Tag: politics

Saudi envoy scolds critics in Norway

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Norway has fired off a response to criticism from members of the Norwegian Parliament Wednesday over the status of Saudi...

Farmers demand hefty pay raises

Norway's farming organizations presented new demands for state subsidies and protection that once again would give them much higher pay raises than those granted other...

New conflict hits the Norwegian Opera

Disharmony at the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet has now risen to fever pitch, after its brand-new music director, Karl-Heinz Steffens, announced that he's already decided to leave...

Norwegians angered by Saudis’ UN post

UPDATED: Several members of the Norwegian Parliament are among those angered by a secret UN vote last week that gave Saudi Arabia, where women aren't even...

Huge reserves fuel Arctic oil debate

UPDATED: Norway's petroleum directorate reported on Tuesday that the country's undiscovered offshore oil and gas reserves in the Barents Sea may be twice as large...

Minister survives Center’s attack

Climate and Environment Minister Vidar Helgesen survived an effort by the anti-wolf Center Party to unseat him on Tuesday. The Center Party ended up as a target...

‘Fog lifts’ as Labour turns to the center

Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre fended off criticism during the weekend that he's been vague and unwilling to take firm stands on important issues. He...

State finally saves its National Theater

Norway's historic National Theater in Oslo is in such bad shape that tarps and scaffolding have been set up around it, to keep its crumbling facade from hitting...

DNB: Economic optimism has returned

The investment banking arm of Norway's biggest bank has reported a much brighter economic outlook for the country than that described by politicians trying to...

Støre blasts Solberg in opening address

Jonas Gahr Støre mounted what some commentators called "frontal attacks" against Erna Solberg's conservative government coalition when he opened his Labour Party's annual general meeting...
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