Tag: politics

Ski-VM to profit despite unsold seats

There were still 75,000 tickets available this week to the Nordic World Ski Championships (Ski-VM 2011) that starts in Oslo on Wednesday,  and only...

Ambassador breaks WikiLeaks silence

US Ambassador Barry White has been complaining about Oslo-based newspaper Aftenposten for months and finally went public with his criticism of Norway's largest daily...

Speculation rife over cabinet shuffle

Reports of changes in the Norwegian government’s ministerial cabinet have intensified, with the replacement of beleaguered Health Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen expected. Fellow ministers Jonas...

Norway joined NATO in suppressing reports of civilian Afghan deaths

New WikiLeaks releases, accessed by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, continue to embarrass the Norwegian government as well as the US', with latest revelations suggesting that...

Norway hosts Philippines peace talks

Norway is hosting peace talks this week between the government of the Philippines and communist rebels, in a new effort to end their 40-year...

Government hails Egyptian people

Norway's government leaders joined their counterparts all over the world in hailing the perseverance of the Egyptian people who succeeded in forcing change through...

‘Postpone the monster masts’

Campaigners against the "monster mast" power lines in Hardanger have told ministers that they would like to see the project postponed or at the...

Norway poised to reject directive

Norwegian politicians now look likely to vote against implementing a European Economic Area (EEA) directive on the storing of personal data – which would...

Labour unveils 99 integration tactics

The largest party in Norway’s governing coalition, the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet, Ap), has put forward 99 new proposals to improve social integration of immigrants...

Movement starts to hail Odd Nerdrum

One high-profile Norwegian artist has launched an effort to secure national acclaim for another, Norwegian figurative artist Odd Nerdrum, by urging that Nerdrum be...
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