Tag: politics

Solberg wards off a new refugee influx

The Norwegian government is neither prepared nor willing to open the country's doors to any of the millions of asylum seekers Turkey is now...

Fisheries minister decides to resign

UPDATED: Norway's embattled new fisheries minister Geir Inge Sivertsen, now facing a lack of confidence vote in Parliament, decided to resign Friday evening after weeks...

Severance pay stirs up a new storm

Critics are questioning how top Norwegian politicians can claim lucrative severance pay when they leave office, leading to suspicions of greed at taxpayer expense....

Dual citizenship subject to delay

Norwegian immigration agency UDI seems to have been caught off-guard by a recent flood of citizenship applications. Norway finally began allowing dual citizenship on...

Russia turns up the heat on Svalbard

Norway is resisting being drawn into a power struggle that's heating up over important areas of the chilly Arctic. Russia, China and the US...

Parliament prefers Bernie over Trump

Bernie Sanders is the favourite US presidential candidate among Norway’s Members of Parliament, according to a new survey by newspaper Klassekampen. Sanders has the...

Judge questions severity of NAV scandal

A retired Norwegian Supreme Court justice has taken it upon himself to evaluate the grounds for a series of welfare fraud convictions deemed by...

Norway sends more refugee aid to Syria

Norway has become highly restrictive in taking in refugees itself, but was willing this week to donate NOK 77 million (USD 8.4 million) in...

Labour keen to shoot more wolves

Norway's Labour Party is drawing fire over a controversial new proposal to make it easier to shoot more wolves in Norway. As the wolf...

Norway nudges Saudi Arabia

Human rights were on the agenda when Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide visited Saudi Arabia this week during a Middle East tour filled with...
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