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Injured divers appeal to Strasbourg

They were pioneers in the earliest days of North Sea oil exploration but have paid a heavy price for their deep and dangerous dives...

‘Godmother Gro’ hailed in Rio

Former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland was the target of much attention in Rio de Janeiro this week, at the latest international climate...

Prime minister plans holiday

Norway's jet-setting prime minister was flying down to Rio on Wednesday, for more climate talks with other world leaders, but after that the pace...

Borrowers avoid interest rate hike

Norway's central bank board has ignored some economists' calls for a hike in interest rates. Just a day after even Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg...

Progress Party sends a message to refugees: ‘Live like Norwegians!’

Norway's most conservative party is proposing new criteria for approval of refugees' applications for asylum in Norway: Dress like Norwegians, communicate in Norwegian, get...

New butter woes spread cost cut calls

Norway's two largest non-socialist parties, the Conservatives (Høyre) and the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp), think it's possible to cut billions in state funding for...

Small parties are in big trouble

NEWS ANALYSIS: This week's ministerial changes in Norway's left-center coalition government are another sign of near-crisis within one of the coalition's two small parties (Senterpartiet, Sp)....

Landowners sue state

Three landowners in Norway are suing the Norwegian state, claiming compensation for losses they incurred after being prohibited from raising annual rental rates on...

Stoltenberg shakes up government

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced the replacement on Monday of two Center Party ministers in the government coalition he leads. The shake-up is widely...

Driving costs shift into high gear

As the summer driving season sets in, comes news that the already-high costs of driving a car in Norway have accelerated in recent years....
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