Tag: politics

‘New form of debate’ promised

With local elections due across the country on September 11 and 12, Norwegians and their political representatives are discussing how the election campaign and...

Norwegian jets return from Libya

Norwegian F-16 fighter jets that have been assigned to the NATO operations in Libya returned home on Monday, as Norway's direct involvement in the...

Labour support surges after attacks

The Norwegian Labour Party has received record levels of support in opinion polls taken during the week after the terrorist attacks on Oslo and...

Norway drops US surveillance case

Public outcry last fall over allegedly illegal surveillance of Norwegian citizens by the US Embassy in Oslo has ended with silent acceptance of the...

Labour may draw sympathy vote

The Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet, Ap) is likely to enjoy a new boost of support following the recent terrorist attacks in which it was...

Norwegians take back their capital

The flags were still flying at half-mast and a few helicopters still whirred overhead, but Norwegians took to the streets of their capital on...

National Theater’s rehab costs rise

It may cost Norwegian taxpayers nearly NOK 700 million or more to rehabilitate the country's 112-year-old National Theater in Oslo. Debate is already underway,...

Norway boosts aid to famine victims, seeks talks with Al-Shabaab

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced that Norway would be sending more aid to famine victims in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, after also telling...

Worried premier gathered the troops

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg interrupted his summer holidays and those of several others to host an emergency session on the debt crises in Europe...

Debate flies over aid for beggars

Last week police and city officials were actively breaking up illegal and unsanitary camps set up in downtown Oslo by mostly Romanian beggars who...
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