Tag: politics

Norway’s ‘first man’ enjoys the role

While Norway's new prime minister, Erna Solberg, was busy chatting with her British counterpart David Cameron in London last week, and attending to other...

Norway offers more aid to Syria

The Norwegian government has decided to donate another NOK 460 million in humanitarian aid to Syria, an amount that Foreign Minister Børge Brende says...

Arnstad ‘flattered’ by party support

Former government minister Marit Arnstad has resisted earlier calls to take over as leader of Norway's deeply troubled Center Party (Senterpartiet, Sp), but now...

Party leader gives up her post

Liv Signe Navarsete, the embattled leader of the severely troubled Center Party, has finally decided to call it quits. She now admits that she...

Storm brews over weather service

Norway's popular online weather service, yr.no, received an uncertain forecast from the Minister of Culture this week. Thorhild Widvey said she'll investigate whether it's...

Asylum liars to be deported

The Norwegian government has tightened its refugee rules, meaning people who lie about having already sought asylum in other countries will be expelled. They...

Prostitution law battlelines drawn

A review into Norway's laws banning the purchase of sex won't be finished until June, yet debate has raged over the issue this week...

E16 interference allegations

Longstanding controversy over a section of the European E16 road passing through the Lærdal region will be referred to the Norwegian parliamentary audit committee....

Oslo Progress Party leader steps down

Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, FrP) politician Christian Tybring-Gjedde announced on Monday he's standing down as leader of the party's Oslo chapter. The resignation took many...

Total ban on late term abortions

The Norwegian government is finally set to overhaul abortion laws after it was revealed 17 healthy fetuses old enough to survive outside the womb...
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