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Government gains on refugee stand

NEWS ANALYSIS: There's been a sudden surge of voter support for Norway's two government coalition parties during the past week, just as both fend off...

Refugee debate rages on, more aid promised

Norway's government promised another billion kroner (USD 131 million) on Thursday in aid to Syrian refugee camps, while it continued to face a majority in...

Conservatives resist more refugees

Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre), which leads the country's coalition government, continues to resist calls by other parties for Norway to take in 10,000 more...

Solberg rallied her party troops

Prime Minister Erna Solberg, whose leadership has been directly challenged this week on several key issues, went on the offensive Friday as she opened her Conservative...

Brende defends aid to refugees

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende has struck back at critics who claim Norway has been too slow to respond to the boat refugee crisis in...

New refugee tragedy pressures coalition

Pressure grew on the Norwegian government coalition Sunday to finally send vessels to aid refugee rescue efforts in the Mediterranean, after news broke that as many...

Norway urged to aid boat refugees

Norway, known as a leading maritime nation, is facing rising calls to offer more help in tackling the thousands of boat refugees who try to cross...

Political support for more Syrians

The Norwegian Labour Party signaled on Thursday that there's now a majority in Parliament for Norway to accept as many as 10,000 more refugees from Syria who can...

Labour’s leader gathers his flock

Jonas Gahr Støre, the former foreign minister who now heads the Norwegian Labour Party, will be leading the party's annual national meeting for the...

Prosecutors seek five-year jail terms for alleged jihadists

Two Norwegian men charged with supporting the terrorist organization IS (Islamic State) should each be jailed for five years, prosecutors argued at the end...
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