Tag: politics

Health campaign may hurt farmers

Philanthropist and doctor Gunhild Stordalen has teamed up with incoming Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet, Ap) leader Jonas Gahr Støre and Rema 1000 supermarket boss Ole...

Sun shone on Labour Day party

PHOTO FEATURE: The weather was nothing short of spectacular when thousands of Norwegians turned out for May Day -Labour Day festivities in Oslo on...

Major strikes loom in the public sector

More than 600,000 employees of state and local governments may walk off the job from May 26 if they fail to iron out their...

Hundreds rally to welcome Dalai Lama

About 400 people rallied outside the parliament building in Oslo on Tuesday to show their support for the Dalai Lama's visit next week. Those...

Labour gears up for May Day

May Day is Labour Day in Norway, with a capital "L." Both the Labour Party and the country's major trade union confederation LO have...

Ex-ministers won golden handshakes

Three former ministers from the Labour Party plus two state secretaries were able to claim lucrative severance payments after their own labours in government,...

Ban on begging draws new support

Justice Minister Anders Anundsen may have won enough support in Parliament for his minority government's proposal to allow local governments around Norway to ban...

Transport Minister pushes for parking reform

Few things irritate motorists more than finding a parking ticket on their cars. Justified or not, Norway's new transport minister, Ketil Solvig-Olsen, aims to...

China silent, Tibet ‘disappointed’

Norway's Tibet Committee announced over the weekend that it was "disappointed" by the Norwegian government's refusal to receive the Dalai Lama when he arrives...

Jensen: ‘Simplify tax complaints’

As the annual tax filing deadline approaches for most Norwegians this week, Finance Minister Siv Jensen is proposing a new form of tax relief....
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