Tag: politics

Progress Party falls to new low

Norway's conservative Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp) continues to suffer in the polls in the run-up to local elections across the country this autumn, as...

Career politician wins new top job

Veteran politicians in Norway don't just fade away. They often become fylkesmenn - county governors. The latest example is Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, who lost...

Lawmakers get a pay raise

The salary commission for the Norwegian Parliament has proposed raises for lawmakers that are below what state employees received after this year's pay negotiations....

Treholt vows to take case further

Convicted Cold War spy Arne Treholt has told the Norwegian media that he is considering a number of options for having his case re-opened,...

Pro-EU movement in shambles

Proponents of Norwegian membership in the European Union (EU) are few and far between these days, and the organization promoting EU membership is itself...

Union boss stirs emissions storm

One of the most powerful men in Norway, union boss Roar Flåthen, has set off uncertainty over the government's commitment to cutting greenhouse gas...

Health minister rejects ‘crisis’ claims

Norway's largest hospitals in the nation's capital aren't the only ones facing severe budget problems that many are calling a "crisis." Health Minister Anne-Grete...

Religious racism shocks officials

The city officials in Oslo who ordered a report on racism and anti-Semitism in Oslo schools say they've been shocked by its findings: Jewish...

Party leader released from hospital

Siv Jensen, leader of Norway's most conservative political party, was back on her feet and released from hospital by Wednesday. She's still officially on...

New effort to expel foreign convicts

Justice Minister Knut Storberget is making another effort to send foreigners convicted of crimes in Norway back to their home countries, to serve their...
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