Politics

It was the must-have game last year, and it seems that Norway’s Prime Minister is still enjoying playing Pokémon GO in 2018. Erna Solberg, who has been Prime Minister of …

Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide and EU’s High Representative Federica Mogherini have decided to convene an extraordinary session of the international donor group for Palestine, the Ad Hoc Liaison …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Rogaland County on the ticket of the Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti), Olaug Bollestad V, has advocated the need to achieve gender parity …

Norway’s prime minister has presented three new government ministers in a minor reshuffle of her two-party coalition following a general election last month. Prime Minister Erna Solberg said Friday that …

Norway’s conservative prime minister, Erna Solberg, will be able to govern for four more years following Monday’s (11 September) elections if she continues to work with the right-wing, anti-migrant Progress …

Exit polls suggest Norway’s center-right coalition government is ahead, although the election appears too close to call. The poll for the public broadcaster NRK projects the center-right coalition could finish …

Today, Norwegians will go to the polls for their country’s parliamentary elections. While the next prime minister will undoubtedly hail from either the centre-left Labour Party or the incumbent centre-right Conservative …

What’s the story?   Norway goes to the polls on 11 September to decide whether the outgoing Conservative prime minister, Erna Solberg, or her Labour rival, Jonas Gahr Støre, will …

Norwegian Labor Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre reached out to voters with a brutally honest pledge — he’s going to raise their taxes if elected prime minister next week. A …

Norwegian airport operator Avinor has officially opened the new Nkr 3.7bn (US$468m) terminal at Bergen Airport, in Flesland, Norway. Opened on time and within budget, the terminal has the capacity …

The world’s three most populated countries, China, India and the United States, have a more positive view about the EU than close neighbours like Russia, Norway and Switzerland, a Eurobarometer …

Five countries have extended sanctions against the Crimea until June 23, 2018. Norway, Albania, Montenegro, Georgia and Ukraine made the decision subsequent to that of the EU. This is noted …

A 92-year-old man has been awarded a Norwegian Medal of Honour for the role he played in liberating the country 72 years ago. Kenneth Foster, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, served as …

Oslo Forum 2017 opened Tuesday with participation of officials from numerous countries and international organisations, including Iran’s Foreign Minister, the US former Secretary of State, Indonesia and Norway Ministers of …

Iceland, Lichtenstein, and Norway want to be part of the EU’s transitional deal with the UK after the latter leaves the bloc in April 2019. “We need to find solutions …

Norwegian Minister of EEA and EU Affairs Frank Bakke-Jensen is to visit Estonia on Monday and Tuesday to sign an EEA and Norway grants agreement with Estonia for a new …

POPE Francis said on Saturday a third country, such as Norway, should try to mediate the dispute between North Korea and Washington, to cool a situation that had become “too …

Norway’s ambassador to Turkey has been summoned to Turkey’s Foreign Ministry after Norway granted refugee status to five former Turkish military officers allegedly linked to the Fetullah Terror Organization (FETO), …

A Viking woman buried in Denmark more than a millennia ago was born in Norway, an archaeologist has discovered. Her case highlights once more that the Vikings were mobile people, …

Norway’s Foreign Minister Borge Brende on Thursday reacted to Pristina’s plans to turn the Kosovo Security Force into an army. “I urge Kosovo authorities to refrain from transformation of the …

Norwegian Finance Minister Siv Jensen in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Oslo Mohammad Hassan Habibollahzadeh underlined the need for the removal of banking obstacles hindering the broadening of trade …

Denmark and Norway announced they have removed travel warnings to Egypt’s South Sinai cities of Sharm El-Shiekh, Dahab and Saint Catherine, state news agency MENA reported on Friday. A statement …

Norway’s former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik was detained for questioning at Dulles Airport in Washington, Friday. Authorities held Bondevik, who served as prime minister from 1997-2000 and 2001-2005, for …

A spat over the re-appointment of a judge to a European court has given rise to accusations of politicians meddling with the judiciary. The country in question? Norway. The controversy …

Government’s believes in ‘dialogue and cooperation to create mutual trust’ as solution to ending conflict Norway announced on Monday that it would limit its funding to Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) …