Tag: politics

Leaders like Jens’ company

Norway's popular prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, has been rubbing elbows once again with a whirl of international leaders. His country's oil wealth and energy...

Strikes set off state-led shake-up

This year's wave of strikes, the worst of which finally ended over the weekend, has unleashed a rash of criticism from all sides. Prime...

Climate pact froze out Progress Party

A political drama at the Parliament this week finally ended with a new package of measures meant to help stop climate change. The Labour-led...

Israel sends ‘unconventional’ envoy

After years of tensions between Israel and Norway, the Israeli government has responded by sending a new ambassador to Oslo who's a non-Jewish professor...

Government party wants to allow 16-year-olds to vote

Norway's Socialist Left party (SV), one of three parties making up the country's left-center government coalition, wants 16-year-olds to be able to vote both...

State workers head back to work

The last of Norway's striking public sector workers have finally agreed to go back to work, but not happily. Their lead negotiator, viewed as...

Prime ministers flock to Norway

June is always a busy month in Norway, with a rash of meetings before the summer holidays begin and high season for visitors. It's...

Unio strikers closer to settling

As a nationwide strike by security guards entered its sixth day on Thursday, another ongoing strike by state workers represented by labour organization Unio...

Strike over for all municipal workers

UPDATED: One of the biggest and lengthiest strikes to hit Norway in nearly 30 years ended during the night, after three labour organizations representing...

Stoltenberg target of death threats

Last Friday, while Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was welcoming the US Secretary of State to Norway, police were mobilizing to arrest a man for...
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