Tag: politics

New government may split oil fund

Norway's enormous sovereign wealth fund, known as the "oil fund," looks set to be split up into several different funds if a new, non-socialist...

Politicians frown on Cermaq bonuses

Trade Minister Trond Giske of the Labour Party wasn't the only state politician unhappy to hear that executives leading the state-controlled seafood firm Cermaq...

Politician resigns after spreading porn

UPDATED: Just as Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre) was launching its election campaign over the weekend came news that one of its elected city council...

UD faces claims of discrimination

Staff employed locally at Norwegian embassies around the world, all run by Norway's foreign ministry (Utenriksdepartementet, UD), claim they're often treated quite differently than...

More foreign aid abuse revealed

The Norwegian government has paid out tens of billions of kroner to fund foreign aid projects around the world since 2007. A new report...

Dubai rape victim returns to Norway

UPDATED: Marte Deborah Dalelv, the young Norwegian woman who was jailed in Dubai after she'd reported being raped there, finally came home to Norway...

Calls persist for Dubai boycott

Politicians at both ends of Norway's political spectrum continue to urge Norwegians to drop plans for holidays in Dubai, even though Dubai officials gave...

Dubai rape victim finally set free

UPDATED: Government authorities in Dubai, faced with a tourism boycott for jailing and convicting a young Norwegian woman who'd reported a rape, chose to...

July 22 memorials held nationwide

Memorials were being held all over Norway on Monday as state and community leaders lent support to survivors of the terrorist attacks of July...

Immigration viewed more favourably

Two years after a right-wing extremist Norwegian attacked the country's Labour Party-led government, claiming it was too open to immigration, a vast majority of...
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