Tag: politics

US phone surveillance ‘unacceptable’

UPDATED: A new report that the US' controversial National Security Agency (NSA) monitored 33 million mobile phone conversations in Norway in the space of...

Surveillance both ‘shocking, unknown’

Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, seen as a likely target of the US surveillance reported by newspaper Dagbladet on Tuesday, says he wants to...

Philippines aid boosted again

The Norwegian government is proposing yet another aid allocation to the Philippines after its recent, devastating typhoon, asking the parliament to approve an additional...

Breakthrough as budget talks end

Norway's new conservative government won the budget backing it needed on Friday from its two centrist "support parties" in Parliament. After a week of...

Grocery officials huddle to set new prices

Annual price negotiations between grocery stores chains in Norway and food producers and wholesalers were underway this week, and raising more concerns. Dominant NorgesGruppen,...

Gates secures more vaccine funding

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, one of the wealthiest men in the world, was back in Oslo on Friday to meet Norway's new government leaders...

‘Digital divide’ still hard to cross

An estimated 400,000 persons over the age of 55 remain firmly off-line in Norway, even though companies and state authorities assume most Norwegians are...

Ex-ministers paid during job search

Former Oil & Energy Minister Ole Borten Moe has become the latest member of Norway's defeated left-center government to find a new job after...

New ‘think tank’ aims to set Agenda

A new NOK 12 million social democratic "think tank" called Agenda will challenge and broaden public debate, according to one of its billionaire backers....

‘Weakest krone’ since 2009

The value of Norway's currency has suddenly fallen to its weakest level since 2009, making the country's notoriously high prices slightly less startling for...
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