Tag: politics

Trains running on time!

Trains that run on schedule normally don't prompt headlines, but in Oslo they do. After years of delays, cancellations and generally unreliable service, it...

‘Russ’ partying may be delayed

Graduating students known as "russ" in Norway may be able to party with even more abandon from 2013, after the Labour Party announced this...

Royal guards march to a tougher role

They're often referred to as "pyntsoldater" (decorative or ceremonial soldiers) who stand guard outside royal properties, march in parades and perform in international competitions....

Battles loom over new military plans

Norway's top military brass must prepare for battle with politicians and members of their own ranks, after presenting their advice and specific long-term plans...

High school accused of ‘apartheid’

A high school in Oslo was ordered by city education officials to immediately halt its practice of segregating classes by ethnic background, saying they...

Progress Party hit from all sides

NEWS ANALYSIS: Per Sandberg, deputy leader of the Progress Party, was still being widely denounced on Thursday after he accused the Labour Party of...

Tears of anger in Parliament

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's call for more love and solidarity after last summer's terrorist attacks seemed all but forgotten on Wednesday, when a top...

Troms energy firm in more trouble

Troms Kraft, the largest energy company in Northern Norway, has reported accounting irregularities at its Swedish subsidiary, Kraft & Kultur, that suggest revenue has...

New Progress Party sex scandal emerges

Norway's most conservative political party, the Progress Party, was fending off another sex scandal within its ranks this week, the third this year involving...

Norway tops in cancer survival

After months of crisis headlines about Norwegian hospitals comes some good news: Norwegian cancer patients have among the highest survival rates in the world....
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