Tag: politics

Cross-border shoppers unite

Thousands of Norwegians who regularly travel over the border to shop in Sweden are now banding together through an online organization aimed at getting...

Afghan pullout spurs debate, refugees

Six weeks after Norway officially withdrew most of its troops from Afghanistan, debate continues to rumble over the results of the country's 11-year involvement...

State-owned Telenor under scrutiny after doing business with dictators

Norwegian Trade Minister Trond Giske is now among those demanding some answers from state-owned Telenor over the business it does with dictatorships in Central...

Jens jabbed in another book

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg hasn't been having a very good year, and now he's being jabbed by yet another of his government colleagues who...

State oil company keen to avoid taxes

Statoil, Norway's state-controlled oil company, was threatening this week to move some of its operations out of Norway if the government goes through with...

New begging restrictions loom

State officials from various political parties are once again mounting efforts to limit begging on the streets of Oslo and elsewhere in Norway. While...

Former top cop in the hot seat

Ingelin Killengreen, who served as director of Norway's state police in the 10 years leading up to last year's terrorist attacks in Oslo, was...

CO2 levels rise again on Svalbard

The impact of global warming has mostly fallen off the front pages of Norwegian newspapers recently, but new evidence from Norway's far northern archipelago...

Police director wants to continue

Odd Reidar Humlegård made it clear he was only "filling in" when he assumed the top job as state police director last summer, following...

Giske ‘looks forward’ to address charges of camaraderie

Trade Minister Trond Giske claims he's looking forward to face a disciplinary committee in the Norwegian Parliament that's decided to probe charges he tried...
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