Tag: politics

Islamic extremists still biggest threat

Norway's state police intelligence unit PST still ranks Islamist extremists as posing the biggest threat against security in the country. Russian intelligence, however, has...

Støre rallies his ‘shamed’ troops

"It's time to close ranks," Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre declared at an extraordinary national board meeting on Monday, "time to find ourselves...

Labour movement loses its steam

NEW ANALYSIS: It's not just Norway's Labour Party that has seemed to be imploding after decades of dominance. The labour movement itself, once a...

Threats on the rise against politicians

Fully two of every five politicians in Norway have found themselves the targets of threats so serious that police have needed to launch investigations...

Giske ‘broke rules’ but fights back

Drama and power struggles within the Norwegian Labour Party launched into yet another round after the party concluded that its suspended deputy leader Trond...

New effort launched to open stores on Sunday

Norway's new government minister Trine Skei Grande of the Liberal Party has sent a proposal out for hearing that would further ease restrictions on...

Deported Afghan refugees forced to flee

Seven out of 10 Afghan refugees who've returned to Afghanistan are forced to flee again, claimed the Norwegian Refugee Council (Flyktninghjelpen) this week. It...

Ban looms on marriage between cousins

Both ends of the political spectrum in Norway seem to agree on a proposal to prohibit marriage between what Norwegians call søskenbarn, the children...

NRK restores local news after protests

In its zeal to prepare for the future and changing viewership patterns, Norway’s state broadcaster NRK overlooked many of the millions of Norwegians currently...

Oslo threatened to ban all ‘fossil’ cars

UPDATED: The City of Oslo, under state orders to beef up plans for cutting emissions in the Norwegian capital, was reportedly considering a ban...
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