Tag: politics

Senators highlight Svalbard’s role

Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has been attracting a steady stream of international dignitaries and top politicians in recent years, and this week the US...

Jensen accused of refugee sabotage

Progress Party leader Siv Jensen, who also serves as Norway's finance minister, set off a political uproar over the weekend when she suggested that if local...

An election where expats can vote

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway is currently awash in political campaigns, a month ahead of the local elections to be held nationwide on September 14. The actual balloting...

Tunnel fire sparks new local hospital debate

Another fire in a long tunnel through the mountains of western Norway last Monday has renewed the debate over local hospital closures being pushed...

Officials’ tip: ‘Fill tank on Sundays’

State officials in charge of regulating competition in Norway are urging motorists to buy gasoline (petrol) on Sundays, when the price usually dips before being jacked...

Hospitals slow to offer circumcision

The Norwegian medical community's strong opposition to circumcision of baby boys has kept Norway's state-funded hospitals from offering the controversial operations under a new law allowing them. The government...

Minister blasts local US trade group

Norwegian Health Minister Bent Høie is not at all happy that the American Chamber of Commerce in Norway opposes a government proposal aimed at further...

Food prices jump as stores merge

A carton of eggs was priced at NOK 49.90 (USD 6.10) this week at one of the large stores in Oslo run by ICA, soon to be...

Money ran out for mushroom control, over protests

There's a long tradition in Norway for heading into the forests at the end of the summer and early autumn to "sanke sopp," or pick...

Opposition grows to fjord dumping

More than 200 young environmental activists and some top politicians gathered along the scenic Førde Fjord in the mountains of western Norway earlier this week,...
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