Tag: politics

Stoltenberg tipped to lead NATO

Jens Stoltenberg, who ranked as one of Norway's most popular prime ministers ever, now appears to be a candidate for the top job at...

Minister smashes E18 bottleneck

Ketil Solvik-Olsen, who took over as Norway's transport minister from the Progress Party just five months ago, has managed to do what few if...

Olympic effort keeps snowballing

Top city politicians in Oslo went ahead and sent an application on Friday to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)  to host the Winter Olympics...

Child abuse cases shake up minister

A recent rash of child abuse cases in Norway, several resulting in the young victim's death, has set off criticism that child abuse isn't...

US embassy construction halt

The controversial and long-delayed construction of a new US Embassy at Huseby on the outskirts of Oslo has ground to a halt after a...

New hurdle for lobby register proposal

A proposal to create a register that would list all lobbyists' contact with Norwegian politicians has no support from the leadership of the Parliament,...

Budget talks set stage for Jensen

NEWS ANALYSIS: Siv Jensen was making her debut this week as her party's first-ever finance minister at the government's deceptively festive annual launch of...

Norway unlikely to meet climate goals

A new report from the Norwegian Environment Agency claims that Norwegian politicians have been too slow to cut emissions at home, meaning that the...

Massive protests surprised Solberg

NEWS ANALYSIS: The potential tyranny of the minority mobilized the majority in Norway over the weekend, and that seemed to surprise Prime Minister Erna...

Norway can produce more gas for Ukraine

Norwegian oil company Statoil can deliver more gas to Europe, and specifically to embattled Ukraine, if the need arises, company officials said this week....
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