Tag: Royals

Monarchy faces more criticism

The canons were fired from Oslo's Akershus Fortress at precisely noon on Monday, to celebrate Queen Sonja's 79th birthday on the 4th of July....

Royals apologize for guard’s rough behaviour

Both the Royal Palace and the king's police escort service have apologized to an elderly woman in Bodø, after one of the king's bodyguards pushed...

Royals cruise through jubilee journey

King Harald and Queen Sonja have been sailing on their royal yacht down the Norwegian coast this week, arriving in Trondheim on Thursday for a...

State visit linked Norway and Poland

Poland's new president, Andrzej Duda, arrived in pouring rain on Monday and left in sunshine on Wednesday after his first three-day state visit to Norway....

Terror threat raises some royal concerns

Norway's royal family plans to travel to Stockholm this weekend for the Swedish king's 70th birthday celebrations, but heighened terror concerns in Sweden may alter the...

Alarms ring over palace security

Five years after a lone right-wing terrorist drove a bomb-laden van right up to the entrance of Norway's government headquarters, with devastating results, the Royal Palace...

Transparency calls get even louder

Norwegians have begun taking to the streets with their growing demands for more transparency, within business and finance, government and even sports organizations and the...

Tajik subjected to racist abuse

Norway's largest website, tied to major tabloid newspaper VG, reported its toughest week ever last week in terms of having to block scores of racist comments from...

Royals cost double their budget post

Calls were going out again on Monday for more and improved financial disclosure around public expenditures tied to Norway's royal family. New estimates show that Norwegian...

Man jailed for threatening royal family, prime minister and the government

A 22-year-old man was finally ordered held in custody this week, after allegedly making repeated threats against Norway's royal family, Prime Minister Erna Solberg...
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