Tag: politics

Budget fight didn’t hit OL planning costs

NEWS ANALYSIS: The City of Oslo wrapped up a noisy budget debate last week, striking an uneasy compromise at the expense of a variety...

Costs of severe storm damage pile up

As residents of central Norway continue to mop up and tally their losses after last week's storm known as "Ivar," insurance companies are also...

Bishops protest pastors’ support for gay marriage

Two of Norway's bishops have cancelled their membership in the national pastors' association (Presteforeningen). They're protesting a vote by the association's board last week...

Latest salvo fired in grocery store wars

Two of Norway's grocery store chains announced on Friday that they were teaming up through a new joint purchasing agreement, in an effort to...

Innovation boss set to lose her job

Gunn Ovesen, who has headed the state agency Innovation Norway for the past decade, is abruptly the leaving the organization that made her one...

New union boss to pose challenges

Mette Nord, the woman recently elected to lead Norway's largest labour union, has vowed to further its left-leaning agenda. Nord says she will fight...

New oil discovery comes amidst cuts

Just as the Norwegian government is being urged to slow down the pace of offshore oil and gas production comes news that state-controlled Statoil...

Apartheid fight flares in Parliament

Norway's Parliament (Storting) opened its session on Monday with its president, Olemic Thommesen of the Conservatives, making a tribute to the late South African...

Erna finally more popular than Jens

Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was a hard act to follow for successor Erna Solberg. Even though her Conservative Party won the last national...

Nobel ceremony as Mandela hailed

This year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, always held on December 10, will proceed on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people simultaneously...
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