Tag: politics

Corona vaccine arrives in Norway

Prime Minister Erna Solberg could smile over news that Norway is getting much more Corona vaccine than initially planned, and it finally arrived on...

Oil ministry scolded over Equinor

Norway's State Auditor General (Riksrevisjonen) has concluded that the government has done a poor job following up on its large ownership stake in state...

Anti-immigration party in crisis

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's Progress Party, the most conservative in Parliament and best known for its anti-immigration policies, is in crisis after the leader of...

Biden welcome, not his Arctic oil ban

The vast majority of Norway's top and mostly liberal politicians welcomed the news this week that Joe Biden finally has been officially elected as...

Citizenship delays frustrate applicants

Permanent foreign residents now eligible for dual citizenship in Norway have become surprised, frustrated and even angry over how difficult and time-consuming the process has...

Høie blasted over imported infection

Health Minister Bent Høie has played a heroic role during Norway's battle against the Corona virus, but now he and the government are accused...

Rules tighten for entering Norway

Norway is tightening border control but also loosening the rules for the country's controversial "quarantine hotels." Travelers from abroad won't have to spend their...

State finally tries to rein in el-scooters

After nearly two years of urban chaos, Norway's transport ministry is finally proposing some new regulation of electric scooters that are loved by some...

Shaming immigrants didn’t help top pols

Some top politicians in the conservative Progress Party may have gone too far in their apparent attempts to blame immigrants for everything from rising...

EFTA questions quarantine hotels

Debate has been swirling around Norway's new "quarantine hotels" that opened last month, right after the country's Corona virus containment measures were tightened. Now...
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