Tag: politics

‘Cuts loom without shift away from oil’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg delivered a tough message as her government gathered for its first budget conference of the year on Monday: Major spending cuts...

Norway demands publication of damning Sudan report

Norway's foreign ministry was demanding that the African Union make public a report said to blame Norway, the US and Great Britain for the...

Foreign students set another record

Foreign students now make up fully 10 percent of all college students in Norway, attracted by Norway's free tuition and more coursework offered in...

Krekar ordered held in prison

A court in Oslo rejected an appeal on Friday from Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad, who uses the name Mullah Krekar, that he be released from...

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...
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