Tag: politics

Farmers want to boost food prices

Norway's two main farming organizations handed over a demand for the equivalent to NOK 950 million (USD 118 million) in state financial aid on Friday,...

Solberg rallied her party troops

Prime Minister Erna Solberg, whose leadership has been directly challenged this week on several key issues, went on the offensive Friday as she opened her Conservative...

Norway backs coal mining on Svalbard

The Norwegian government has decided to go along with controversial pleas to bail out the state-owned company that runs coal mines on Svalbard. Several other...

Government chided over Armenia

Norwegian polar and humanitarian hero Fridtjof Nansen is hailed on a stamp in Armenia, but now the Norwegian government is being assailed for its failure to join 22...

Council clears talk show host Skavlan

The Norwegian broadcasting council that handles press complaints decided against issuing any formal criticism of talk show host Fredrik Skavlan on Thursday, despite being...

Party leaders condemned anti-Semitism

Just a day after his own party voted to recognize Palestine, Labour leader Jonas Gahr Støre gathered all his fellow party leaders to issue...

Brende defends aid to refugees

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende has struck back at critics who claim Norway has been too slow to respond to the boat refugee crisis in...

EU OKs electric vehicle incentives

Just a day after Norway's 50,000th electric vehicle (EV) hit the streets, Norwegian officials won assurance that their economic incentives that make the cars so popular also...

Convicted wolf hunters file appeals

The defense attorney for one of five Norwegian men convicted Tuesday on charges of organized illegal wolf hunting wants the case to be evaluated by Norway's Supreme Court. He...

Government agrees to send ship to Mediterranean

The Norwegian government, after months of criticism for being slow to respond to the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, confirmed Monday it will send...
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