Tag: politics

New US ambassador due in Oslo

The US Embassy in Oslo has been without an ambassador since US President Barack Obama nominated a new envoy to replace Barry White, who...

War heroes win overdue honours

 After being all but ignored for more than 70 years, members of Norway's World War II resistance movement known as "Pelle-gruppa" (the Pelle Group)...

Climate talks fail to impress

Norway has had a large delegation at this week's UN Climate Conference in Warsaw, but the Parliament's most high-profile environmental champion decided to stay...

Ex-minister Eide heads for Geneva

Espen Barth Eide, who served as both defense minister and foreign minister in Norway's former left-center government coalition, has switched jobs with his successor,...

Solberg meets Merkel in Berlin

Prime Minister Erna Solberg set off on her first overseas trip as leader of Norway's new government on Wednesday, and her choice of destination...

Drug addicts demand ‘more dignified life’

A group of drug addicts marched through Oslo again this week and were invited inside the Parliament to make their demands for what they...

Oil, protectionism mar Norway’s foreign aid status

Norway ranks third-highest in the world in support for developing countries and fighting poverty, but its oil production and protectionist trade barriers keep the...

New day dawns for EU relations

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Erna Solberg promised better relations with the European Union (EU) before she was elected, and now her fellow ministers are...

‘Now we need to all calm down’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg switched her standpoint on Tuesday and embraced her own military's claim that the US wasn't tracking millions of Norwegian phone...

‘Dialogue’ with US ‘will continue’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg said Tuesday that she wasn't as surprised as other politicians seemed to be over the extent of US surveillance of...
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