Tag: politics

Solberg wins nod over Stoltenberg

Few Norwegians need a Christmas holiday to revive and cheer them up more than Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, after one of the most challenging...

Norway’s food confirmed as most expensive in Europe

Consumers in Norway have known it for years, but now Norwegian food prices have been confirmed once again as the highest in Europe by...

Dominant dairy draws more flak

Several grocery store owners claim Norway's dairy conglomerate Tine, which regulates and controls the national market, still isn't managing to produce enough butter to...

Mayor sentenced, resigns his post

UPDATED: Rune Øygard, a once popular and powerful Norwegian mayor with ties to the highest levels of the Labour Party, was sentenced to four...

Munch celebrated amidst quarreling

Norway's most famous artist, Edvard Munch, would have turned 149 years old on Wednesday. He'll be the subject of a local jubilee for the...

Non-socialist bloc loses popularity

A new public opinion poll shows gains by both the coalition government's Labour and Socialist Left parties, at the expense of a non-socialist bloc...

Norwegians join insurgents’ fight

UPDATED: Norway's military intelligence chief has confirmed that Norwegian citizens have traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan, fought on the side of insurgents and even...

Better test scores cheer minister

Finally some good news for Education Minister Kristin Halvorsen: After years of seeing Norwegian students fall behind in international test scores, she could finally...

Stoltenberg met EU leaders alone

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg had the company of EU leaders and those heading EU member governments mostly to himself this week, after his...

Large turnout to hail prize winners

More than 2,000 people hailed the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize Monday evening, even though organizers of the traditional torchlight parade had...
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