Tag: politics

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...

Top politicians to debate welfare state

Top international politicians, including some government leaders, were to meet in Oslo later this week for a conference aimed  at preserving social welfare states...

Peres criticizes Norway on Hamas

Israeli President Shimon Peres has criticized the Norwegian government's refusal to classify Hamas as a terrorist organization, claiming that the country has "suddenly changed...

Norway boxing ban shocks Holyfield

Former four-time world heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield has expressed surprise at Norway's ban on professional boxing, as a number of opposition parties in...

Source admits Gadhafi bombing

Anonymous sources reported in the Norwegian press claim that Norwegian fighter jets have been involved in bombing missions that have targeted the home of...
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