Tag: politics

Temper tantrum results in apology

Cabinet Minister Liv Signe Navarsete, embattled leader of the small Center Party, apologized on national radio Thursday morning for losing her temper and yelling...

Grocery business dodges bullets

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian grocery stores have the highest prices in Europe and the worst selection of goods, according to consumer advocates, and, reportedly, a...

Power without responsibility, responsibility without power

COMMENTARY: The Norwegian Study of Power and Democracy was a five-year government-mandated effort overseen by five academic experts charged with assessing what’s going on...

Protests greet new data storage law

Members of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) used more than nine hours to debate a controversial new data storage law pressed upon them by the...

Norway renews anti-piracy effort

After months of fending off criticism over its contribution to international anti-piracy efforts, Norway's Defense Ministry has decided to send surveillance aircraft to Somalia,...

‘Sad day’ as maternity wards close

The Norwegian government has finally decided to push forward with plans to downgrade local maternity ward services in Odda, Lærdal and Lofoten, and close...

Norwegian workers’ wages increased

Representatives of Norway's employers and workers have reached an agreement in their annual wage negotiations - with 200,000 private sector workers in industry, construction...

New sex scandals shake Progress Party

Norway's conservative Progress Party is having another bad week. After defending their handling of criminal sexual misconduct charges filed against a top party official...

Much more traffic chaos expected

Tens of thousands of Oslo-area train passengers once again had to spend hours trying to get to their destinations on Wednesday. A new report...

Norway won’t send arms to Libya

The Norwegian government will neither send arms to the opponents of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi nor contribute to any moves to send ground troops...
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