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Work rules issue splits government

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is facing another thorny issue that's dividing the three-party coalition government he leads. His two government partners won't back the...

Probe demanded of Libya bombings

Jan Egeland, the former Norwegian diplomat who now heads Human Rights Watch in Europe, is calling for an investigation into Norway's and NATO's bombing...

Tough times for outlying hotels

While hotels in many Norwegian cities and around airports are enjoying high occupancy rates, those in outlying areas keep struggling to fill their rooms....

More hospital patients get treatment

Norway's embattled hospital authorities now contend that more patients are receiving treatment in a more timely fashion after years of complaints, at least in...

‘A lot being done’ to melt China freeze

Norway's consul general in Guangzhou told an annual Norway-Hong Kong business seminar at the Grand Hotel in Oslo this week that the current diplomatic...

Parties tackle sexual abuse of power

Sexual harassment and even assault are believed to be far more widespread within Norway's political parties than most politicians want to admit. Now, after...

Sex scandal rocks another party

Norway's small Liberal Party (Venstre), which has been building itself up again under new leadership, was rocked by rape charges filed Monday against its...

Former mayoral candidate in court

A man who had seemed to be the leading candidate to become mayor of Stavanger in last autumn's election instead wound up defending himself...

Telenor gets some support in India

Things may be looking up for Telenor, after both a Norwegian and an Indian government minister came with some words of support on Tuesday....

Flags fly for Sami National Day

Norway has the largest indigenous Sami population in the Nordic countries, and thousands of them were celebrating what's known as Samefolkets Dag on Monday....
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