Tag: politics

Carter: ‘China is making a mistake’

Former US President and Nobel Laureate Jimmy Carter has promised to urge China to normalize relations with Norway when he meets with China's president...

EuroPride off to noisy start in Oslo

UPDATED: A Norwegian government minister was booed Friday evening as Oslo launched more than a week of events tied to EuroPride, the annual festival...

MP ‘shocked’ by own colleague’s remarks

A Member of Parliament for Norway's conservative Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp) was shocked on Friday after one of her own colleagues in the southern...

Government plans to sell off shares

Trade Minister Monica Mæland announced plans Thursday evening to greatly reduce the state's ownership stakes in large Norwegian companies, starting with Telenor and Kongsberg...

State shifts gears on snowmobiles

Norway's conservative government surprised the opposition in Parliament and many others Thursday evening, when Environment Minister Tine Sundtoft announced it was halting its controversial...

Minister defends Telenor’s ‘openness’ in Thailand

Norway's Trade Minister Monica Mæland, who's responsible for the state's ownership interests in Norwegian companies, has defended the "openness" she expects from companies like...

Border trade hits beverage industry

New numbers confirm that Norwegians are still heading over the border in droves, to do their grocery shopping and buy other items in countries,...

Embassies differ over gay colours

Just months after the Russian Embassy in Oslo was hit by protests over Russia's perceived attacks on gay rights, the US Embassy in Oslo...

Transit uproar derails Bergen’s government

Politicians have been bickering in Bergen for months over how their city's popular new public tram system known as Bybanen should be extended. They...

Snowmobiles get state’s green light

The stillness of the Norwegian mountains and other winter sports areas may soon be broken by the rumble of snowmobiles, after Parliament agreed on...
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