Tag: politics

Norway split over own preparedness

Five years after Norwegian police were all but ridiculed over their inability to handle attacks on the government and its ruling party's summer camp on the...

Norway eases Turkish travel warning

UPDATED: An attempted military coup in Turkey prompted Norwegian officials to advise against travel to Turkey that's not absolutely necessary. Several airlines cancelled flights to...

France attacked as Oslo recalls its own

Prime Minister Erna Solberg has expressed shock and deep sympathy for "all the people of France" following the attack in Nice by a lone...

More flowers and grief for France

UPDATED: France's embassy in Oslo welcomed hundreds of local residents to the home of the new French ambassador to Norway on Thursday, to celebrate the...

Unions want more influence at G20

Norway's largest trade union federations have joined their counterparts in the four other Nordic countries in issuing a joint call for Nordic representation at...

Norway in despair over South Sudan

Just five years after Norwegian officials played a key role in creating the world's newest nation of South Sudan, they're in despair as the country...

Property tax bills start rolling in

Norway has long been known as a high-tax country but only now are most residents getting hit with direct assessments on their residential or commercial...

Critics claim municipal reform fell flat

By the time the July 1 deadline had passed for local municipalities to merge voluntarily, only 29 deals had been struck as part of the...

British cake-thrower sentenced to jail

A 22-year-old British woman who threw a cake at a Norwegian government minister during last month's Pride Parade in Oslo was sentenced to 45...

Norway sends troops to NATO’s East

Even though it's most keen on defense in the north, the Norwegian government announced at the NATO summit in Warsaw on Friday that it will...
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