Tag: politics

New ‘butter crisis’ looms

Officials at Norwegian dairy cooperative Tine are trying to ward off another looming "butter crisis" like the one that left grocery store shelves bare...

Draft-dodger named top defense adviser

Labour Party politician Atle Ottesen says he was "young and idealistic" when he refused to perform military duty after being drafted in the late...

Labour opts for openness after all

The Labour Party's new government minister Hadia Tajik gave in to demands from the parliament on Friday and decided that the testimony of government...

Prisoners protest price hike

Ordinary Norwegian consumers aren't the only ones starting to revolt against high and rising prices at the grocery store. Inmates at the high-security prison...

New landmark opens in Oslo

The new Astrup Fearnley Museum of contemporary art has already become an instant landmark on the waterfront of the Norwegian capital, even before its...

Women still want to rule at home

Most Norwegian couples now share equal responsibility for child care, with a new study showing that the vast majority of fathers in Norway take...

No soft start for new foreign minister

Espen Barth Eide, who suddenly took over as Norway's new foreign minister on Friday, really had to hit the ground running. He was already...

Johnsen ‘must’ stem flow of oil money

Norwegian Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen has a problem that many of his colleagues in other countries would love to have: Norway now has so...

Jens presents his re-election team

Labour Party leader Jens Stoltenberg wants a third term as Norway's prime minister, and on Friday he revealed a new ministerial line-up aimed to...

Stoltenberg shakes up government

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, acutely aware that his government coalition parties have taken a dive in public opinion polls, was expected to announce a...
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