Tag: politics

Another new job for Norway’s premier

Prime Minister Erna Solberg has assumed a lot of new duties since taking office last month. This week she debuted as a timber worker,...

Norway asked to ‘save Winter OL’

NEWS ANALYSIS: The Norwegian member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was suggesting in local media on Tuesday that Norway should "save" the Winter...

Sweden challenges Oslo’s Olympic bid

The cities of Stockholm and Åre in Sweden announced Monday that they're planning to mount their own bid to hold the Winter Olympics in...

Oslo leader still backs Olympics

Oslo's top city official didn't seem to be having any second thoughts on Monday about mounting a Winter Olympics in Oslo, even after voters...

New state budget full of changes

Finance Minister Siv Jensen presented the new conservative government's first state budget on the floor of the Norwegian Parliament on Friday, with proposals that...

Food giant ‘comes out of the closet’

Norway's largest food producer, Orkla, has threatened to move production out of Norway if the new government eases the protectionist policies that  keep food...

Stoltenberg still favorite premier

Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was finally off taking some holiday this week. Many Norwegians, however, still wish he was back home running the...

Calls rise to register lobbyists

Sylvi Listhaug, Norway's new government minister in charge of agriculture and food, won't have to reveal her list of clients in her previous job...

Jagland’s Council bid launched

The Norwegian government has decided to launch Thorbjørn Jagland's candidacy for re-election as secretary general of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Jagland himself...

Alarms ring over radical recruitment

UPDATED: Police and community activists are warning that increasing numbers of Norwegian youth, mostly from immigrant families, are the targets of radical Islamists who...
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