Tag: politics

Bondevik loses peace center base

Former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik has to move his fledgling Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights out of its fashionable headquarters,...

Smooth sailing for Norway and Russia

Relations seem better than ever between Norway and Russia, following a few recent conflicts over salmon imports, human rights, business trouble for Telenor and...

Sky-high home prices spark concern

Norway's residential real estate market has never been hotter, report brokers and bankers, and concerns are rising that it may boil over and go...

Fiesty farmers protest subsidy deal

One Norwegian farmer set fire to his tractor this week. Others drove their tractors and livestock trucks slowly on major highways to create traffic...

Stoltenberg floated as a new IMF boss

Norway's popular prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, is being mentioned among various candidates to take over as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), after...

Norway re-thinks Burma policies

Norway has started talking with some new leaders in Burma, but state secretary Espen Barth Eide insists the Norwegian government won't let itself be...

Sri Lanka upset over asylum cases

Norway's ambassador to Sri Lanka has been called in for an apparent scolding by Sri Lankan authorities in Colombo, after Norwegian officials helped 12...

Celebrations were a boost for king and integration

Norway's national day celebrations on Tuesday sent out two strong messages, according to local media on the morning after: King Harald and the Norwegian...

War vets receive record compensation

The Norwegian government, immersed in campaigns to boost recognition for military veterans, has been paying out record amounts of compensation to those suffering psychological...

‘End of an era’ for Vinmonopolet

Norway's state wine and liquor monopoly, Vinmonopolet, was ending an era this week by phasing out the last of its retail outlets where customers...
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