Tag: politics

Doctors rebel against course

Norwegian doctors all over the country are mounting a revolt against a new state measure aimed at reducing sick leave. The measure requires doctors...

Stoltenberg loses grip on voters

NEWS ANALYSIS: Jens Stoltenberg has been one of Norway's most popular and respected prime ministers ever, both at home and abroad. Now the voter...

Chinese tourists help melt freeze

A feared tourism boycott of Norway by Chinese tourists seems to have faded away. Their overnight stays were up by 50 percent in June...

Election campaign heads to Arendal

Top politicians from all of Norway's political parties will be showing up in the scenic coastal town of Arendal from Wednesday, when the second...

Language creator hailed and decried

Ivar Aasen would have been 200 years old on Monday, and his bicentennial was being both celebrated and pilloried. That's because Aasen created or...

Norway closes 15 embassies to public

Norwegian authorities changed their minds on Monday and announced that 15 embassies in North and East Africa and the Middle East would be closed...

Labour gathers campaign troops

The Norwegian Labour Party's secretary Raymond Johansen opened the garden of his home in Oslo over the weekend to welcome party leaders and drum...

Store opening hours enter campaign debate

City leaders in the Conservative-run cities of Oslo and Bergen want to allow stores to open for business on Sundays, and the Conservative Party...

Election campaign cranks into gear

Norway's national parliamentary election is less than six weeks away, but only now are politicians returning from their summer holidays and getting into campaign...

Police charge Høyre politician

Tor Johannes Helleland, the Conservatives (Høyre) politician who hacked his way into young women's computer files and spread naked photos of them on pornographic...
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