Tag: politics

Wizz Air defies a threatened boycott

Low-fare carrier Wizz Air announced on Thursday that it's opening a new base in the central Norwegian city of Trondheim, defying an expanding boycott...

Stalled UK trade deal stirs concern

Norway's and the UK's failure to strike a new post-Brexit free trade agreement by January 1 is unleashing new concerns, even with an interim...

New battles loom over defense plan

NEWS ANALYSIS: Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen still has to fend off more attacks on the government's long-term defense plan, even after his second-try at...

Diplomat questioned over Epstein ties

Norway's foreign ministry has joined those questioning the ties that one of its most well-known former diplomats, Terje Rød-Larsen, had to disgraced financier and...

Norway joins new Russia sanctions

Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide confirmed on Thursday that Norway is attaching itself to new sanctions that the European Union (EU) is imposing against...

High court boosts MP’s jail term

Norway's Supreme Court has added four months to the jail term handed down to Mazyar Keshvari, a former Member of Parliament for the conservative...

Russian ‘downturn’ long time coming

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Jonas Gahr Støre, leader of the opposition in Parliament, could agree on at least one thing on...

‘Historic’ reaction to Russian hacking

The Norwegian government is mounting what commentators are calling an "historic" reaction against Russia. It was front-page news on Wednesday after Foreign Minister Ine...

Half the wolf population under threat

Wildlife commissions in four regions of southeastern Norway sided with ranchers and landowners on Thursday in calling for a wolf hunt aimed at wiping...

Liberals get a lift in the polls

Norway's small Liberal Party (Venstre) seems to finally be reversing a long trend of miserable standings in public opinion polls. Another new measure of...
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