Tag: politics

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...

Budget more expansive than expected

The senior economist at Norway's biggest bank, Kyrre Aamdal, said the state budget presented to Parliament by the left-center government on Thursday held "no...

A tighter budget for turbulent times

Norway's left-center government presented what it calls a tighter state budget for 2012 with a large surplus, amidst warnings that even the strong Norwegian...

Fortune tax stirs up new storm

Norwegian labour union boss Roar Flåthen is normally a great ally of Norway's Labour-led government but now even he has spoken out against one...

Opposition blasts the government

It didn't take long for the opposition parties in Parliament to blast the government's agenda as presented when the 2011-2012 session opened this week....
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