Tag: politics

Statoil offers new incentives to quit

Norwegian oil company Statoil, the country's largest, has launched a new effort to cut costs by cutting staff. The latest incentives to get people...

Salmon plan hailed and ridiculed

Norway's major salmon farming companies Marine Harvest and Cermaq saw their shares jump after the government announced its new strategy for their industry, while...

Munch jubilee put museum on a roll

Last year's celebrations of Norway's most famous artist, Edvard Munch, have proven to be a huge success, boosting prospects for the new Munch Museum...

Støre soars, Stoltenberg on ‘withdrawal’

Jonas Gahr Støre has quickly emerged as a serious challenger to Erna Solberg and her position as prime minister of Norway. Just 10 days...

Transport minister hits the road

Ketil Solvik-Olsen has set off on what some might call the "mother of all road trips" in Norway. Solvik-Olsen, the country's amiable new transport...

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...
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