last year, setting a new record by a wide margin. The number of officially new Norwegians...

Culture minister latest street art victim

Another Norwegian politician was being portrayed in a highly unflattering manner on a street corner in Bergen this week. Culture Minister Trine Skei Grande...
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