Tag: politics

Listhaug’s apology ‘not good enough’

UPDATED: The Norwegian Parliament was the scene of an extraordinary scolding session on Thursday, as one party leader after another lashed out at Justice...

Statoil moves away from ‘state’ and ‘oil’

Norway's state-controlled oil company Statoil has decided that its name has become "too narrow" and is thus launching an expensive project to change it...

Parliament elects a new president

After months of turmoil and expensive embarrassment, Members of Parliament elected a new president on Thursday. The historic changing of the guard follows a...

Solberg apologizes for her minister

A weary Prime Minister Erna Solberg officially apologized "on behalf of the government" Wednesday evening "for rhetoric the government has used" that hurt and...

Listhaug responds, angers even more

UPDATED: Justice Minister Sylvi Listhaug, under pressure to apologize for claiming on Facebook that Norway's Labour Party puts terrorists' rights above national security, has...

Budget talks off to a ‘tough’ start

Prime Minister Erna Solberg knew this year's state budget conference would be "tough" even without all the political conflict swirling around her. Her government...

Solberg suddenly loses confidence

NEWS ANALYSIS: As if leading annual state budget negotiations wasn't demanding enough, Prime Minister Erna Solberg had to do so this week while her...

Suspected spy back in court

UPDATED: Frode Berg, the retired border inspector from Northern Norway who's being held on espionage charges in Moscow, had another day in court on...

Half losing faith in the welfare state

A new survey of Norwegians indicates that just over half think their country's welfare system will worsen in the years ahead. Only 10 percent...

Sparks fly over the EU energy union

Debate over whether Norway should join the EU's new energy union, and thus subject itself to EU market regulation, was reaching fever pitch this...
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