Tag: politics

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...

White House finally extends invitation

In the midst of seemingly endless embarrassing revelations about the low opinion some US officials have had of Norwegian politics and politicians, comes a...

Government party under probe

Questions have arisen over whether government minister Liv Signe Navarsete should continue reporting for work as usual. She heads the small farmer-friendly Center Party,...

Støre and US ambassador have a chat

US Ambassador Barry White put in a call to Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, after a new round of confidential US documents released...

More harsh truths from WikiLeaks

NEWS ANALYSIS: A new batch of confidential documents made available by website WikiLeaks, and mostly stemming from the US Embassy in Oslo, reveal more...

Norway willing to discuss taking prisoners from Guantanamo

Among all the confidential documents pouring out of WikiLeaks is the account of a meeting Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre had with new...
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