Tag: politics

Reinfeldt promotes the advantages of immigration

Former Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has urged Norway to "be more open" to immigration despite the challenges it can bring. As terrorist attacks...

Cities finally set to get more priority

After decades of spending billions on bridges and roads in outlying districts of Norway, state politicians finally may start investing more in urban areas...

Government keen to contain Krekar

Norway's conservative government coalition is searching for ways to restrict the movements of Islamic cleric Mullah Krekar when he's released from prison later this month....

Minister won’t detail spying probe

Justice Minister Anders Anundsen won't reveal details of the Norwegian authorities' investigation into suspected illegal surveillance of mobile phone communications. Many questions remained after Anundsen addressed...

Leaders condemn attack in Paris

Norwegian leaders including Prime Minister Erna Solberg were condemning a terrorist attack on a satire magazine in Paris on Wednesday, calling it both "tragic"...

Oil price dips to new six-year low

The price of a barrel of North Sea crude oil sunk below USD 50 on Wednesday morning for the first time since the finance...

More embassies subject to spying

More false mobile telephone base stations, capable of monitoring mobile phone communication, were likely in operation around Oslo late last autumn, reports newspaper Aftenposten,...

Krone dives again, but may resurface

The value of the Norwegian currency, the krone, was down again on Tuesday, with one US dollar costing NOK 7.73 by midday. Consumers have been...

Mullah Krekar to be released

UPDATED: Norway's single most controversial refugee, Mullah Krekar, will soon be released from the prison where he's been serving time after threatening the lives of three Kurds...

Speculation swirls over new Statoil CEO

The guessing game has begun, with Norwegian media speculating over who will succeed Helge Lund as chief executive of Norway's largest company, Statoil. New bosses...
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