Tag: politics

Government keeps oil and gas flowing

Labour Minister Hanne Bjurstrøm claims she had little choice but to step in during the night and head off an oil industry lock-out that...

Lock-out loomed at Norwegian rigs

Norway's oil and gas production faced shutdown this week, if oil industry officials went through with their threat to lock out all workers from...

Rig workers slam threatened lock-out

Leaders for oil rig workers who are striking over lost pension benefits were furious on Thursday after their employers threatened to shut down all...

New oil resources fuel skepticism

As the oil and gas industry eyes new resources in Norway's offshore Arctic, and celebrated another new discovery in the North Sea this week,...

Immigration agency gets new boss

The new head of the state agency that can decide the fate of foreigners in Norway is a 14-year veteran who started out as...

Progress Party upsets ambassador

Progress Party leader Siv Jensen and her deputy Per Sandberg want to throw all "Romanian beggars" out of Norway, even if they haven't committed...

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...
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