Tag: politics

‘Guilty’ plea fuels oil sands opposition

Greenpeace was among environmental groups calling on Norwegian oil company Statoil to finally heed ongoing calls for it to pull out of its controversial...

Still in mourning, but on the job

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has had to shift focus from world affairs to tragedies at home since terror struck Norway on July 22,...

Mayoral candidate sets off storm

Carl I Hagen, the former high-profile head of Norway's most conservative political party, officially retired two years ago but quickly admitted that he missed...

Election campaign finally cranks up

Political differences have been brushed aside in Norway following last month's terrorist attacks, but with municipal elections looming in just four weeks, the country's...

July 22 attacks commission appointed

Members of the independent commission to review the July 22nd terrorist attacks were named on Friday by Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. The commission...

Police answer terror critics

The Norwegian police has rejected the idea that its response to the Oslo bombing and Utøya shootings could have been any faster under the...

Breivik ‘knew al-Qaeda members’

Newspaper VG has revealed that the suspect for the Oslo bombing and Utøya shootings, Anders Behring Breivik, wrote a string of unchallenged posts on...

Calls to tackle racism after attacks

Issues of racism and discrimination continue to be hotly debated in Norway in the aftermath to the Oslo bombings and Utøya shootings that the...

Soldiers come home from Libya

Norwegian soldiers who have returned from the NATO operations in Libya this week have described their experience in the military conflict, while domestic criticism...

‘Fjordman’ reveals identity

36-year-old Peder Jensen has given an interview to Norwegian newspaper VG where he reveals that he is the man behind the "Fjordman" blog referenced...
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