Tag: politics

Stoltenberg sums up the year

As Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg got ready to take some time off for "juleferie" (Christmas holidays), he looked back on a year featuring a...

Free parking no longer free

State officials are making another concerted effort to get Norwegians to walk, cycle or use public transportation instead of driving their cars to work....

Norway involved in China-Tibet talks

Norwegian officials have in all secrecy been contributing economically to funding meetings between Chinese authorities in Beijing and representatives for Dalai Lama's Tibetan government...

New Palestinian embassy not popular with the Israelis

Palestinian plans to upgrade their representative office in Oslo to a full-fledged embassy may become a reality late next year, but not without protests...

Norway condemns arrests in Belarus

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre joined the European Union and US on Monday in condemning police violence and mass arrests of opposition leaders in...

Ex-ambassador mum on WikiLeaks

Benson Whitney, the former US Ambassador to Norway, won't comment on the ridicule and derogatory reports he wrote home to Washington about Norway. While...

Predator protest latest of many

Farmers from all over Norway held their latest noisy protest in front of the Parliament (Stortinget) in Oslo on Friday, this time against protection...

Government ‘passive’ on Krekar

Mullah Krekar, arguably Norway's least popular refugee, likely won't be sent out of the country any time soon. Documents made available by WikiLeaks indicate...

Bureaucrats sought Americans’ help

Several top Norwegian bureaucrats have revealed internal workings of the Norwegian government to diplomats at the US Embassy in Oslo, according to documents made...

New US Embassy was put on hold

Construction of a new US Embassy complex at Huseby on Oslo's north side has been controversial and the subject of various lawsuits. Now it...
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