Tag: politics

New statistics may save the wolves

Never have state wildlife officials registered so few predator attacks on Norway's freely grazing livestock as in the past year. Hopes are rising that the...

Budget burst over Parliament ‘mess’

There's a huge mess right now in the heart of Oslo, in every sense of the word. It's costing taxpayers dearly and now looks likely to...

Brende expects a free-trade freeze

After some careful and restrained initial reaction, Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende is now speaking out on what the election of Donald J Trump as US...

Norway’s golf star hails Trump

At least one Norwegian is happy that the millionaire real estate developer and showman Donald J Trump has won his bid for the US...

Neighbours reject Utøya compromise

Residents of the area just across the water from Utøya, the Norwegian island where a lone gunman killed 69 people five years ago, are...

Ministers flocked to election rally

NEWS ANALYSIS: The sheer turnout at a large US election rally in Norway, and all the well-known Norwegian faces in the crowd on Tuesday evening,...

Markets fall, then rise on Trump’s win

Oil prices and the Oslo Stock Exchange both fell quickly after real estate investor and showman Donald J Trump emerged as the new US...

Solberg promises cooperation with US

Donald Trump was not her first choice to become president of the United States, but Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg took his surprise victory in...

Norway’s pipeline stakes deepen

Not only are Norway's huge sovereign wealth fund and its biggest bank involved in the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, its largest life insurance firm...

Lights to go out at Andøya air base

After months of debate, Norway's government parties reached agreement with the opposition Labour Party on a new long-term defense plan that includes more funding...

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