Tag: politics

More drama at the Norwegian Opera

Norway's Opera House in Oslo has become a national landmark, but sour notes are sounding once again inside the state-funded building that houses both...

Top sports official forced to resign

Years of conflicts in his job as secretary general of Norway's national athletics federation (Norges Idrettsforbund, NIF) finally caught up with Inge Andersen on Monday....

Police failed to respond to calls for help

A family living at Melbu in Vesterålen, just north of Lofoten, was terrified during the night last weekend when an unknown man suddenly began...

DNB pulls out of Dakota Pipeline

Norway's biggest bank, DNB, has responded to public protests and political criticism over its involvement in the highly controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project in...

Secrecy hinders defense of security

NEWS ANALYSIS: The Norwegian government's insistence on withholding a highly critical State Auditor General's report on the status of national security has made it difficult if not...

‘Security so poor’ it ‘had to be hidden’

UPDATED: Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) has gained access to a State Auditor General's report on national security that was intended to be made public,...

Ministry mum on diplomats’ asylum

The Norwegian Foreign Ministry was mostly staying silent Thursday morning after news broke this week that four Turkish military officers and a veteran diplomat at...

‘Look to Iceland’ to achieve equal pay

As Norway's royals and top government officials hosted the first state visit from the President of Iceland in 20 years this week, equality experts were urging...

Turkish officials win asylum in Norway

Four Turkish officers and the former military attaché at the Turkish Embassy in Oslo have been granted asylum in Norway along with their families. Newspaper...

Secrecy surrounds a lack of security

Prime Minister Erna Solberg and both her defense and justice ministers have had to admit this week, at public hearings called by the Parliament's disciplinary...
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