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NATO an important arena for Norway

NEWS ANALYSIS: "This is the most important summit meeting of the alliance for a long time," Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide declared as the...

Military heads for Latvia and Ukraine

Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide confirmed that Norway will be participating in a US-led military exercise in deeply troubled Ukraine later this month, and will send...

China cancelled NHO conference

The Chinese organizers of a major business conference with Norway's national employer's organization NHO cancelled it at the last minute last week. The cancellation was...

Estonia’s president shortens state visit

Canons fired from the Akershus Fortress and helicopters whirred overhead as the president of Estonia arrived in Oslo Tuesday for a state visit. Tensions...

Stoltenberg halted apology to China

Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg came close last year to approving a secret document aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations between Norway and China, reported...

Oslo drastically cuts its Olympic budget

In what appears to be a desperate move to win more public support for a Winter Olympics in Oslo, city officials are poised to formally...

Oslo mayor admits tax blunder

Oslo's popular mayor, Fabian Stang, asked for public forgiveness on Friday after admitting on his Facebook page that he'd hired a man to paint...

Coastal town bans begging

The coastal town of Arendal in southern Norway has become the country's first municipality to ban begging, after the state government granted local governments permission...

Brende to meet Lavrov in Norway

On the very day that alarming reports were emerging that Russian soldiers were invading Ukraine, the Norwegian government announced that Foreign Minister Børge Brende would be...

Olympic support sinks to new low

Two new independent public opinion polls indicate that support for hosting the Winter Olympics in 2022 in Oslo has sunk to new lows. A...
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