Tag: politics

Hurtigruten bails out its shipyard

Norway's coastal voyage company Hurtigruten AS and the investors behind it have helped recapitalize the Kleven Verft shipyard in Ulsteinvik, collectively providing NOK 300...

‘Hash baron’ appeals his prison term

Gjermund Cappelen, Norway's so-called former "hash baron" who was sentenced to prison last week along with a former Oslo police officer, has decided to...

Hurtigruten fights for its name, routes

UPDATED: Billed as the world's most beautiful voyage, ships in the line known as Hurtigruten have plied Norway's scenic coastline since 1893. Now the...

Labour’s love lost after the election

NEWS ANALYSIS: The fellowship and common purpose claimed by members of Norway's Labour Party now seem to have been lost along with the parliamentary...

Solberg launches government talks

Prime Minister Erna Solberg invited the leaders of Norway's three other non-socialist parties to her home Thursday evening, just hours after returning from the...

Parliament’s president seeks re-election

Olemic Thommessen, the veteran politician for the Conservatives Party, isn't hanging his head in shame. Despite being the target of massive criticism during his...

Garbage collection troubles spread

More than 100 local governments nationwide were thrown into crisis mode this week after the garbage collection company they were all using filed for bankruptcy....

Power struggles grip the Labour Party

Norway's defeated Labour Party has descended, just a week after losing the parliamentary election, into some bitter power struggles that also are pitting men against...

Oil Fund passes ‘new milestone’

Norway's huge sovereign wealth fund known as the Oil Fund surpassed a market value of a trillion US dollars this week, at around 2am...

‘Norway needs a defense Plan B’

US President Donald Trump's fiery speech at the UN in New York this week was setting off some alarms back home in Norway on...
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