Tag: politics

New Munch Museum to rise as planned

Overriding another sudden outburst of opposition, Oslo's new city government has declared that it will move forward with construction of a new high-rise Munch Museum...

Doping critics blast X Games in Oslo

Norway's anti-doping chief is calling on the City of Oslo to withdraw its financial support for the X Games action sports event set to...

Chinese maintain diplomatic freeze

The Chinese embassy in Oslo apparently doesn't think its diplomatic freeze with Norway is about to melt anytime soon. It has rejected a visiting...

‘Winter is coming,’ warns bank chief

Norway's central bank chief Øystein Olsen engaged in what one local commentator dubbed as his own "Game of Krones" on Thursday evening, when he...

City slightly eases parking ban

Sheepish Oslo city officials now say they won't ban parking on city streets featuring key bike lanes unless predicted snowfall amounts to at least five...

Central banker draws the elite

Øystein Olsen, governor of Norway's central bank, was once again drawing the country's financial and politial elite to the headquarters of Norges Bank Thursday...

Legal community condemns Turkey

Norway's entire legal community, represented by professional organizations for the country's judges, legal scholars and attorneys, has sent a letter to Foreign Minister Børge...

Professor helps melt diplomatic freeze

Diplomatic relations between Norway and China remain frozen, but the ice reportedly is melting, thanks to a Chinese professor who's an American citizen and based in Singapore....

Storm rises over ‘fetal reduction’ OK

Norwegian government officials have determined that the country's abortion law allows women pregnant with multiple fetuses to abort all but one if they so choose,...

Lunder still charged in VimpelCom case

Mobile phone company VimpelCom's admission on Wednesday that it violated corruption laws won't have any effect on Jo Lunder, claims the defense attorney for the former...
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