Tag: politics

New Sami president didn’t speak Sami

For the first time ever, the president of the Sami Parliament (Sametinget) in Norway could not and did not deliver the president's annual New Year's Day...

The king and Erna spoke to the people

UPDATED: It's traditional for many Norwegians to sit down in front of the TV on New Year's Eve and listen to the monarch address the...

Immigration chief ‘misunderstood’

Sylvi Listhaug, Norway's government minister in charge of immigration and integration, was back in the news this week, exactly one year to the day since...

Skepticism grows over immigration

A new survey carried out by state statistics bureau SSB (Statistics Norway) shows that a third of all Norwegians now think it should become even...

Oslo home prices due to rise again

It's official: Average residential real estate prices in Oslo rose 22 percent in 2016 and fewer housing units are currently for sale than ever before. That...

Brende wraps up a turbulent year

Foreign Minister Børge Brende took time to reflect on a turbulent year when he finally spent some hours in his own office in Oslo just...

Government saves fur industry after all

Despite massive criticism and doumented cases of animal abuse, Norway's conservative minority government coalition has decided to give the country's controversial fur industry yet...

Royals pressured to pay their own bills

As Norway's royal family posed for annual, traditional Christmas photos this week, another tradition of shielding the royals from financial scrutiny was falling by the...

Solberg accused of right-hand turn

Even before Prime Minister Erna Solberg shook up her cabinet this week, concerns were rising that she was allowing her government to take a...

Solberg reshuffles her government

Prime Minister Erna Solberg presented not just two but three new ministers on Tuesday to take over political control of issues related to oil and...
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