Tag: politics

Government fires Telenor chairman

Svein Aaser resigned under fire on Friday as chairman of state-controlled telecoms firm Telenor, after Trade Minister Monica Mæland expressed a lack of confidence in...

Foreign aid funds tapped for refugees

Prime Minister Erna Solberg confirmed on Friday that her government wants to use NOK 4.2 billion from its foreign aid budget to help meet the...

Searching for the Oil Fund’s soul

NEWS ANALYSIS: Since its inception around two decades ago, Norwegians have arguably had a love-hate relationship with their huge so-called "Oil Fund" that invests...

Government tackles rising jobless rate

Another 9,000 people were registered as out of work in Norway by the end of September, prompting state statistics bureau SSB (Statistics Norway) to...

Large new asylum center already full

Norway's largest and newest asylum reception center impressed King Harald and Queen Sonja when it opened just last week. Now it's already fully booked, illustrating...

Military aware of Russian ‘spy ship’ off Røst

Norwegian military officials confirmed on Monday that they were aware that a new Russian research vessel, believed to be used for spying, was sailing...

‘Scandal’ brews over defense sales

Two of the Norwegian government's top ministers are caught in what one member of the Parliament's disciplinary committee is calling a "scandal." It involves...

Refugee influx ‘cannot continue’

Finance Minister Siv Jensen, who also heads the Norwegian political party that's long been most skeptical towards immigration, announced at its national board meeting over...

Tax lists reveal politicians’ fortunes

Jonas Gahr Støre, the former Norwegian foreign minister who now leads the Norwegian Labour Party, remains Norway's wealthiest politician. His personal taxable fortune, most of...

Swedish attacker won some sympathy

UPDATED: Another politician from Norway's immigration-skeptical Progress Party stirred controversy Friday afternoon, after he posted a message on social media saying that he "could almost understand...
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