Tag: politics

Disputed airline seat tax postponed

Norway's government has, as expected, been forced to postpone implementation of a new airline seat tax that's highly disputed among the airlines, airport administrators...

Bergen drivers face huge new road tolls

City government officials in Bergen approved whopping tolls on commuters who opt to drive into the city on days when air pollution levels are...

Minister defers to UDI on Snowden

Norwegian immigration agency UDI (Utlendingsdirektoratet) has once again been handed the job of determining whether exiled American Edward Snowden can enter the country this...

Reaction mixed to surveillance plans

Proposals by Justice Minister Anders Anundsen to allow much more surveillance, wire taps, raids and data snooping in the fight against crime drew some...

Stortinget celebrates 150th anniversary

It's been called "impractical" and even "ugly" by prime ministers of the past, and one ambitious politician proposed abandoning it in favour of taking over...

Oil field starts up in disputed Barents

Italian oil company Eni could finally start up oil production at its Goliat field in the Barents Sea over the weekend, two years after...

Westerdals admits to irregularities

One of Oslo's major private schools, Westerdals, has admitted that it charged tuition fees for many years that were nearly twice what they should...

Brende condemns terrorist attacks

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende sent official condolences Sunday night to the people of Turkey and the Ivory Coast after attacks by gunmen and, in...

Norway welcomes US ambassador

Samuel David Heins, the US's new ambassador to Norway, had a big day in Oslo on Thursday. He was welcomed not just by King...

Jagland returned to rally for Europe

UPDATED: Three years after overseeing the award of a Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union, Thorbjørn Jagland has been back in Norway this...
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