Tag: politics

State budget battle begins in earnest

Prime Minister Erna Solberg got a taste this week of the state budget battle her government faces this autumn. A united opposition, including her government's...

‘Norway’s oil age is not over,’ yet

Tord Lien, Norway's government minister for oil and energy, isn't letting himself be overly concerned by the recent, some say dramatic, fall in oil...

Union wants to oust Qatar Airways

The head of the labour organization representing many airline employees in Norway, Parat, is calling on Norwegian authorities to revoke Qatar Airways' right to operate...

Norway ‘doesn’t have much extra gas’ for EU

Norway's oil and energy minister, Tord Lien, said Tuesday that Norway has "a theoretical capacity" to export 120 billion cubic meters of gas a...

Parliament cancels its ‘snobbish’ ball

There will be no fancy dining and dancing for Members of Parliament and their partners just after New Year. Controversial plans to spend NOK...

Refugee ready to lead AUF

Mani Hussaini, who came to Norway as a 12-year-old refugee from Syria, was elected with a standing ovation as the next leader of the...

Artists try to halt Munch museum

Some of Norway's most prominent contemporary artists have suddenly rallied together at the last minute to try to block construction of Oslo's long-planned new...

New restrictions limit tax snooping

Norwegian tax authorities publicly released the country' so-called "tax lists" on Friday, revealing what every single taxpayer in the country reported as their taxable income, net...

Cop killer freed after 10 years

A robber with a long criminal record who killed a Norwegian policeman during Norway's largest heist in history, the so-called NOKAS robbery, is being released from prison...

Statoil’s CEO quits to take new job

UPDATED: Helge Lund, who has led Norway's largest company Statoil for the past decade, abruptly left his post on Wednesday to take over as boss of...
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