Tag: politics

Kristiansand mayor fends off extortion threat

The new mayor of the southern Norwegian city of Kristiansand was met with a threat of extortion when he returned home one day last...

Climate talks start up again

UPDATED: Intense pressure from environmental, labour and business leaders and even bishops in the state church has prompted politicians to re-start talks on climate...

Security guards’ strike set to spread

An ongoing strike by security guards in Norway was due to spread on Wednesday to more airports and may start hurting offshore oil production....

Norway fights legal challenge from international tobacco giant

Norwegian authorities started defending themselves in an Oslo court this week against a challenge to their law that prevents the public display of tobacco...

New talks resume in local strikes

There was a new glimmer of hope on Tuesday that municipal employers and their striking employees might start resolving their differences. All parts in...

Tunnel trouble for transport minister

A hotly contested and expensive tunnel project in western Norway has dug up trouble for Transport Minister Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa, not least because it...

Norway pledges funds for maternal health care

Norwegian officials announced they'd be donating USD 80 million (around NOK 500 million) to a new US-initiated international program aimed at improving maternal health...

Sun shone on more friendly US talks

The weather seemed to cooperate as much as the two main players involved, when foreign policy leaders for the US and Norway wound up...

Unio keeps striking after others settle

One of Norway's biggest state labour organizations kept holding out for a bigger pay raise over the weekend, even after two of its counterparts...

Clinton hails US-Norwegian ties

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't spare her praise for Norway or downplay the close relations between the US and Norway during...
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