Tag: politics

New light amidst economic gloom

Record-low interest rates, a weaker but far more competitive currency and even prospects for increased defense spending are shedding some new light on Norway's sudden economic gloom....

Bigger cities win new police hubs

The largest cities with the most residents have been chosen as the new hubs for merged police districts around Norway. Over the next few...

Conservatives win Svalbard election

Voters on Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard didn't seem to have much gratitude for the local Labour Party's efforts to keep its controversial coal...

Controversial thriller draws in viewers

More than 630,000 Norwegians watched the first episode of a new controversial TV thriller that premiered Sunday night, and already has sparked protests from...

Telenor keen to dump VimpelCom

Norway's international telecoms firm Telenor, now under a new CEO, appears keen to cut off its profitable but long-troubled involvement in the Russian-dominated mobile phone...

Parliament opens for lots of debate

Flags were flying, politicians were unusually dressed-up and customary royal pomp reigned inside and out as the 16oth session of the Norwegian Parliament formally...

King missed some of his opening lines

It's not easy being a king. On Friday, Norway's 78-year-old monarch spoke loudly and clearly as he customarily read aloud the government's annual proclamation...

Officers blast military cutbacks

Defense Chief Haakon Bruun-Hanssen formally delivered what's billed as his professional military advice to Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide on Thursday, and it didn't...

Norway at the UN: Waving the flag

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian government officials are once again mounting a major show of support for the United Nations, not least as the UN celebrates its...

Church cleared to wed homosexuals

Results of a national election held last week to select new delegates to the governing body of The Norwegian Church have been streaming in, and setting off...
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