Tag: politics

‘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...

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...
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