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Finance minister in court after receiving threats

A man charged with threatening Norwegian Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen apologized directly to Johnsen when both had to appear in court on Monday. The man...

Expeditions late for South Pole party

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was flown into the South Pole this week and now some of the leaders of new polar expeditions have resorted...

Butter slips back onto the shelves

Grocery stores in Norway received some small shipments of butter on Monday from dairy cooperative Tine, but supplies weren't expected to last long. Meanwhile,...

Eide finally moved up the ranks

Espen Barth Eide had been branded the "eternal state secretary" before he finally was tapped to be Norway's new defense minister last month. After...

Safari tour lands MPs on defensive

Four Norwegian Members of Parliament were fending off criticism on Friday after they ditched a session of the UN climate conference in Durban, South...

Calls rise to bust butter ‘monopoly’

An ongoing lack of butter in Norwegian stores has sparked new calls for the country's powerful dairy cooperative Tine to be broken up. One...

Støre unsure about four more years

The next national elections are still two years away, but many politicians are already pondering their futures after the fall of 2013. Norway's highly...

Trusted adviser tackles ‘toughest’ job

One of the most trusted advisers to embattled Health Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen was taking over one of the Norwegian health sector's toughest jobs on...

Butter shortage keeps spreading

State agriculture officials cut more regulatory fees on dairy products this week, in another effort to ease a butter shortage that continues to spread...

Defense minister escaped bombing

New Norwegian Defense Minister Espen Barth Eide was still in Afghanistan on Tuesday when a series of suicide bombers went on the attack, but...
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