Tag: politics

Palestinians win aid but no recognition

Lots of people turned up and the sun was even shining, but the message at a rally in front of the Norwegian Parliament this week...

UD won’t appeal unfair pay ruling

A lengthy legal battle that climaxed with a US court verdict finding Norway guilty of gender discrimination appears to finally have come to an end. Norway's...

MP: ‘We’re all hypocritical’ about coal

A veteran Member of Parliament who's also the finance policy spokesman for the ruling Conservatives admitted on national radio Thursday that his party is...

‘Embarrassment’ carries high cost

Norway's foreign ministry was under criticism this week after newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) detailed how and why the ministry got caught in a costly and embarrassing...

Russia responds to ‘challenges’

Russia's embassy in Oslo has responded in detail to questions raised about its intentions in the Arctic. Meanwhile, displays of military force continue on both...

Busy Brende won’t give up on peace

Norway's globe-trotting foreign minister, Børge Brende, was back in the Middle East this week for meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders after the recent...

Oslo may get its own national park

Norway's capital is surrounded by a fjord on one side and hilly forests on the other.  Efforts are rising to protect some of the latter...

Solberg stands by embattled minister

Justice Minister Anders Anundsen was back in the news at the end of what already had been a tough week for the Progress Party...

SV hits new low, Greens blossom

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's Socialist Left party (SV), once a mighty force on the left side of Norwegian politics, has sunk to a new low...

Norway still negotiating funding for EU

Negotiations over the price Norway pays to win access to EU markets, since it's not a member of the EU, are running into more...
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