Tag: politics

‘Smear campaign’ at Innovation Norway

Anita Krohn Traaseth, chief executive of Innovation Norway, believes "internal forces" are carrying out a "smear campaign" aimed at herself and "other new key...

Debate takes off over airline tax

Cheap airline tickets to New York and other destinations, airport expansion plans and the government's proposal to impose a new airline tax per seat have...

Tough week for Refugee Council

As Norway deals with its own influx of asylum seekers, The Norwegian Refugee Council (Flyktninghjelpen) has been dealing with some dramas of its own....

Asylum-seeker numbers fall by half

Norway's immigration agency UDI (Utlendingsdirektoratet) reported on Monday that the numbers of asylum seekers entering Norway fell by half last week, to 968. That's down...

Foreign students rally to save funding

GUEST COMMENTARY: Norway's conservative minority government coalition has finally hammered out a state budget agreement with its two support parties in Parliament, but debate continues...

Emissions rising: Oil still to blame

Norway is a major player in international efforts to cut the global carbon emissions blamed for climate change, but now ranks among the worst in Europe...

Norway to bargain hard climate deal

Norway, caught between being climate-friendly and protecting its oil and gas industry industry, looked set to drive a hard bargain as the UN climate summit gets...

Telenor’s board still lacks a leader

Several women including Elisabeth Grieg remain the top candidates to take over as chairman of Norway's troubled telecoms firm Telenor. Speculation has been growing over whether more...

Ferry sale fires up feud over Fjord1

Norway's largest ferry company, Fjord1, faces a new wave of conflict after a divided county board in Sogn og Fjordane voted to sell its stake in...

Norway tries to scare off Afghans

In addition to the new controls of ferries and border crossings that took effect Thursday morning, Norwegian Justice Minister Anders Anundsen has resorted to another tactic...
1...280281282...508Page 281 of 508

FOR THE RECORD

MOST READ THIS WEEK

CURRENCY RATES
For up-to-date info on exchange rates and currency news, Newsinenglish.no recommends ExchangeRates.org.uk - Exchange Rates UK
For more news on Arctic developments.