Tag: politics

Immigrant employment ‘misleading’

Human Rights Service (HRS), an Oslo-based foundation that studies immigration and integration, is accusing the Norwegian government of presenting a misleading picture of immigrant...

Danes concede to ‘cheese war’ truce

Denmark's trade minister remains unhappy over the Norwegian government's decision to boost import tariffs on cheese and meat, to protect domestic producers, but she's...

Fjord-side museum would draw most

A new Munch Museum built next to the Opera House on the Oslo Fjord at Bjørvika would attract twice as many visitors as would...

Munch masterpieces back home again

One of the most popular and highly acclaimed exhibitions of the works of famed Norwegian artist Edvard Munch has finally opened back home in...

Chinese leaders still mad at Norway

Politicians in China are in the midst of a major, scheduled leadership transition this fall but there aren't any signs there will be a...

Royal respects for Karin Stoltenberg

UPDATED: King Harald and Queen Sonja were among the many who gathered at a chapel in west Oslo on Tuesday to pay their last...

Norwegians invest in border trade

As increasing numbers of Norwegians head over the border to do their grocery shopping in Sweden, where prices are lower and selection is greater, fellow...

Mayor’s trial enters final week

The trial of a Labour Party mayor accused of sexually assaulting a young teenage girl over a period of two years entered its final...

Alarms ring for ruling coalition

Despite brave smiles in public, the results of more public opinion polls are setting off alarm bells, if not death tolls, for the left-center...

Brekk defends pork dumping

Lars Peder Brekk, former agriculture minister for the farmer-friendly Center Party, isn't at all bothered that Norwegian pork growers are producing more meat than...

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