Tag: politics

US opens doors to Solberg & Søreide

Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide, fresh from her first official trip to the Middle East, was heading for Washington DC on Tuesday where...

SSB’s uneasy peace back on firing line

NEWS ANALYSIS: An uneasy peace seemed to settle over state statistics bureau SSB (Statistics Norway) during the Christmas holidays. It may not be a...

Labour’s leaders let women down

UPDATED: The leader of Norway's Labour Party said on Monday that both he and his predecessors, who include the current NATO Secretary General Jens...

More parties face harassment claims

The international "MeToo" campaign, which has emboldened women to speak out against the sexual harassment they've experienced and prompted the media to write about...

Giske resigns top posts in Labour

Trond Giske, one of the most powerful men in Norwegian politics, announced Sunday night that he would not be returning to his position as...

Court refused to block wolf hunt

A court in Oslo declined to grant another injunction to halt a state-authorized wolf hunt in Norway. The leader of the hunt, which resumed...

Dual citizenship put up for hearing

The Norwegian government has moved forward with its proposal to do away with the country's long-standing principle of only allowing single citizenship. It sent...

Debate flies over low asylum figures

Immigration and Integration Minister Sylvi Listhaug was predictably delighted by confirmation of the lowest numbers of asylum seekers arriving in Norway since 1995. Others claimed...

Three more wolves shot in Rendalen

Hunters taking part in a major and controversial effort to greatly reduce Norway's wolf population shot and killed two more wolves on Wednesday while...

Probe demanded into arms exports

Norway's chapter of the humanitarian organization Save the Children (Redd Barna) called again on Wednesday for a probe of arms and ammunition exports to...
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