Tag: politics

Changes proposed for inheritance laws

Reform looms over Norwegian law that currently determines how families in Norway can divvy up the basics of their fortunes, and which currently sets...

Center Party as divided as ever

Norway's former oil minister Ola Borten Moe was fighting for his political life over the weekend, as party fellows kept quarreling over whether they...

‘Neda case’ lawyer to sue authorities

The lawyer who represented the deported Ibrahim family is suing the Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board (Utlendingsnemnda, UNE) for abuse of authority. The family spent 10...

Analysts keen to split up Statoil

High costs at Norwegian state oil company Statoil and the prospect of falling oil prices have already prompted Statoil executives to cut jobs. As...

Vedum likely to lead Center Party

Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, the former agriculture minister from Hedmark known for always wanting to protect his fellow farmers, now looks likely to become the...

Publicity galore after wolfskin ‘stunt’

Sandra Borch, the Center Party politician who has a track record of sparking conflicts both within and outside her small troubled party, got exactly...

New US envoy faces more opposition

The man nominated to be the new US ambassador to Norway still faces dissent within the US Senate, even though his nomination was approved...

Pilots descend on Oslo to slam Kjos

He's one of their own, but the pilot who founded Norwegian Air and is now keen to expand worldwide is facing nothing but turbulence...

Public still rejects an Oslo Olympics

Olympic fever among Norwegians in the run-up to the Sochi Winter Games opening this week has failed to drum up public support for an...

Salmon conflict hits highest levels

The foreign ministers of both Norway and Russia have not only become involved in an ongoing conflict over Norwegian salmon exports to Russia, but...
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