Tag: politics

Government may allow poker tournament

Organized poker playing is illegal in Norway, but the country's new conservative government may make an exception for a championship tournament next year. Newspaper...

Debate over government complex enters new phase

A report on how Norway's bombed-out government headquarters could  be rebuilt has passed a quality-control check and been redelivered to the ministry in charge...

‘Sins’ lurk behind bicentennial party

As Norway launches a year of festivities to mark the bicentennial of its constitution, two authors are reminding Norwegians that their constitutional history has...

Bicentennial festivities begin

Norway officially kicked off the bicentennial celebrations of its Constitution (Grunnloven) on Sunday, 200 years to the day that a group of 21 men...

Solberg ‘direct’ with Russian PM

Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg said she was "not the most diplomatic" when she met with the Russian Prime Minister Dimitrij Medvedev on Friday...

Culture Minister regrets museum call

Norway's Culture Minister, Thorhild Widvey, may have to answer to a parliamentary committee over accusations of interfering with freedom of speech. On Friday the...

Prospects dim for immigration referendum

A high-profile veteran of the Progress Party, which has a long history of being skeptical towards immigration, was quick to call for a referendum...

Regulators scrap supermarket deals

A purchasing and distribution agreement struck between supermarket chain ICA and Norway's largest retail business, grocery wholesaler and store owner NorgesGruppen, is anti-competitive and...

Solberg opted for Olympics in Sochi

Prime Minister Erna Solberg headed for the Winter Olympics in Sochi this week, adding to Norway's "official" presence at the Games where Norway already...

Electrifying plans don’t silence critics

Norwegian oil company Statoil released literally electrifying development plans on Thursday for the country's promising new oil fields in the area of the North...
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