Tag: politics

Government owes widowers millions

Around 3,500 Norwegian widowers are still owed pension money denied to them by a 1976 law that was ruled to discriminate on the basis...

Few aware of oil revenue rule

Norway's so-called "handlingsregelen," the rule that limits use of oil revenues, may well be the most important monetary regulation in the county. Few Norwegians,...

‘Norway bombing the most’

Norwegian fighter jets reportedly have bombed at least 130 targets in Libya since the UN-backed military intervention began last month, meaning that Norwegian pilots...

New debate looms over fighter jets

Norway's defense ministry needs to renew the country's fleet of F16 fighter jets, but plans to spend tens of billions on new fighter jets...

Deported refugee cleared for return

UPDATED: She's back. Madina Salamova, also known as Maria Amelie, has been granted working permission back in Norway, three months after she was deported...

Journalist finally released in Libya

UPDATED: Ammar Al-Hamdan, a Norwegian cameraman who works for worldwide news service Al-Jazeera, has been released in Libya, with the help of the Palestinian...

Krekar ‘can’t be sent to the gallows’

He wore out his welcome in Norway long ago, after violating the terms of the asylum he was granted and causing repeated offense, but...

Post-scandal polls hit Progress Party

Two recent polls conducted by the Norwegian media have shown a sharp decline for Norway's most conservative party, the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp), which...

Grocery store owners fight back

Norway's grocery store owners are refusing to take the blame for the country's high food prices and relatively poor selection of goods. A state...

Labour leaders lose on EU post veto

The Labour Party's national meeting over the weekend didn't end quite how party leaders had wanted it to. Labour Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and...
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