Tag: politics

Budget battle tests new government

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and his new Labour-Center minority government is being put to the test this week, over its newly revised, proposed...

Now Norway’s own climate fight looms

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway supports the dramatic outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, with Norwegian officials insisting it's "major step in the...

Forced mergers can be reversed

Norway's new Labour-Center government is busy offering to reverse mergers that were forced upon many counties and municipalities by the former Conservatives-led government. Warnings...

New anti-Corona measures after all

After weeks of rising Corona infection in Norway, and dubious new records set just in the past few days, the Norwegian government is finally imposing...

Speculation swirls over Stoltenberg

Speculation has been swirling for months over whether Jens Stoltenberg, the former Norwegian prime minister who's headed NATO since 2014, will soon be moving...

‘Police need help’ in a nervous Oslo

A recent rash of shootings, robberies and now even another threatening situation in broad daylight have suddenly raised questions about how safe a city...

New commission to study extremism

The Norwegian government plans to set up a new commission to examine ways of preventing radicalization. The plans were announced in connection with a...

Støre accused of more ‘blah, blah…’

NEWS ANALYSIS: Halfway through the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Norway is still mostly throwing more money at others to cut emissions while...

Norwegian Navy embarrassed again

As if a frigate collision, its scrapping and other fleet problems weren't enough: Now one of the Norwegian Navy's newest, biggest, most expensive but also...

Norway bids ‘adieu’ to ‘au pair’ system

New Labour Minister Hadia Tajik is keen to scrap the country's long-criticized "au pair" system, on the grounds it exploits young people from abroad...
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