Tag: politics

Russian envoy: ‘Norway is overreacting’

UPDATED: Russia's ambassador to Norway trooped up to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry on Monday after being summoned to explain why his country's deputy prime minister...

Labour launches pricey new plans

NEWS ANALYSIS: The Norwegian Labour Party threw what an opposition politician likened to a "home alone" party during the weekend. Under new leadership, the party...

New group rallies Conservatives abroad

A new organization is attempting to mobilize the British expatriate vote in Norway ahead of the UK general election on May 7. They were...

China signals a crack in the ice

After four years of a diplomatic freeze between Norway and China, there recently have been a few signs of a possible crack in the...

Russian defies Norway in Arctic

The Norwegian government has summoned Russia's ambassador to Norway to a meeting at the Foreign Ministry on Monday, after a high-ranking Russian government official not...

New refugee tragedy pressures coalition

Pressure grew on the Norwegian government coalition Sunday to finally send vessels to aid refugee rescue efforts in the Mediterranean, after news broke that as many...

Norway urged to aid boat refugees

Norway, known as a leading maritime nation, is facing rising calls to offer more help in tackling the thousands of boat refugees who try to cross...

DAB set to replace FM radio in Norway

Norway looks set to become one of the first countries in the world to fully digitalize radio, after the government minister in charge of cultural...

Political support for more Syrians

The Norwegian Labour Party signaled on Thursday that there's now a majority in Parliament for Norway to accept as many as 10,000 more refugees from Syria who can...

China trade rises despite boycott

Even though China has been politically punishing Norway since 2010, when the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo,...
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