Tag: politics

Muslims mobilize against extremists

UPDATED: A wide range of Muslims living in Norway are gathering for the first time to mount a major demonstration next week against Islamic...

Strike expands as meetings drag on

Representatives for striking Norwegian teachers and their local government employers continued to sound each other out during a new meeting on Thursday, but there was...

Packed prisons turn away convicts

Nearly 1,200 convicted criminals are waiting to serve their time at Norwegian prisons, because of a shortage of cell space in prisons that also need...

Støre fuels new oil uncertainty

NEWS ANALYSIS: New Labour Party boss Jonas Gahr Støre has suddenly emerged as the new ray of hope for the environmental movement and a...

Striking teachers positive to new talks

The leader of thousands of striking Norwegian teachers, Ragnhild Lied, said she was "positive" to the prospect of a new meeting with the teachers'...

Princess faces longer school days

As Princess Ingrid Alexandra arrived at her new private school on her mother's 41st birthday Tuesday, she faced more than just renewed debate over her...

Loopholes loom for salmon industry

The Norwegian government has promised to help the country's huge salmon industry find new buyers for its fish, in the wake of a Russian...

Filmmakers chase support and profit

Norway is releasing a record number of new state-supported film projects this autumn, but the industry often fails to reel in profits. A new...

Stoltenberg family lays Nini to rest

She was the sister of a Norwegian prime minister and the daughter of one of the country's former defense ministers and foreign ministers. Nini Stoltenberg...

Sales up at Vinmonopolet, despite higher duty-free quota

Norway's state liquor monopoly, Vinmonopolet, had worried that its sales would suffer after the government added two more bottles of wine to travelers' duty-free import...
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