Tag: politics

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...

‘Greens’ party rakes in support

It was just last fall that Norway's "Greens" party (Miljøpartiert de grønne) finally won a seat in Parliament. Now, eight months later, they've raked...

Parties unite over rig power plans

Norway's opposition parties have banded together to demand that oil companies power the entire Utsira High oil field by electricity from the shore, not...

Farmers’ egg blockade cracks

Farmers who blocked egg packing and distribution factories across Norway from delivering their wares on Thursday announced on Friday morning they would end the...

Constitution gets historic overhaul

The Norwegian Parliament introduced a raft of amendments to the Constitution (Grunnloven) this week in the historic document's most comprehensive revision since it was...

Egg blockade may be legally rotten

An industrial law expert warned farmers' blockade of egg deliveries from packing and distribution centres on Thursday was illegal, and both farmers and their...
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