Tag: politics

Whaling protests die down

After years of being on the defensive, Norwegian officials reportedly have begun to relax a bit after a marked decline in international protests over...

Portrait of Norway’s ‘powers that be’

It's traditional for King Harald and Queen Sonja to invite the politicians forming Norway's government (cabinet) for seasonal dinners, but this year's pre-summer gathering...

No fines for minor drug offenses

Norway's left-center government seems ready to try using "motivational dialogue" with drug users instead of simply issuing fines to those found with relatively minor...

Aid group bashes Støre over Gaza

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is being bashed by both aid workers and even some of his own Labour Party colleagues, after he...

Ex-Labour leaders deny halting book

Former leaders of Norway's Labour Party, including current Council of Europe leader Thorbjørn Jagland, flatly deny a report in newspaper Dagbladet over the weekend...

SV lacks support for F35 audit

Neither the Labour Party nor the Conservative Party will support a proposal by the Social Left Party (SV) to order a parliamentary audit of...

Official silence on Libya talks and bombings

Norway's foreign and defense ministries continued to decline comment on reports that Oslo is among the cities where discussions are being held between representatives...

Ambassador’s food blog boils over

Norway's ambassador to Afghanistan stirred up a storm of controversy this week when he wrote about his passion for good food and wine, and...

New courses to fight anti-Semitism

Norway's minister for education, Kristin Halvorsen, has reacted to recent figures about increasing anti-Semitism in schools by introducing courses for teachers that will instruct...

SV critical of own government over fighter jets

Norway's Socialist Left party (SV), one of the three parties forming the country's coalition government, has little faith in its own government's numbers regarding...
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