https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Every year Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of Oslo's Peace Research Institute (Prio) speculates on the likely winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. And every year he's wrong. Will this year's tip, Angela Merkel, buck the trend? https://www.thelocal.no/20151006/merkel-tops-peace-institutes-nobel-tips Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:40:03 +0200 merkel-tops-peace-institutes-nobel-tips Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg is under pressure to follow her German counterpart and stop sending refugees back to the country in which they first arrived in Europe. https://www.thelocal.no/20150831/solberg-pressured-to-follow-merkel-refugee-lead Tue, 01 Sep 2015 00:26:43 +0200 solberg-pressured-to-follow-merkel-refugee-lead The head of Nato has spoken admiringly of German chancellor Angela Merkel’s capacity for white wine, telling interviewers in Norway that when the two unwind over drinks: “let’s put it like this: she isn't the first to leave." https://www.thelocal.no/20150604/nato-head-lauds-merkels-drinking-prowess Thu, 04 Jun 2015 23:26:12 +0200 nato-head-lauds-merkels-drinking-prowess That Jens Stoltenberg, a staunch member of Norway's left-wing Labour party was put forward to the Nato leadership by Angela Merkel, the most powerful figure in Europe's centre right, says a lot about his broad appeal. https://www.thelocal.no/20140324/feature-stoltenberg-natural-choice-for-nato-head Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:10:00 +0100 feature-stoltenberg-natural-choice-for-nato-head Norway's new prime minister has warned German chancellor Angela Merkel that high unemployment rates in Europe could push young people to join extremist Islamist and far-right groups. https://www.thelocal.no/20131121/lack-of-jobs-could-spur-terrorism-and-far-right-solberg-warns-merkel Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:47:00 +0100 lack-of-jobs-could-spur-terrorism-and-far-right-solberg-warns-merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel “is a big part of Europe’s problem”, a Norwegian economics professor and star guest at an Ernst & Young seminar has told financiers. https://www.thelocal.no/20111117/merkel-europes-problem-professor Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:34:03 +0100 merkel-europes-problem-professor