Tag: politics

Stoltenberg keen to lead central bank

Jens Stoltenberg has, as expected, added his name to the list of applicants vying to take over as chief of Norway's Central Bank. Stoltenberg's...

Little holiday cheer in ‘lockdown light’

It's not normal for the metro platform at Oslo's busy National Theater station to be almost empty on a Tuesday during the Christmas holiday...

State helps ease electric shocks

The government finally connected over the weekend with Norwegians shocked by their suddenly sky-high electricity bills. Starting next month, the state will provide rebates...

Government vows power bill relief

There's no main emergency switch he can pull, but Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is promising various forms of financial compensation for Norwegians hit...

Willoch hailed for ‘changing Norway’

Tributes to the man who liberalized, modernized and changed Norway forever kept pouring in on Tuesday, after news that Kåre Willoch had died at...

High electricity rates spark much debate

As if a new Corona chill and suddenly freezing temperatures weren't enough, Norwegians are already reeling from record-high electricity rates as much as four...

More restrictions loom after outbreak

Health Minister Ingvild Kjerkol warned that more anti-Corona measures may be imposed in Norway later this week, following last week's outbreak of the new...

Ex-justice minister’s partner heads for jail

Laila Bertheussen, the live-in partner of a former Norwegian justice minister, was supposed to be back in court this week in another appeal of...

Omicron stirs up new uncertainties

The value of Norway's currency, the krone, was falling once again this week in a new sign of economic uncertainty tied to the Omicron...

New Corona battle began at midnight

Both Norway's Labour Party-led government and the City of Oslo had to give in to another round of Corona restrictions that took effect from...
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