Tag: politics

ESPN to ‘evaluate’ its X Games in Oslo

US sports broadcaster ESPN and its local Norwegian partner, TV2, wrapped up coverage of their X Games "action sports" competition over the weekend and will "evaluate" a...

Oslo revives plan for local national park

The City of Oslo's ambitious new top politician in charge of transportation and the environment is reviving plans to turn part of the city's...

Norway ready for spying of its own

The Norwegian defense department's brand new surveillance vessel, dubbed in local media as the country's "spy ship," is taking over intelligence-gathering duties this year...

Oslo residents get new property tax notices

The City of Oslo is in the process of sending out notices to 300,000 households that they're about to get hit with property tax....

Corruption net tightens around Telenor

Top state politicians appear intent on holding Telenor accountable for the corruption that's been admitted to have occurred at its partly owned mobile phone...

Fewer Norwegians hail immigration

A new survey shows that the numbers of Norwegians who think immigration is good for the country have fallen markedly during the past year....

Hydro fends off corruption concerns

One of Norway's biggest international companies, Hydro, has been trying hard to control and contain information about its controversial past in the former Soviet republic of...

X Games open as doping fight rages

Skateboarders, snowboarders and skiers were to start competing at the X Games in Oslo on Thursday, amidst charges that organizers of the event have failed...

Labour open to restoring inheritance tax

The Labour Party is already in the process of imposing new property tax on Oslo residents and now its national organization reportedly is considering...

Pegida leader fired from teaching post

Max Hermansen, the leader of the Pegida chapter in Norway that opposes immigration of Muslims, has effectively been fired from his job as a...
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