Tag: politics

New ‘salmon tax’ stirs up a storm

Of all the new and higher taxes proposed in the Norwegian government's highly contested state budget, none has grabbed more attention than the one...

Climate measures fail to impress

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre can't seem to win these days. Just as his Labour Party crashed in public opinion polls again, Støre also...

Norway’s ‘climate bomb’ contained

It's being called the beginning of the end of the oil age in Norway: State oil and energy company Equinor's decision to put development...

Commission recommends arming police

Norwegians seem to reluctantly be accepting that their police carry arms. Norway long prided itself on having generally unarmed police, but threats of terrorism...

Cash poised for a comeback

After years of being dismissed as old-fashioned and a security risk, cash may soon re-emerge as a state-mandated means of payment in highly digitalized...

Broken promises hurt the government more than the war

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has lurched from crisis to crisis during his minority government's first year in office, and found himself...

Police strike back at latest rash of street violence

Calling them a bunch of "extreme bullies," Oslo police were not at all happy with groups of young men who set off more violence...

Russia accuses Norway of ruining relations

A spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry lashed out at Norway on Wednesday, claiming that officials in Oslo are "on a destructive course" towards...

Spy suspect won’t answer questions

A university researcher arrested in Northern Norway last week on charges of actually being a Russian spy has decided not to cooperate with police...

Russian fishing pact offers some ‘light in the darkness’

Right in the midst of arguably their most serious conflict ever, Norway and Russia have managed to agree on new fishing quotas for next...
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