Tag: politics

Ethics council could be kept

The parliamentary finance committee is unanimously committed to keeping the ethics council attached to Norway's huge sovereign wealth fund, according to sources. The government...

Talks failed to reach deal with farmers

Late night negotiations between the government and its support parties failed to reach a compromise on this year's agricultural settlement. The Christian Democrats and...

Pussy Riot makes the rounds in Norway

Two members of the Russian activist group Pussy Riot have been making a string of public appearances in Norway recently, at both human rights...

Quarrels fly over rig electrification

The Progress Party accused the coalition government's support parties, the Christian Democrats and Liberals, of breaching their agreements with the government by supporting electrification...

First House denies China links

Norwegian public relations firm First House hit back at "unconfirmed rumours" aired by a senior political commentator that the firm was campaigning, on behalf...

Not all farmers battle reforms

Amidst all the protests by defiant farmers in Oslo on Tuesday, embattled Agriculture Minister Sylvi Listhaug won some welcome support for her efforts to...

Oslo overrun by tractor protests

An estimated 2,500 farmers flocked to Oslo on Tuesday morning to protest the government's refusal to give in to their subsidy demands. Many planned...

Støre ready to take over Labour Party

The Norwegian Labour Party now officially supports Jonas Gahr Støre as its next leader. Støre said he made up his mind to take over...

Labour changes its tune in opposition

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's Labour Party led the government for the last eight years but has shown several new sides of itself after it landed...

IOC President’s armband lament

The head of the International Olympic Committee, German Thomas Bach, paid a visit to the Norwegian women's cross country ski team during a gym...
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