Tag: politics

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...

Norway resists using its oil money

Oil revenues continue to pour into Norway but government officials won't use them to build all the new schools, roads or railways the country...

Farmers furious over subsidy offer

Norway's farmers are the most heavily subsidized in Europe if not the world, but they're still not satisfied. Now their demands for hefty increases...

Stoltenberg admits to medal error

A hard-pressed Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg admitted, under tough questioning in Parliament on Wednesday, that it was an error to have the country's defense...

Stoltenberg denies snubbing the king

UPDATED: Reports of a touchy, alleged conflict between the government and King Harald were playing out in Norwegian media on Tuesday, after newspaper Dagbladet...

Conservatives expel ‘nynorsk’

A majority within the Conservative Party (Høyre) surprised observers and even their own leaders by voting to make studies of the Norwegian language known...

Norway set to cut Libya involvement

Defense Minister Grete Faremo told the Norwegian Parliament on Monday that if NATO continues its UN-backed military intervention in Libya beyond its initial three-month...
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