Tag: politics

Owner’s resignation relieves Westerdals

The decision by a member of one of Norway's most prominent family dynasties, the Løvenskiolds, to resign as head of the firm owning the Westerdals communications...

Peace can force refugee returns

Norway's new immigration minister, Sylvi Listhaug, isn't waiting to toughen asylum and immigration rules pending full consensus on a rash of new proposals. She's keen to...

Government parties rise in the polls

Despite all the complaints over rising unemployment and a weaker Norwegian economy, the two conservative political parties forming Norway's minority government coalition have logged...

Public sector snaps up laid-off experts

Norwegian towns and cities, and many state agencies, had trouble finding qualified geologists and engineers just a year ago, and couldn't compete with the...

Westerdals faces more legal claims

UPDATED: Education Minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen isn't ruling out the possibility that the state will be filing more charges against the private Westerdals communications...

Families probed for exploiting au pair

Norway's state immigration agency UDI (Utlendingsdirektoratet) is evaluating whether as many as 45 Norwegian families should be prohibited from having the mostly young foreign women called au...

Police in Oslo disarmed again

It didn't last long: Just four days after being ordered to re-arm themselves, Oslo police received the opposite message over the weekend. As of...

Churches struggle with membership

Oslo’s Catholic churches remained packed during the Easter holiday week, despite ongoing controversy over alleged membership fraud. Questionable member registration practices have spread to...

Sami still battling discrimination

The Easter holidays were typically festive for Norway’s indigenous Sami people, marking a high season for weddings and other traditional celebrations as the days grow...

Roadblocks ahead for transport plan

NEWS ANALYSIS: As hundreds of thousands of Norwegians hit the road this week, to spend the country's long Easter holiday weekend at mountain cabins or...
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