Tag: politics

Former justice minister accused of racism and sexism

The police he once supervised as a justice minister are now investigating charges of racism and sexism against Per-Willy Amundsen of the conservative Progress...

Norway to re-assess its role in Afghanistan

After lots of criticism over the lack of a public evaluation of Norwegian military and civilian operations in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide...

Scolded politicians hang on to power

Months of scandal and conflicts of interest around several top Norwegian politicians ended this week with the Parliament voting unanimously to "strongly criticize" former...

Parliament scolds own members

The Norwegian Parliament's disciplinary committee handed out its toughest possible criticism on Wednesday against several fellow and former top politicians, after they'd all landed...

Norway rallies for Ukraine

Thousands of Norwegians and Ukrainian refugees took to the streets all over the country on Saturday, two years after Russia invaded its neighbour and...

Monarch hailed as a ‘moral authority’

Norway's King Harald V now ranks as Europe's oldest monarch, and he could celebrate his 87th birthday this week knowing that a solid majority...

Drammen fends off racism claims

Engaged residents of Drammen, especially the leader of its youth council, blame their own city politicians for stirring up claims that their culturally diverse...

Drammen accused of refugee racism

Last week's vote by the Drammen City Council to only accept refugees from Ukraine has set off charges of discrimination and racism, and left...

Norway blames Putin for critic’s death

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre didn't mince any words when reacting to the reported death of Alexei Navalny, jailed leader of the Russian...

Norway ends its ‘au pair’ program

The Norwegian government is following through with plans to phase out Norway's au pair program, after years of complaints that it was exploited by Norwegians...
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