Tag: politics

Lunder released from jail on appeal

Jo Lunder, the former Telenor executive charged in the corruption case around Telenor's partly owned mobile phone firm VimpelCom, was released from custody on...

Solberg struggles to stem refugee crisis

As another record number of asylum seekers streamed over Norway's border to Russia last week, Prime Minister Erna Solberg was visiting refugees not within...

Uproar over private school funding

Students feel cheated, the state auditor general is upset, the Parliament has called a disciplinary hearing and Norway's education minister, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, is now fighting...

Telenor’s ex-CEO loses job, bonus

UPDATED: Norway's embattled telecoms firm Telenor was tipped off to possible corruption at its partly owned Russian mobile phone firm, VimpelCom, as far back...

Ex-Telenor star remains in jail

A court in Oslo refused to go along Friday with a prosecutor's request to keep former Telenor "wonderboy" Jo Lunder in custody. The court found...

Budget battle turns tougher than ever

It's been called the most "explosive political drama" to play out in Prime Minister Erna Solberg's government yet. A series of unsuccessful meetings this...

Politics permeate Telenor probe

NEWS ANALYSIS: The drama around Telenor's involvement in alleged corruption at its partly owned Russian mobile phone VimpelCom is rife with politics. While a former Labour Party boss...

Telenor ‘wonderboy’ now under arrest

He was once the "wonderboy" of Telenor, who ended up playing a key role in Telenor's long-troubled investment in Russian mobile phone company VimpelCom....

Calls rise to shut Russian border

Serious calls are being issued this week, also on the floor of Parliament, to close Norway's far northern border to Russia. Years of border cooperation...

Telenor admits to withholding info

UPDATED: "They need to learn the difference between right and wrong," thundered the head of the Norwegian Parliament's disciplinary committee on Tuesday. "They" referred to newly...
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