Tag: politics

Chinese get to build new bridge

Norway's state highway department, Statens vegvesen, has decided that a Chinese construction that submitted the lowest bid to build a bridge in Trøndelag will...

First electric bus ready to roll

Oslo's first all-electric bus is now being readied for some test runs between Mortensrud on the east side of the Norwegian capital and Vika...

New fighter jets finally landed

After years of political debate, production and then some refueling challenges, the first three of Norway's new F35 fighter jets landed safely on Friday...

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...
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