Tag: politics

Anti-oil protests clogged traffic

Police in Oslo arrested 29 young activists from the radical environmental group Extinction Rebellion Norway on Monday, after they blocked traffic at a busy...

Bitter end to being ‘a good NATO ally’

NEWS ANALYSIS: As more flights land in Oslo with evacuees from Afghanistan, there's no end to the soul-searching over Norway's involvement in the war-torn...

Another survey backs oil industry

Support for climate-oriented political parties in Norway is rising and anti-oil activists mounted a demonstration Thursday that shut down a major oil terminal. Recent...

Conflicts plague both the right and left

NEWS ANALYSIS: Internal policy disagreements plague both sides of Norwegian politics, meaning post-election conflicts loom no matter who wins on September 13. The bloc...

Debate venue made some news itself

When Norway's top politicians gathered on a hilltop in Arendal for their first major pre-election debate earlier this week, the setting was perhaps unwittingly...

Climate reined at party leader debate

Hundreds of thousands of Norwegians gathered around their TVs Monday night to watch Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK)'s first major debate of the election campaign season....

Norway closing its embassy in Kabul

Norway joined other western allies late Friday afternoon in announcing closure of their embassies in Afghanistan, at least temporarily. The announcement came after the...

PST sees a rise in far-right threats

Norway's police intelligence agency PST is reporting a rise in reports of far-right radicalization among young Norwegian men and even teenagers. The heightened concern...

Norway’s climate policy defies UN

NEWS ANALYSIS: The front pages of Norwegian newspapers on Tuesday were all prominently featuring the UN's dire report this week that deadly climate change...

Coalition chaos plagues campaign

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's parliamentary election campaign is well underway, but voters don't know what kind of government they'll actually get after polls close on...
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