Tag: politics

Northern defense vital for Norway

Norway is heavily represented at the NATO summit led by its former prime minister and getting underway in Warsaw this weekend, and has one...

Norway mourns a legendary ambassador

Norway's foreign ministry, diplomatic colleagues and hundreds of Chilean refugees in Norway were mourning the death this week of Frode Nilsen, a career diplomat...

Norway upholds sanctions against Russia

Norway and Russia have long been fairly good neighbours, but political opposition over Russia's ongoing intervention in Ukraine means economic sanctions won't be lifted any...

Battle over asylum budget begins

The Norwegian government allocated NOK 9.5 billion (USD 1.1 billion) late last year to handle another influx of asylum seekers this year that so far...

Minister ‘scared’ after cake attack

Solveig Horne, Norway's government minister in charge of family and equality issues, admitted in an Oslo court on Thursday that she got scared when she...

Financial drama grips the Opera

Playing out behind the sleek, elegant lines of Oslo's Opera House is a financial crisis so dramatic that it prompted Opera management to close the publicly owned building to...

Police raid routs illegal occupants

After years of conflict, Oslo police raided a downtown building and camp set up on the "eco-culturally" zoned city block known as Hausmannskvartal, to forcibly remove around...

Brexit prompts more warnings

Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Foreign Minister Børge Brende aren't the only ones warning against any changes in Norway's own agreement with the EU...

Government keen to cut refugee benefits

Norway's conservative government is proposing major cuts in welfare benefits for refugees in Norway. It cites the record influx of refugees into Norway last year...

Monarchy faces more criticism

The canons were fired from Oslo's Akershus Fortress at precisely noon on Monday, to celebrate Queen Sonja's 79th birthday on the 4th of July....
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