Tag: politics

Government accused of being ‘greedy’

Knut Arild Hareide, head of the small Christian Democrats party, still wasn't satisfied with the minority government's latest state budget compromises on Monday. Hareide, desperately...

Thousands marched against bullying

Several thousand parents, children and concerned citizens including the prime minister marched in a torchlight demonstration through the streets of Oslo and several other Norwegian...

Norway fights UAE terror designation

UPDATED: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suddenly designated one of Norway's largest muslim organizations, Det Islamske Forbundet, as a terror organization. The group...

Doctor vows to return to Gaza

Norway's foreign ministry and Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert, who has treated wounded Gaza residents for more than 30 years, are both calling Israel's sudden refusal...

Budget battlers call for a ‘time out’

Top Norwegian politicians have called a ceasefire in the battle over the minority government's proposed state budget for 2015. The government has five days...

Townships shamed over failure to help terror survivors

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) turned the spotlight this week on several Norwegian townships (kommuner) that can't or won't account for how they spent millions of emergency...

Party leaders take over budget talks

A week of negotiations over the government's proposed state budget collapsed on Tuesday, when representatives from the two government coalition parties and their two...

Universities reject tuition proposal

Several of Norway's largest universities are rejecting a state budget proposal that would call on them to start charging tuition fees to foreign students...

Brende sends more aid to Afghanistan

Globe-trotting Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende spent much of his weekend in Afghanistan and pledged an extra NOK 50 million (USD 7.5 million) in financial...

Armed guards posted at Parliament entrances

Security around the Norwegian Parliament has been strengthened, with armed police now permanently posted at all entrances. The change went into effect last week. The heightened...
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