Tag: politics

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...

Oil enthusiasm fails to dip on price fall

Oil prices have fallen recently and so has the value of Norway's currency, the krone, but that's not dampening enthusiasm for those who still...

Outgoing museum director gets golden handshake

Norwegian state officials normally frown on lucrative executive pay deals and severance packages but now find themselves as party to one: Audun Eckhoff, the...

Court to rule on Oslo’s property tax

Oslo's city government leaders from the Labour Party will now need to defend their new controversial property tax in court. They were sued over the questionable...

Conservatives open to dual citizenship

After years of debate, the Norwegian Conservative Party has voted in favour of clearing the way to allow dual citizenship in Norway. Since the Conservatives...

Political parties’ youth organizations unite on student housing demand

It’s not often that the youth organizations tied to all of Norway’s political parties agree on a common platform, but they have on the...

Parliament leader defies reprimand

The president of the Norwegian Parliament, Olemic Thommessen, is under fire and facing a public reprimand by the full multi-partisan membership of the parliament's disciplinary...

Journalist denied entry to Russia

UPDATED: Thomas Nilsen, editor of the highly acclaimed Independent Barents Observer in Kirkenes, seems to have become the latest symbol of tensions between Norway and Russia....
1...219220221...508Page 220 of 508

FOR THE RECORD

MOST READ THIS WEEK

CURRENCY RATES
For up-to-date info on exchange rates and currency news, Newsinenglish.no recommends ExchangeRates.org.uk - Exchange Rates UK
For more news on Arctic developments.