Tag: politics

Doctor, politician square off on Gaza

Dr Mads Gilbert, a surgeon and high-profile Norwegian political activist, returned to a hero's welcome in Oslo on Wednesday after yet another voluntary trip...

Teachers press on with strike plans

Teachers' unions around Norway are moving forward with plans to massively expand a strike that officially began on a small scale in Bergen in June....

Welfare recipients to be put to work

Norway's new government minister in charge of labour and welfare issues is poised to put some new demands on those collecting welfare benefits. Robert Eriksson...

Nini Stoltenberg dead at 51

UPDATED: She battled drug addiction for years and then illness. On Sunday, Nini Stoltenberg, the youngest member of one of Norway's most high-profile and politically active families,...

Brende: ‘Agree on a ceasefire now’

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende now condemns the civilian loss of life in Gaza and has toughened his rhetoric against both the Israelis and...

LO demands end to teachers’ strike

The threatened effects of a nationwide teachers' strike still loom large over Norway, and with the first day of school just a few weeks...

Leaders reach out in local mosques

Norwegian leaders from both ends of the political spectrum have been visiting local mosques and reaching out to the country's Muslims in the wake of...

Solberg finally able to go on holiday

It's been a long hot summer for Prime Minister Erna Solberg, but with the terror threat against Norway appearing to ease, she's finally going...

Rare openness wins rare praise

The Norwegian Justice Ministry, police intelligence unit PST (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste) and the Police Directorate were winning praise, also from opposition politicians, on Thursday for their communication and...

Utøya mothers: ‘We need more time’

A group of mothers presented a letter to Prime Minister Erna Solberg at the memorial service on Utøya on Tuesday, begging the government to...
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