Tag: politics

China lets the politicians squirm

NEWS ANALYSIS: Chinese officials who've been angry with Norway since a Nobel Peace Prize humiliated them in Oslo in 2010 have been able to...

Farmers demand millions more

Norway's two leading farmers' organizations handed over demands on Friday for an additional NOK 1.5 billion (USD 250 million) in state support in the...

Politicians retreat on abortion issue

Massive public protests over a controversial change to Norway's abortion law, initiated by the small Christian Democrats party, were finally heard on Friday by...

Former politician jailed for hacking

Former Conservative (Høyre) politician Tor Johannes Helleland was sentenced to two months in prison on Thursday over computer hacking charges. The 23-year-old broke into...

‘Coward’ politicians avoid Dalai Lama

Half of all Norwegians think it's cowardly for Parliamentary President Olemic Thommessen to refuse a meeting with the Dalai Lama when he arrives in...

Minister intent on deregulating food

NEWS ANALYSIS: New Agriculture Minister Sylvi Listhaug is a farmer's daughter who has referred to the country's highly regulated farming and food industries as...

Beef tariffs cut, but not prices

Norwegians' growing hunger for prime cuts of meat has led, after much hesitation, to a cut in the tariffs slapped on imported meat to...

Solberg’s PM popularity grows

The latest polls showed Prime Minister Erna Solberg's popularity is the highest it has been since she became the Norwegian leader last autumn. Former...

Putin glad ‘Jens’ will lead NATO

The recent selection of former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens  Stoltenberg as the next leader of NATO has won broad support, now also from Russian President...

Transport Minister steps on the gas again

Norway's new transport minister from the Progress Party, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, has managed to bypass congestion on another new stalled highway project. His goal is...
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