Tag: politics

Fuel taxes spark new budget battle

Norway's minority government coalition is poised for yet another battle over the state budget in Parliament, also with its two support parties. This time...

NATO boss plotted own party coup

NATO's secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has admitted to engaging in defiant and controversial tactics when he was still the Norwegian Labour Party's candidate for...

Former Oslo mayor fights off depression

Fabian Stang was one of Oslo's most high-profile and popular mayors ever. When his Conservative Party lost city government power last fall, however, Stang...

Norway ‘shamed’ in Snowden case

UPDATED: Norway's failure to provide exiled whistle-blower Edward Snowden with a guarantee against extradition to his US homeland, if he visits Oslo to accept another prize,...

Transit expansion will cost users

Oslo's new Labour-led government was unveiling its first city budget on Wednesday, highlighted by major improvements to the Norwegian capital's public transportation system. It will...

Norwegian leaders mourn Peres’ death

UPDATED: Prime Minister Erna Solberg, her foreign minister Børge Brende and leaders of the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo were among those mourning the...

Pregnancy won’t stop Listhaug

One of the most high-profile ministers in Norway's conservative coalition government, Sylvi Listhaug of the Progress Party, has announced she's pregnant but says she...

Former minister kisses and tells

Robert Eriksson wasn't at all happy about being replaced as Norway's Minister of Labour last winter. Now he's written a book about his short ministerial career and...

MP for the Liberals hit by hate messages

Abid Raja, an attorney and well-known Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party (Venstre), has become a target of hate messages sent from a mobile phone...

Opposition courts political alliances

Norway's political opposition is well underway in forming both new and renewed alliances among parties keen on government power after next year's parliamentary election. Christian...
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