Tag: politics

Still ‘big problems’ with equality issues

Several of the most powerful positions in Norwegian society are currently held by women, but equality hasn't fully extended to Norwegian business. As thousands of women...

Oil minister tries to settle quarrel over Sverdrup stakes

Oil & Energy Minister Tord Lien called the oil companies that own stakes in the giant Johan Sverdrup oil and gas field into a meeting...

Solberg hits the ‘re-start’ button

Prime Minister Erna Solberg has been huddling this week with her fellow party leaders needed to keep her government together. They all returned to...

‘High price to pay for low air fares’

As stranded passengers on low-fare carrier Norwegian Air began to feel the full effect of a strike by Norwegian's pilots on Wednesday, questions were rising...

Kaci takes over Nobel Committee

Kaci Kullmann Five, a former trade minister and head of the Conservative Party, took over as leader on Tuesday of the small but powerful Oslo-based...

Labour promises to impose more tax

You read that correctly: The Norwegian Labour Party offered an example of one of those "Only in Norway" sorts of moments, when it vowed...

New rhetoric on Russia under fire

Flowers and candlelight outside the Russian Embassy in Oslo on Sunday reflected local concern and alarm over the assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. As the...

‘Unhappy’ bishop denies fraud charges

Bishop Bernt Eidsvig, the top official of the Catholic Church in Norway, has formally denied charges that he and other leaders of the Catholic...

Catholic diocese raided in Oslo

UPDATED: Norwegian police raided the offices of the Catholic Church's diocese in Oslo on Thursday, and charged the diocese, Bishop Bernt Eidsvig and the church's...

Lippestad cuts ties with Breivik

Geir Lippestad, the lawyer who defended right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, will no longer be helping Breivik with his ongoing legal complaints from prison....
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