Tag: politics

Center Party survived scandal

Voters didn't seem to mind that someone in a group of 10 powerful men with strong links to the farmer-friendly Center Party (Senterpartiet, Sp)...

Air ambulance crisis grips the north

Norway is in the grips of an air ambulance crisis that has disrupted emergency medical service, especially in the northern counties of Finnmark and...

Norway still backs Iranian nuke pact

Norway's Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide was on national radio Wednesday morning, deploring US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of an international agreement...

‘With respect and deep gratitude’

PHOTO FEATURE: The weather could only be described as glorious when Norwegians gathered in Oslo on Liberation Day to remember their military veterans and...

SSB finally gets a new boss

Norway's state statistics bureau SSB (Statistics Norway) has been plagued by conflict, both internally and externally, since its former boss Christine Meyer became a...

Grocery chains under probe

Norway's three major grocery store conglomerates have long been suspected of playing a major role in keeping food prices high. Competition authorities finally decided...

ESA sues Norway for discrimination

European competition authorities are taking Norway to court for alleged discrimination against fathers. The ESA (EFTA Surveillance Authority) doesn't think they get a fair...

Oslo residents walking more

Many have done it for years, but new figures show that more Oslo residents are now walking to work, to the store and other...

State offers half of farmers’ demands

Lobbyists for Norwegian farmers were fuming on Friday after the government responded to their demand for another NOK 1.8 billion in state subsidy and...

Hydro’s production still cut in Brazil

Norwegian metals firm Norsk Hydro remains under court-imposed production cuts at its troubled aluminum plant in northern Brazil. A federal court has upheld the...
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