Tag: politics

Biting criticism of Norwegian leaders

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre thinks he's "morally superior" and smarter than most, while Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is "not a strong leader."  These...

Opposition seizes on US criticism

Norway's two leading opposition parties in Parliament, the Conservatives and the Progress Party, quickly seized on harsh criticism leveled by US diplomats against the...

EU data snooping law set to pass

The government looks set to go along with a controversial EU directive to store telephone and e-mail traffic data for the inspection of the...

Foreign Minister discussed surveillance with Hillary Clinton

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre met with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday and among topics on the agenda was the controversial...

US blasts Norway’s anti-terror efforts, minister rejects criticism

Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget reacted strongly on Tuesday to critical remarks about Norway's anti-terrorism efforts made by the US ambassador to Norway and...

Aid agency gets new director

Norad, the Norwegian agency for administering foreign aid, has a new leader and she's not the traditional social anthropologist. Villa Kulild recently won government...

Stoltenberg fairly ‘alone’ in Cancun

Norway's prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, is the only government leader from western industrialized countries who has made the latest round of climate talks in...

Defense ministry on the defensive

Labour Party politician Espen Barth Eide has suddenly emerged as a powerful dealmaker in Norway's decision to buy new fighter jets from the US,...

Silence disrupts surveillance probe

A police investigation into controversial surveillance carried out by the US Embassy in Oslo has been stymied by the investigators' inability to question the...

More leaks test Nordic-US relations

A seemingly endless stream of revelations from US documents meant to be kept under wraps continues to stir questions and some bad feelings between...
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