Tag: politics

Farming organizations come to the table

Norway's two most powerful farming lobbies dropped threats of refusing to negotiate their financial support demands with state officials, and agreed to come to the...

Russian Embassy drew huge crowd

So many guests responded favourably to an invitation to a Liberation Day reception at the Russian Embassy in Oslo on Friday that they literally...

Solberg pleased Conservatives won British election

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who heads Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre), was predictably pleased on Friday that her British counterparts did well in Thursday's election...

Northerners just want to stay friends

As Norway celebrated Liberation Day on Friday, 70 years after the end of five miserable years of occupation during World War II, many Norwegians...

Mayor on leave, fined for sexually offensive behaviour

The mayor of the northwest coastal city of Kristiansund has gone on sick leave and been replaced by the city's acting mayor, after he...

Norway gears for war memorials

Friday May 8th is both Liberation- and Veterans' Day in Norway, and this year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War...

Government gains on refugee stand

NEWS ANALYSIS: There's been a sudden surge of voter support for Norway's two government coalition parties during the past week, just as both fend off...

Looming birth halts party boss’ speech

The Christian Democrats are the latest of Norway's political parties set to gather for their annual national meeting, but their leader won't be holding its important...

Ministry slashes farmers’ demands

Hopes for less hostile subsidy negotiations between the state agriculture ministry and Norwegian farmers dimmed on Tuesday, after the state only offered a tenth of the...

Sculpture stirs resistance debate

Seventy years after they helped liberate Norway from the Nazi German occupation, members of the resistance organization known as Osvaldgruppen (The Osvald Group) have finally...
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