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Conservatives gain and gather

Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg could gather her flock for their annual national meeting in Oslo this weekend, buoyed by new public opinion polls...

Wolves also divide ruling coalition

Wolves split coalition. Sp want culling. SV would allow more carnivores.

Gulf crisis plays into Lofoten conflict

It took them a while, but Norwegian environmental advocates and some top politicians are now sounding alarms over BP's oil rig disaster in the...

Opposition grills Stoltenberg

Last week Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was being hailed for settling a border dispute with Russia's president. This week he was accused of lying...

Unemployment rate ‘artificially low’

Norway has been boasting the lowest unemployment rate in Europe for months, but researchers now suggest the real numbers of Norwegians out of work...

Wounded soldiers back in Norway

The two Norwegian soldiers who were most seriously wounded in Afghanistan over the weekend have been flown back to Norway for further treatment. Now...

Closure looms for Oslo hospital

Vigorous protests and even a march on May Day haven't helped improve the diagnosis for Aker University Hospital in Oslo. The popular local hospital...

Critics blast ‘moon landing’ delay

The government's decision to delay its so-called "moon landing" project -- expensive carbon recapture at Statoil's Mongstad power plant -- has set off a...

Jens postpones his ‘moon landing’

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who famously equated his government's carbon recapture plans at a major west coast power plant to a "moon landing," seems...

Power struggle threatens critical polar research

Norway managed to settle a 40-year-old conflict with Russia this week over their Arctic areas, but two Norwegian government ministries reportedly can't agree themselves...

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