Tag: politics

Mayor targeted in property tax revolt

The Labour Party's mayor in Norway's northern city of Bodø, Ida Pinnerød, is the target of so much anger over high local property tax bills...

Whaling ‘stains’ Norway’s reputation

Norway launched its annual and still-controversial whaling season over the weekend, setting off a new wave of protests. A coalition of international whale protection...

Norway needs to secure welfare state

NEWS ANALYSIS: Few countries are as financially fit to secure social welfare systems as Norway, which has spent the past 20 years stashing away...

Liberals’ leader won’t bow out

Commentators were all but writing her political obituary before Trine Skei Grande rallied her troops in the Liberal Party over the weekend. Her party faces dismal...

Amnesty objects to Solberg’s China trip

The human rights organization Amnesty International is strongly criticizing Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg's trip to Beijing next week, which aims to officially restore Norway's...

Statoil scolded over workers’ buyouts

Norway's state oil company Statoil was the target of some angry editorials and complaints this week, after newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) reported just how...

‘Sensible’ Brende back in Russia

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende tried to dismiss his Russian counterpart's greeting on Wednesday as a joke, but the words from Sergey Lavrov lingered: Brende's first...

Speeding politicians lose their licenses

Norwegian politicians are busy folks but that's no excuse when they get pulled over by police for speeding. Police in both Telemark and the...

Islamic Council loses its largest member

Norway's largest Muslim organization has declared that it's withdrawing its membership in the country's Islamic council (Islamsk Råd Norge, IRN). The five largest members...

‘Not a good day for Muslims’ in Norway

UPDATED: A Muslim member of the Norwegian parliament, Abid Raja, was among public figures reacting negatively on Tuesday to news that Norway's Islamic Council (Islamsk...
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