Tag: politics

Diesel debate in high gear

Government officials are considering a string of proposals to improve air quality by restricting automobile use, and one of them has sparked especially heated...

Progress Party falls to new low

A new public opinion poll leaves Norway's most conservative party, the Progress Party, with just 11.1 percent of the vote. That means it's lost...

Teachers’ decline blamed on low pay

Researchers, not just the labour unions representing teachers, are now blaming relatively low pay for what they claim is a marked decline in the...

News from Burma cheers Norway

News this week that Burma's government was releasing political prisoners, after earlier easing press censorship and showing other signs of more openness, cheered Burma-watchers...

Støre makes new overture to China

It's been widely claimed that China "lost face" when the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded last year's Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident. Norway's...

Gjørv tackles Norway’s toughest job

Alexandra Bech Gjørv isn't one to shy away from challenging assignments, but the one she accepted after last summer's terrorist attacks ranks among the...

PM prepares to pay some calls

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will be packing his bags again after having accepted two important invitations on either side of the Atlantic. He'll be...

Effort grows to revive ‘Nansenpass’

As government officials hail Norway's famed explorer and humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen this year, refugees in Oslo wish they'd take more to heart Nansen's efforts...

Conflict lingers over last year’s prize

A new Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in Oslo on Friday but Norway is still feeling the ill effects of last year's prize to...

EU rises in Peace Prize speculation

UPDATED: Thorbjørn Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, has often referred to the European Union (EU) as one of the greatest peace experiments...
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