Tag: politics

Chicken sales fall on antibiotics scare

Grocery stores and poultry producers in Norway confirmed over the weekend that chicken sales have fallen after news that some antibiotic-resistant bacteria had been...

Nobel director exits with a bang

The retiring director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute has unleashed some political dynamite about the people who award the Nobel Peace Prize, just days before...

New work rules set to halt flights

Political opponents and labour organizations are so upset over looming changes in Norwegian work rules that one union, representing airline cabin crews, vows to halt...

King ‘very sorry’ poor were evicted

Norway's King Harald V said on Friday that he was "very sorry" to learn that authorities in Myanmar had forcibly evicted poor families from...

Norway’s pledge boosts climate fund

The Norwegian government announced Friday that it will donate NOK 1.6 billion (USD 230 million) over the next four years to the Green Climate...

Myanmar tried to hide its poverty

Norway's foreign ministry was lodging a complaint with authorities in Myanmar, after learning that poor families were forced to move out of a riverside slum area...

Putin’s ‘oil czar’ visits Norway

He's been banned from entering the United States, but top Russian oil executive Igor Sechin was in Norway on Thursday for business meetings with Norwegian...

‘Carl’s comeback’ stirs up Labour

Carl I Hagen, the 70-year-old former leader of the Progress Party, was relishing his victory this week as his party's top candidate in the...

Norway keen to expand fight against IS

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende was hailing a meeting of more than 60 nations in Brussels on Wednesday as a clear boost for the battle against...

Vinmonopolet loses some holidays

Sales of wine and liquor are so politically charged in Norway that the issue of extended opening hours for the state liquor monopoly Vinmonopolet was...
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