Tag: politics

Disgraced mayor still wants to fight to clear his name

Rune Øygard, the former Labour Party mayor who was convicted of sexually assaulting a young teenaged girl, expressed disappointment on Wednesday when told that...

Youth welfare benefits under fire

Labour Minister Anniken Huitfeldt is evaluating changes in the welfare benefits available for young Norwegians, after state broadcaster NRK reported that for many, it's...

Dairy giant’s ad full of mistakes

Tine, Norway's dominant dairy cooperative that plunged the country into its embarrassing "butter crisis" two years ago, embarrassed itself again this week. A jubilee...

Fur farming probe welcomed

Animal rights activists and the fur farming industry itself said they welcome the government's decision to finally appoint a commission to study fur farming...

Millionaire Sveaas donates the most

Christen Sveaas, the highly successful businessman and investor known for his charitable cntributions, is also donating millions to the election campaigns of Norway's non-socialist...

Norway pushes again for peace

UPDATED: An optimistic Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide was back in the Middle East this week to make another attempt at prodding along...

Editors send protest to UK

Editors of four of the Nordic countries' leading newspapers were sending a sharp letter of protest to British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday,...

Many support cuts in state welfare

A majority of Norwegians say they're willing to accept reductions in the country's state welfare programs, from less sick leave pay to cuts in...

Conservatives fall in two new polls

Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre) suddenly seems to be losing voter support after dominating the public opinion polls for months. New polls released on Friday...

Immigration salvo splits coalition

Uncertainty over the make-up of a new conservative coalition government in Norway has been elevated to near chaos after the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp)...
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