Tag: politics

New government defies skeptics

NEWS ANALYSIS: The ink had barely dried on the political agreement signed by Norway's non-socialist party leaders Monday night before tongues started wagging that...

Police argue over bearing arms

Norwegian police moved a bit closer to being armed this week, when a new directive requiring weapons to be placed in all police patrol...

Erna and Siv get down to business

Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg and Progress Party leader Siv Jensen will launch negotiations this week to form a government on their own for...

Electric cars now king of the roads

Norway has emerged as a world leader in the introduction of electric vehicles, and Oslo seems to have become the electric car capital of the...

Frigate berthed for its spare parts

One of the Norwegian navy's five new, expensive frigates has been permanently berthed at the Haakonsvern naval base in Bergen where it serves mostly...

Troms Kraft under new investigation

Norway's white collar crime unit Økokrim has opened a new investigation into allegations of economic irregularities, management incompetence and influence peddling at Tromsø-based power...

Parties due to clarify new government

UPDATED: After two weeks of talks and a final get-together on Monday, Norway's four non-socialist parties formally ended their first round of talks on...

Royals urged to drop trip to Turkey

The leader of Norway's foremost promoter of free speech, Norsk PEN, has asked King Harald and Queen Sonja to postpone a long-planned state visit...

Rape report rocks the Progress Party

UPDATED: Two Progress Party officials have been suspended after a female party colleague reported to police that they'd raped her after a pre-election event...

Supreme Court toughens up

UPDATED: Norway's highest court issued what's being called an historically tough prison sentence against a convicted sex offender on Thursday. By ordering disgraced mayor...
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