Tag: politics

New Nobel exhibit hails jailed winner

In a new exhibit bound to provoke Chinese authorities, the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo is once again honouring jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo,...

Ap pulls the plug on rig power plans

The Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet, Ap) performed a back flip on Tuesday, changing its position after the parliamentary 'coup' which saw the opposition unite to...

Statoil boss stayed away from Russian economic forum

Statoil's chief executive, Helge Lund, was scheduled to attend the St Petersburg International Economic Forum over the weekend but bowed out because of the...

Pressure rises as Krakow dumps OL

Pressure on Oslo taxpayers to arrange the Winter Olympics (OL) in 2022 is likely to rise after residents of Krakow, Poland became the latest...

Major strikes averted in public sector

UPDATED: All-night labour negotiations ended Monday morning with settlements for both state and local government workers in Norway. The local government workers settled first,...

‘Business as usual’ as strike talks go on

All-night labour negotiations dragged into the early morning hours on Monday, as negotiators for hundreds of thousands of public sector employees in Norway failed...

Bombed high-rise to stay standing

The former high-rise heart of Norway's government's headquarters survived a bombing three years ago and now won't be demolished either. Prime Minister Erna Solberg...

Christian Democrats set up own think tank

Norway's small Christian Democrats party (Kristelig Folkeparti, KrF) has become the latest political party to set up a think tank, not surprisingly based on...

Nobel Committee caught in a storm

NEWS ANALYSIS: Seldom have regularly scheduled changes in the composition of the Norwegian Nobel Committee attracted so much attention, and set off so much...

‘Worst culture minister in a long time’

Lauded Norwegian author Torgrim Eggen lashed out against Culture Minister Thorhild Widvey this week, and was highly critical of the Conservative-led government's cultural policy....
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