Tag: politics

Solberg loses on paternity leave

Prime Minister Erna Solberg was already heading into her first loss in Norway's newly reconvened Parliament on Tuesday, just hours after debate over her...

Quarrels set aside as ‘Stortinget’ opens

PHOTO FEATURE: Helicopters buzzed overhead, flags lined the Norwegian capital's main boulevard and military guards stood at attention as Norway's monarch rode in his...

Islamic Council loses its state funding

UPDATED: Norway's conservative government announced on Monday that it has lost confidence in  Norway's Islamic Council (Islamsk Råd Norge). Conflicts have swirled both internally...

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...
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