Tag: politics

Whale quota raised as hunt declines

Norway's fisheries minister, Per Sandberg, has raised the quota for the country's controversial whale hunt to a level that's three times the size of...

Norway waits out Trump’s trade war

While the EU loads its canons for a threatened trade war with the US' Trump Administration, Norway's foreign minister has decided to "sit still...

Fast-food salmon chains target Asia

Norwegian salmon producers and entrepreneurs aren't only keen to boost sales of fresh fish in Asia. Now they're investing heavily in exporting new fast-food...

Women still struggle in Norway, too

Norway is widely viewed as a haven of gender equality, but local media took due note on Thursday, International Women's Day, of all the...

Christian Democrats sealed leader’s fate

Knut Arild Hareide stressed the need for accountability over blame in explaining why his Christian Democrats party all but forced the president of Norway's...

President of the Storting resigns

Olemic Thommessen, the embattled president of Norway's Parliament (Storting), finally bowed to pressure on Thursday and announced that he would resign his post that's...

Record-low fertility rate raises concern

Only 56,600 children were born in Norway last year, 2,300 fewer than in 2016 and resulting in the lowest national fertility rate ever recorded....

Center Party wants to reverse sugar tax hike

Taxes on sugar and sugar products were boosted by 83 percent on January 1, and by 42.3 percent on soft drinks and other alcohol-free...

Storting’s leader refuses to resign

Olemic Thommessen, president of the Norwegian Parliament (Storting), ignored repeated calls for his resignation on Tuesday. In a formal response to the outcry over...

Rape accusation haunts oil minister

Norway's Oil & Energy Minister Terje Søviknes was back in the news this weekend, regarding an issue that has little to do with his...
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