Tag: politics

New right-wing party under discussion

Around 20 people including a declared anti-Islamist and other right-wing conservatives gathered recently at the home of a Norwegian investor with the aim of founding...

Better numbers can cheer government

As the price of Norway's crude oil broke through the USD 50 mark this week, the value of the country's currency also rose. Finance...

State ensures development of new gas field

After some skeptical oil companies gave up plans to develop Norway's Dvalin gas field in the Norwegian Sea, Norway's state-owned oil company Petoro stepped in...

More calls made to take in more refugees

Norway's conservative minority government isn't only facing confrontations over how "green" its state budget will be, or how much oil money should be tapped....

Battles fly from boxing to budget

NEWS ANALYSIS/UPDATED: It's entirely unclear whether Prime Minister Erna Solberg and her government will still be standing when Norway's Parliament re-opens next autumn. Not...

Parliament opens with full formality

After driving through downtown Oslo in an open car under brilliantly sunny skies, King Harald V opened Norway's 161st session of Parliament (Stortinget) on...

Nobel Committee ‘reverts to Plan B’

As speculation swirls around who will win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, two Oslo-based researchers have knocked Colombian leaders off their lists of candidates.  Colombian...

Colombian ‘no’ a big blow for Norway

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende admitted to being "extremely disappointed" Monday morning after Colombian voters rejected a peace pact that Norway had helped hammer out between the...

‘Move Parliament from Oslo to Eidsvoll’

As the Norwegian government, all Members of Parliament, the Royal Family and other prominent guests got ready for Monday's highly formal opening of Stortinget...

Norway won’t back children’s rights to complain

The Norwegian government is defying recommendations it received from human rights organizations and the will of one of its two support parties in Parliament,...
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