Tag: politics

Stoltenberg’s Twitter jeopardy

Security specialists are criticizing Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg for making himself an easy target for terrorists. Last April Stoltenberg "Twittered" his way through Europe...

US bucks Norway’s views on Svalbard

New research shows that the US, often called Norway's most important ally, won't support Norway's policies for its claims to the Arctic archipelago of...

Støre condemns document leaks

UPDATED: Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre downplayed revelations from leaked US diplomatic documents on Monday, and condemned that they'd been made public by...

Pension fraud suspects face prison

A state prosecutor asked a court in Oslo to jail two retired politicians, one for six months and the other for 60 days, claiming...

Data retention veto may hurt

If Norwegian politicians veto an EU-directive on data retention, the country may find itself out of favor with EU officials in Brussels. Norway's Labour...

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...
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