Tag: politics

King Harald honoured King’s Bay victims

King Harald, the president of the Norwegian Parliament, Dag Terje Andersen, and Labour Minister Anniken Huitfeldt were among those taking part in a memorial...

US election hype in Norway, too

No national elections stir as much interest outside a country's borders as do those in the US, and political activists from both the right...

July 22 grilling begins in parliament

They're billed as the most important and comprehensive special hearings to be held in the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) for many years. The first of five...

Speculation swirls over Chinese chat

UPDATED: For the first time in two years, there's been some top diplomatic contact between Norway and China. Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported Monday that...

Solheim looks forward to new job

Erik Solheim, the veteran Norwegian politician who lost his ministerial position in a government re-shuffle last spring, has finally re-emerged with the sort of...

Norway’s leaders on major Asia tour

Norway's top government leaders are winding up a major tour through Asia that has included an official visit to Japan, the opening of a new...

New conflicts gush over oil drilling

Just a day after the winner of this year's Rafto Prize warned in Bergen that oil companies are "destroying lives" with environmentally irresponsible drilling,...

Fishing industry still fears retaliation over higher import tariffs

Norway's huge and important fishing industry remains deeply worried that its seafood exports will be slapped with higher customs duties, in retaliation for the...

Health boss quits, critics relieved

Bente Mikkelsen, who's been at the center of a storm of criticism over health care in southeastern Norway, quit her top bureaucratic post Thursday...

Prosecutors seek four-year prison term for mayor

State prosecutors declared in a court in Lillehammer on Thursday that the popular mayor of a small mountain community should spend four years in...
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