Tag: politics

Norway blasts North Korean attack

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said Norway's government condemned North Korea's attack on South Korean territory this week, not least since it hit...

SV leader wants to keep leading

Kristin Halvorsen has led her political party, the Socialist Left (SV), longer than anyone else in Norway, and shows no signs of giving up...

Norway plots Afghan withdrawal

UPDATED: Three of Norway's top government ministers traveled to the NATO summit in Lisbon on Friday, where the war in Afghanistan was high on...

‘No permission given’ for US surveillance

Justice Minister Knut Storberget shared what he's learned so far about a controversial US Embassy surveillance program in Oslo with members of  the Norwegian...

Storberget’s seven-point plan

Justice Minister Knut Storberget tackled a US Embassy surveillance scandal in Parliament on Wednesday, and offered seven proposed measures for trying to limit such...

MPs’ pension rules ‘unclear’

UPDATED: Former prime ministers Gro Harlem Brundtland and Kåre Willoch are the latest in a string of top politicians called in to testify in...

More state funds for elder care

Norway's left-center coalition government is handing over another NOK 1 billion for elder care, after recent criticism that it wasn't doing enough for the...

‘Police knew about surveillance’

The US Embassy told Oslo's police chief about its then-new surveillance program when it was being launched 10 years ago, reports newspaper Aftenposten. That...

Foreign Minister denies EU trouble

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre apparently thinks that reports of deficient contact between Norwegian officials and their counterparts at the European Union (EU)...

Christian Democrats find their leader

Norway's small and struggling Christian Democrats party (Kristelig folkeparti, Krf) has finally found the leader they hope will bring them out of the shadows...
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