Tag: politics

Norway shows up in ‘Paradise Papers’

Norway's Oil Fund, its biggest bank and around 1,000 wealthy citizens are all showing up in documents leaked from a law firm specializing in...

End of an era on Norway’s Svalbard

The Arctic territory of Svalbard has long been administered by Norway, with coal mining as its major source of income. Now Norway's government has...

Athletes react to wining and dining

Large dinner and bar bills submitted by some of Norway's top sports bureaucrats have sparked criticism, also from the top Norwegian athletes they lead....

Oslo ‘vulnerable’ to vehicular terror

London's anti-terror chief, Nick Aldworth, has warned that Oslo's main "parade boulevard," Karl Johans gate, is vulnerable to attacks carried out by vehicular terrorists...

EU claims rights to Svalbard’s bounty

The European Union claims that vessels from member nations have a right to catch just as much of the crabs found on the seafloor...

New Muslim organization stresses dialogue

Five Muslim groups that broke out of Norway's conflict-ridden Islamic Council (Islamsk Råd Norge, IRN) have formed a new organization called Muslim Dialogue Network...

Chinese firm wins new stab at bridge

Politicians in Trøndelag have opted to show some "decency" when interpreting their bidding policy. They're now allowing the Chinese company Sichuan Road and Bridge...

New fighter jets due to arrive

Norway can finally expect delivery of the first of its new F35 fighter jets from the US later this week. Three of the F35s...

Static over statistics sets off a storm

Heated conflicts are currently swirling in and around an unlikely target: Norway's state statistics bureau SSB. Pending transfers of several of its top researchers,...

Prime ministers make new history

Six of Norway's prime ministers over the past 36 years are making history once again. Several were formerly bitter political foes, but now they...
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