Tag: politics

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...

Lawmakers drop trip to China

The finance committee of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) has decided to drop a planned trip to China, because it was unlikely any Chinese officials...

Norway among EU’s most obedient

Norwegian lawmakers and bureaucrats obediently follow directives issued by the European Union (EU), now probably on controversial data storage rules as well, even though...

Death and scandal over bad roads

Norway's notoriously inadequate road system has now left transport officials fending off claims of death and scandal. As a court case opened last week...

Brazil grabs Norway’s attention

Top Norwegian government officials were heading back to Brazil this week, marking their third ministerial visit in recent months. They think Brazil has emerged...
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