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Controversial royal visit to weapons producer proceeded as planned

Crown Prince Haakon went ahead with his planned visit to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth, Texas this week amidst criticism back home in...

Finance minister ‘on steady course’

Norway's left-center government coalition aims to keep the country's strong economy on what Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen called "a steady course" when he released...

Norges Bank won’t follow Europeans

The European Central Bank cut its already-low key interest rate last week but Norway's own central bank didn't follow along. The board of Norges...

Cities reject state government’s plan to help and control beggars

City governments in Oslo, Bergen, Tromsø and Bodø are among those turning down new funding offered by the left-center state government to both accommodate...

NATO boss on whirlwind visit

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and members of the North Atlantic Council were making the rounds of Norwegian military installations, Arctic research centers,...

New labour boss makes history

The election of Gerd Kristiansen as the new boss of Norway's largest trade union federation LO means that the country's two most powerful positions...

‘Russ’ keen to move up exams

Norway's non-socialist political parties want to move up the date of high school students' final year exams to before the Constitution Day holiday on the 17th of...

Høyre faces tough coalition-building

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre) is leading the pre-election campaign race in public opinion polls, but doesn't want to lead a new government alone....

Labour’s tax relief upstages Høyre

On the very day that Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre) was wrapping up its national meeting and rallying its troops to seize government power, Labour...

Bombing repairs face long delay

It's likely to take at least another decade before Norway's state government officials can move back into a new headquarters complex in the heart...
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