Tag: politics

Foreign workers face family aid cuts

Labour immigrants working in Norway, many of whom come from Poland, now face major cuts in the Norwegian financial support they receive for their...

Støre jointly wins Willy Brandt prize

Jonas Gahr Støre, Norway's longtime foreign minister who's now serving in parliament after his Labour Party lost government power, has been named a co-winner...

Dialects remain a big talking point

A popular new TV series that’s been running on state broadcaster NRK this fall has sparked new debate over Norway’s many dialects and how...

Norway may stay in Afghanistan

UPDATED: Norway's new defense minister, Ine Eriksen Søreide, spent the weekend visiting Norwegian troops in Afghanistan and evaluating whether to extend their mission. Søreide...

Tax auditors chase embassy workers

Norwegian tax authorities are trying to crack down on what they fear is widespread tax evasion among locally based employees of foreign embassies in...

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...
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