Tag: politics

New ministers step into the sunlight

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg marched out of the weekly Council of State at the Royal Palace on Friday with three new members of the...

Conservatives’ MP reveals stroke

Per-Kristian Foss, a Member of Parliament and one of the Norwegian Conservative Party's most high-profile politicians over the past three decades, has revealed that...

Norway’s dilemma over Belarus

Norway has found itself in another awkward dilemma over what some Norwegian politicians and human rights activists call "the dictatorship at our doorstep," Belarus....

Solheim out in ministerial shake-up

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) was reporting Wednesday night that the new head of the government's Socialist Left party (SV) has ousted veteran SV politician and...

Politician believes he was cursed by Sami opponent

The acting mayor of a town in northern Norway claims another politician from the Sami Parliament put a curse on him because he'd voted...

Paradox over fate of refugee children

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has been hit from all sides over his refusal, at least so far, to halt the deportation of children whose...

Foreign minister fends off favoritism

UPDATED: Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre took the unusual step of calling in reporters on Tuesday afternoon to an unscheduled press conference, to...

Farmers’ income up 8 percent

The average income of a Norwegian farmer rose by 8 percent in 2010, the most recent reporting year, reports state statistics bureau SSB. The...

Storm of support for refugee children

NEWS ANALYSIS: They're called "asylbarn" in Norwegian, children of refugees whose applications for asylum in Norway have been rejected by immigration authorities. Debate over...

Politician links drug use to parliamentary pressure

Henning Warloe, the politician for the Conservative Party (Høyre) who's been charged with possession and use of narcotics, has told Norwegian media that pressure...
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