Tag: politics

Parliament poised for a ‘bad start’

Norway's Parliament (Stortinget) was set to formally open amidst traditional pomp and circumstance on Monday, but also amidst much political drama. It's the first...

Changes loom on the Nobel Committee

Berit Reiss-Andersen, who took over as leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee just a few months ago, may have carried out her first and...

Storting’s president survives election

UPDATED: The embattled incumbent president of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) survived an historic election aimed at ousting him on Saturday. Olemic Thommessen can hardly...

Peace Prize prods nuclear arms ban

The Norwegian Nobel Committee sent a powerful anti-nuclear weapons message on Friday, not least to its home country of Norway itself. Its decision to...

Minister resists oiling the budget

Finance Minister Siv Jensen has long been a proponent of investing more of Norway's oil wealth at home, and dipping into it in times...

Calls rise to halt Afghan returns

Norway's conservative government is under more pressure to stop sending rejected refugees back to Afghanistan, especially minors when they turn 18. Amnesty International is...

Dairy forced to cut costs

Tine, the large Norwegian dairy cooperative that acts as "market regulator" and effectively sets prices, has been hit by lower milk sales and suspension...

US pipeline opponents back in Oslo

A group of North American women representing the indigenous groups fighting construction of disputed pipeline projects in the US and Canada have been back...

Prime minister more popular than ever

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg seems to be even more popular now than when she effectively won re-election four weeks ago. That's not directly...

Oslo politicians defend tax windfall

The Labour Party-led city government in Oslo is flush with billions of extra tax kroner, not least because of the city's new Labour-imposed property...

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