Tag: politics

Crown prince defies Baku trip critics

Crown Prince Haakon led a Norwegian delegation to an oil industry conference in Baku in Azerbaijan as planned on Monday, despite widespread and unusual...

Laid-up leader vows quick comeback

Siv Jensen, the high-profile leader of Norway's opposition Progress Party, sent signals from her hospital bed over the weekend that she may be down...

Norway backs extended Libyan operation

The Norwegian government supports NATO's decision to extend its military intervention in Libya by another three months. It's unclear, however, whether Norway can continue...

Embarrassed party under attack

UPDATED: Norway's small but powerful Center Party (Senterpartiet, Sp) was under attack from all sides on Wednesday after news broke that it had consciously...

Government quarrels over emissions

Norway's left-center coalition government has stayed united and in power for nearly six years, but quarrels continue. Now the three parties making up the...

Center Party hushed up call for oil law changes

Norway's oil and energy ministry, long run by politicians from the small, rural-oriented and anti-EU Center Party (Senterpartiet, Sp), hushed up a two-year conflict...

Even more reason to wave their flag

Norway’s relatively high standard of living, built up over the past few decades with oil and gas revenues, has once again resulted in an...

A police chief out of the ordinary

Øystein Mæland, tapped late last week to be Norway’s new chief of police, is a psychiatrist and Labour Party veteran who’s held a long...

More bombing details due after all

Norwegian defense officials, under criticism over their reluctance to share details about bombing raids over Libya, now promise to be more open. They’ll start...

Duck family walks out on Stoltenberg

Under the personal protection of Jens Stoltenberg and some of his security people, Norway's most famous duck family checked out of the prime minister's...
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