Tag: politics

Pressure grows on the ‘food minister’

Agriculture  and Food Minister Sylvi Listhaug was under more pressure on Friday to reveal who her clients were at public relations firm First House,...

Norway won’t destroy Syria’s weapons

The Norwegian government has decided that Norway lacks the technical facilities needed to take in and destroy chemical weapons from Syria, but has promised...

Crackdown on cut-rate haircuts

Norwegian tax authorities are cracking down on hair salons, car washes and other service firms that they think are charging unrealistically low prices. In...

Cities may win more transit funds

Norway's new transport minister says he wants to steer more extra  funding to the country's urban areas, to relieve traffic congestion where the most...

Debate lingers over fishing quotas

Fishing boat owners are now hoping for a law change after the Supreme Court ruled against their effort to retain unlimited fishing quotas they'd...

Brende to ‘carry on’ foreign policy

Børge Brende has made at least a personally triumphant homecoming as Norway's new foreign minister in a conservative government, stressing that he feels "honoured"...

Masons link ‘problematic’

Olemic Thommessen has been a rising star in Norwegian politics for decades, culminating in his recent appointment as president of Norway's parliament (Stortinget). Away...

Minister faces feisty farmers

NEWS ANALYSIS: She's been called the Norwegian farmers' worst nightmare, but also a ray of hope for consumers weary of Norway's notoriously high food...

Labour ‘surprised’ by Frp’s UN rebuff to Syria’s weapons

Labour Party politicians have said they're surprised that some top Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp) counterparts hope their own government will turn down a request from...

Sami Parliament reopened, too

Amidst all the recent media coverage in Norway over the opening of Parliament, the change in government in Oslo and its roster of new...
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