Tag: politics

Foreign investors sail into Norway

A great state sell-off has picked up steam, while foreign investors are snapping up stakes in private Norwegian companies and property at the same time....

Circumcision to be offered nationwide

Despite widespread opposition to circumcising baby boys without a medical reason, Norwegian hospitals will all soon start offering the surgical procedure nationwide. A new law that...

Little support for new begging ban

Begging has already been banned in some Norwegian communities, and now a government proposal for a nationwide ban would also make it illegal to help beggars. The government's...

Postal service wants to drop ‘A-post’

Norway's struggling postal service (Posten Norge) wants to combine its first- and second-class delivery systems known as "A- and B-post," and thus do away with A-post's...

Court upholds order to banish Krekar

A court in Oslo ruled on Monday that it's legally permissible for police to forcibly relocate radical Islamic cleric Mullah Krekar to a small...

Report warns of a new crisis at NAV

UPDATED: Norway's huge state welfare agency NAV, which administers everything from sick leave to pension and unemployment benefits, has moved from crisis to crisis since...

Gavi ‘grateful’ for Norway’s vaccination funding

Norway was being widely praised this week after Prime Minister Erna Solberg committed to increase funding to the international vaccine alliance Gavi by fully 56...

Harket speaks out on bullying

Norwegian pop star Morten Harket has enjoyed decades of fame and fortune but on Friday he talked about how he was far from popular...

Debate rages over asylum children

The children of rejected asylum seekers in Norway continue to pose tough dilemmas for state officials and stir debate. At issue is whether the children, and thus their parents,...

The challenges of being Erna

It was another challenging day of being prime minister for Erna Solberg on Wednesday: More than a million union members walked off their jobs nationwide in...
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