Tag: politics

Foreigners deported in record numbers

Almost 1,160 foreigners have been forcibly removed from Norway so far this year, a 40 percent rise on the same time last year. The...

One in six asylum children can stay

After heated debate, Norway's coalition parties finally agreed on a new asylum and immigration framework late last week. Children's right to asylum was one...

‘Most dangerous’ since the wall fell

Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Wednesday morning the conflict between Russia and Ukraine was "the most dangerous situation since the fall of...

Ratings soared with popular professor

Frank Aarebrot, a highly popular professor at the University of Bergen, managed to lure more than 200,000 TV viewers in Norway away from the...

PST: Government ignored terror threat

The Norwegian Police Security Service (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste, PST) warned the threat of a terror attack within the country is still increasing, with the greatest...

Princess, government drop Paralympics

Neither Norway's Princess Martha Louise nor members of the Norwegian Government will be traveling to Sochi, Russia after all this week, to represent Norway...

Politician puts brave face on abuse

The vice-mayor of Oslo has put what many are calling a brave new face on young victims of sexual abuse after going public with...

More ex-ministers find new jobs

Norway's former justice minister, Grete Faremo, and former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's chief of staff, Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen, are the latest members of the...

Bankruptcy fears hit Holmenkollen

Just 10 days before the City of Oslo must send in its controversial bid to host an expensive Winter Olympics in 2022 comes news...

Norway condemns Putin’s escalation

The Norwegian government has joined NATO's condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's military intervention in Ukraine and its escalation during the weekend. Foreign Minister...
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