Tag: politics

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...

Foreign ministry mum on new ransom demand

Norway's foreign ministry said it was "not natural" for them to comment Thursday on the latest ransom demand made by the kidnappers of a...

Little progress as coal dust settles

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway made international headlines last year, and won lots of positive feedback, when the Norwegian Parliament ordered the country's huge sovereign wealth...

Oil fund boss fastens seatbelt

Yngve Slyngstad could report more billions of kroner in gains for the enormous sovereign wealth fund he oversees for Norway. He warned, though, that he...

‘Newcomers’ assess equality in Norway

As Norwegians celebrated International Women's Day on Tuesday,  six immigrant women from Montana in the US to Italy and India have shared their thoughts about...

New strike threat rises over pensions

A new strike threat has suddenly emerged just as this year's rounds of negotiations are beginning between Norway's major labour unions and employers' organizations....

Norway challenged on Snowden again

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's chapter of the international organization PEN, dedicated to freedom of expression and human rights, is testing the Norwegian government's commitment to such values...

Budget talks start with uncertainty

Prime Minister Erna Solberg has gathered all her government coalition's ministers this week for the first major round of negotiations over next year's state...
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