Tag: politics

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...

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...
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