Tag: politics

Defense build-up also involves cuts

The Norwegian government finally unveiled its plans on Friday to raise defense spending by an extra NOK 165 billion (USD 19 billion) over the next...

Sunday shopping reform suspended

Norway's conservative coalition government is giving up its efforts, at least during this parliamentary period, to reform the country's laws that severely restrict shopping on Sundays. A...

Leaders flock to Oslo for a reason

NEWS ANALYSIS: Helicopters have been whirling overhead in Norway's capital this week, a sure sign that Very Important People are in town. Oslo has been...

Southeast seeks crisis help after airport closes

The city of Moss and surrounding municipalities south of Oslo are lobbying for the same kind of funding from the state that Western Norway...

Parliament bows to EU finance rules

Opponents were calling it the greatest relinquishment of Norwegian sovereignty since the country struck its market pact with the EU in 1994: An overwhelming majority...

E16 reopened, new highway planned

State emergency road crews managed to reopen a key portion of Norway's E16 highway on Sunday afternoon, less than a week after it was buried by...

Experts challenge passport chaos

A prominent law professor and a leading immigration attorney in Norway are among those challenging new Norwegian passport rules that can leave tens of...

Hydro boss is state’s best-paid

Svein Richard Brandtzæg, chief executive of Norsk Hydro, earned the most last year of all the bosses of large Norwegian companies in which the state...

Sandberg breaks ministerial boycott

Per Sandberg of Norway's conservative Progress Party has become the first Norwegian government minister to visit Russia in more than two years. He declared that...

Songbirds also in the firing line

Golden eagles aren't the only birds in Norway to land in the firing line in recent weeks. Protests are also flying over a proposal...
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