Tag: politics

Telenor demonstrated new 5G network

Norway's Telenor and Sweden's Telia are racing to be the first to provide the next mobile phone network, 5G. Telenor demonstrated its technology this...

Progress Party proud of sharp decline in asylum seekers

Norway's conservative Progress Party, which long has argued in favour of restrictive immigration, was proud of the "solid documentation" released this week showing that...

Conflicts of interest ram Center Party

Ola Borten Moe is a former Oil & Energy Minister for the Center Party who now leads its program committee heading into the next national election. He's...

Labour avoids its own property tax

The Norwegian Labour Party has found a way to avoid paying the property tax that the Labour-led Oslo city government has imposed on all other owners...

Property tax bills spark more outcry

Several cultural institutions and humanitarian organizations are the latest to be hit by new property tax bills from the City of Oslo that they...

SV takes a sharp turn to the left

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's small but resurgent Socialist Left party (SV) has always been on the left side of Norwegian politics, but now it's getting...

Posten denies its truckers are ‘slaves’

Norway's postal service Posten has been the target of lots of criticism lately, as it continues to cut back on mail delivery and close post...

Conservatives gain on Labour’s loss

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Erna Solberg's Conservative Party has scored a major gain in the latest public opinon poll, which also logged the worst showing...

Russia issues new warning to Norway

Russia’s embassy in Oslo has been issuing more complaints about the Norwegians this week. The Russian officials are unhappy about the large winter military...

Oil minister ‘crazy’ to open oil fields

Fishing industry- and environmental advocates were reacting with disbelief on Tuesday after Norway's new Oil & Energy Minister Terje Søviknes announced plans to open up...
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