Tag: politics

Norway calls for more US ‘humility’

The Norwegian government doesn't think the US-led withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan last month was the "extraordinary success" that US President Joe Biden...

Election turns into a ‘political thriller’

With less than two weeks to go before Norway's national election, polls indicate nothing less than what commentators are calling a political thriller. The...

Oil tax changes shift exploration risk

The Conservatives' Oil Minister Tina Bru and Finance Minister Jan Tore Sanner surprised just about everyone Tuesday evening, when they proposed some climate-friendly changes...

Afghan evacuation ‘completely over’

Norway pulled its last remaining military personnel out of Afghanistan in the early morning hours of Monday. That also brings an end to the...

Minister ‘wakes up’ to el-scooter danger

Transport Minister Knut Arild Hareide now claims to be "deeply worried" over the ongoing rise in serious accidents involving electric scooters, and how they...

Høie ‘uneasy’ over new Corona record

Health Minister Bent Høie now admits to being "uneasy" about the record numbers of new Corona cases being registered in Norway, mostly among young...

Defense minister comes under fire

Frank Bakke-Jensen has stirred controversy in his role as defense minister on earlier occasions, but this week he was all but being publicly shamed....

Police and special forces sent to Kabul

Norwegian police and members of the military's special forces have been sent back to Afghanistan, while Norway's military field hospital in Kabul has to...

Tide turns in the election campaign

Norway's Center Party and its leader Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, long considered the "joker" in next month's parliamentary election, have suddenly slumped in public opinion...

Oslo residents want to halt oil production

A majority of Norwegians still want to search for more oil, but not those living in Oslo and several other Norwegian cities. Yet another...
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