Tag: politics

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...

Nobel brings the EU to Norway

It took a Nobel Peace Prize to assemble so many leaders of the European Union (EU) in Oslo that they could hold a summit...

‘Now it’s the EU’s turn’ to win

Former Solidarity leader Lech Walesa and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev won their Nobel Peace Prizes for helping to reunify and stabilize the European...

Security high for ‘Peace Prize Days’

The barricades around Oslo's City Hall, armed police on the streets and military helicopters whirring overhead seemed at odds with the message of peace...

Bergen orchestra latest target of Chinese anger

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra has felt forced to drop a long-planned and much-anticipated tour to China next year, after it failed to get the...

Torchlight protest failed to ignite

Only a few hundred EU skeptics turned out Sunday evening to protest the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision to award this year's Nobel Peace Prize...

EU trio defends their Nobel prize

Three top officials of the European Union (EU) arrived in Oslo on Sunday to collect, and also defend, the Nobel Peace Prize that will...
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