Tag: politics

Listhaug denies being ‘vulgar’

Immigration Minister Sylvi Listhaug, who hails from the most right-wing party in the Norwegian Parliament, wouldn't apologize on Monday for what many claim were nasty...

Politicians blast US-N Korea rhetoric

Norwegian political leaders set aside their campaign differences during the weekend to mount a joint front against what they see as war-mongering and sabre-rattling by...

Solberg downplays divided campaigns

Prime Minister Erna Solberg's Conservatives are running for re-election as leader of a government coalition, meaning they'll likely need to team up again with Norway's...

Labour broke tax vows around Norway

Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre has asked voters to rely on his promise that a government led by him won't raise taxes by...

Oil Minister down for the count

Terje Søviknes, Norway's bullish Oil & Energy Minister, won't be able to help either government colleagues or his Progress Party colleagues much with the...

Listhaug shakes up election campaign

She was described by newspaper Aftenposten this week as "Norwegian politics' wandering epicenter." After taking just a few months off after giving birth to her third...

Taxes dominate in ‘Erna vs Jonas’

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Erna Solberg of the Conservatives and her challenger Jonas Gahr Støre of Labour faced off in their first major debate of...

Ailing Norske Skog strives to survive

NEWS ANALYSIS: Forest products firm Norske Skog was once one of Norway's top industrial companies, founded by forest owners in 1962 and still one of...

Wolf shot while out stalking more sheep

Hunters authorized to shoot a wolf that's believed to have killed more than 100 free-grazing sheep this summer think they succeeded during the night. They...

New appeal to drop oil plans off Lofoten

After a week of anti-oil demonstrations especially aimed at protecting Norway's scenic regions of Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja, both the Conservative- and Labour Party leaders...
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