Tag: politics

Solberg: ‘Norway is not in crisis’

Prime Minster Erna Solberg held firm on Wednesday that Norway's economy is still not in any crisis, despite this week's market turbulence and the...

Low oil prices not seen at the pump

Two Norwegian government ministers have summoned gasoline station operators in for a meeting, to question them as to why lower oil prices aren't reflected at...

Public defenders stay off the job

Norwegian lawyers who serve as state-paid public defenders were refusing to answer calls to duty this week, after years of frustration over relatively low...

Solberg must answer for disputed video

Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister Erna Solberg has reportedly been too busy preparing for this week's state budget conference to answer questions about a...

Minister blasted for ‘propaganda’

Justice Minister Anders Anundsen is once again the target of harsh criticism, after spending NOK 50,000 of taxpayers' money to produce a half-hour video that...

Foreign and defense ministers traveled to Iraq

Norway's incessantly globe-trotting foreign minister, Børge Brende, turned up in Iraq on Monday along with Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide, where they met with...

Former Nobel leader dies

History professor Francis Sejersted, a longtime leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, died during the night after a lengthy illness. He was involved in the selection...

Refugee crisis stirs debate and emotion

Just weeks after Norwegian government minister Vidar Helgesen experienced the misery of refugees landing on a Greek island first hand, a Norwegian vessel was berthing...

Skeptics emerge around new concert house plans

"There's no such thing as a free lunch," the mayor of Tønsberg, Per Martin Aamodt, reminded his political colleagues in Oslo after two hotel developers...

Health minister promises more resources for hospitals

As Norway's election campaign heats up, politicians are making promises about everything from more funding for schools to cheaper housing. Health Minister Bent Høie promised...
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