Tag: politics

Nobel Peace Prize winner finally arrived, to cheering supporters

PHOTO FEATURE: The new Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Corina Machado arrived in Oslo in the wee small hours of Thursday, too late for...

UPDATED: Støre averted a budget ‘crisis’

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre had to divert attention this week from international crises to another one looming at home. His government's proposed...

Greens drop out of state budget talks

UPDATED: Negotiations over the Norwegian Labour government's proposed state budget broke down during the weekend, at least among enough parties to form a majority...

Budget negotiations worry oil boss

Anders Opedal, chief executive of Norway's state oil and energy company Equinor, made it clear this week that he's not at all happy that...

Norway’s tariffs keep food prices high

Norwegians continue to face among the highest food prices in the world, and they keep going up at the grocery store. It's been a...

Norway rejected US plan for Ukraine

Norwegian government officials quickly joined their colleagues around Europe during the weekend in rejecting US President Donald Trump's proposal for peace between Ukraine and...

Demonstrator hung out in Oslo’s Christmas tree for London

It's almost become a tradition for something to go wrong with the Norwegian capital's annual gift of a Christmas tree for London. Some of...

Norway stung by new EU tariff

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegians may want to reconsider their longtime opposition to EU membership. On Tuesday it suddenly became more risky and expensive to remain...

Warm autumn about to end as climate talks continue in Brazil

It's been an unusually warm autumn in most of Norway this year, with temperatures averaging 5C over "normal" levels and fueling a sense of...

New leader for ‘liberal Conservatives’ will re-open EU membership debate

When Ine Eriksen Søreide finally confirmed her candidacy as the new leader of Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre) just before the weekend, she not only...
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