Tag: politics

Finance minister raids Oil Fund after all

So much for the "tight" state budget that Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum presented to the Norwegian Parliament last fall. After seriously under-estimating inflation...

Liberation and veterans celebrated as defense needs and spending soar

NEWS ANALYSIS: Crown Prince Haakon and other high-ranking officials gathered all over the country this week to honor Norwegian military veterans and celebrate Norway's...

Støre tries to revive Labour’s lost love

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre desperately needed to revive enthusiasm and support when his crisis-ridden Labour Party held its annual meeting over the...

Divided farmers slam state’s support

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's powerful farm lobby wanted more than twice the NOK 3.3 billion they were offered in additional state support on Friday. Farmers'...

Russian ships were near pipeline

Russian vessels capable of carrying out subsea operations have been tracked along gas pipelines in the Baltic, reports Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) in conjunction with...

New whaling season underway

Norway's controversial whaling season has already resulted in the shooting of 37 whales since this year's hunt began on April 1. Fully 31 of...

Troubled Labour led Labour Day parade

UPDATED: Oslo's Labour Party led Monday's traditional Labour Day parade in the Norwegian capital on the 1st of May, along with its city government...

Police brutality in Norway, too

Norway is known for its mostly unarmed and friendly police officers, but a few of them went amok against two young men in Kongsberg...

State snubs Sami again, protests loom

The Norwegian government has once again snubbed and angered the country's indigenous Sami population, by dragging out any program to reduce or remove wind...

State auditor general shames the Norwegian Parliament

Norway's state auditor general delivered a scathing report against the country's own Parliament on Thursday, after several years of scandalous revelations regarding politicians' misuse...
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