Tag: politics

Northerners cling to open border

As Norwegian and Russian officials gather near their shared border in the northern Norwegian city of Kirkenes this weekend, local residents fervently hope they'll "break the...

Northern Norway’s grief remembered

Norway's late King Olav V called it the greatest castastrophe in Norwegian history since the plague devastated the country in 1349. This week marks 70...

New unit to probe unsolved crimes

Justice Minister Anders Anundsen hopes a new police unit being set up to relaunch investigations of old unsolved crimes will help prevent what many consider a...

Russian billionaire gains offshore foothold

Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman has suddenly emerged as a major player in several offshore Norwegian oil fields, after taking over RWE Dea of Germany. RWE boasts...

No foreigners eyed for Nobel committee

Norway's Conservative Party, which will be able to nominate two new members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee this autumn, has now ruled out considering anyone who's not...

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...
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