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 The meeting in Washington on Thursday between US President Donald Trump and Norway's PM went well, with Trump expressing his love for Norway. But did anything concrete come of it? https://www.thelocal.no/20250425/a-great-ally-what-came-out-of-norway-pms-meeting-with-trump Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:05:50 +0200 a-great-ally-what-came-out-of-norway-pms-meeting-with-trump The European Commission responded that the EU had been 'a boon' for the United States after President Donald Trump claimed it had been born to 'screw' the US, laying bare his hostility to the longtime US partners as he detailed new tariffs. https://www.thelocal.no/20250227/europeans-hit-back-after-donald-trump-says-eu-was-born-to-screw-us Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:27:39 +0100 europeans-hit-back-after-donald-trump-says-eu-was-born-to-screw-us Donald Trump hasn't even moved back into the White House -- but the volatile US president-elect has already rattled his counterparts in Europe. https://www.thelocal.no/20250110/dont-add-fuel-to-fire-europe-tries-to-play-it-cool-as-storm-trump-approaches Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:04:26 +0100 dont-add-fuel-to-fire-europe-tries-to-play-it-cool-as-storm-trump-approaches A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize is far from a guarantee that Donald Trump will become the laureate in Norway, a country generally chilly to his cause. https://www.thelocal.no/20200909/why-trump-is-unlikely-to-win-norways-nobel-peace-prize Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:56:54 +0200 why-trump-is-unlikely-to-win-norways-nobel-peace-prize "Trust in Trump's America is gone." The coronavirus crisis has caused a dramatic deterioration in the European public perception of the US and left many believing the EU had become "irrelevant", new polling finds. https://www.thelocal.no/20200629/how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:22:08 +0200 how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu The historic Singapore summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will lead to speculation over a possible Nobel Peace Prize for the pair, but it’s still early days, say experts in Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20180612/early-days-for-speculation-over-trump-kim-jong-un-nobel-say-norwegian-analysts Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:34:03 +0200 early-days-for-speculation-over-trump-kim-jong-un-nobel-say-norwegian-analysts The Norwegian police said Tuesday they had closed an investigation into Donald Trump's fake Nobel Peace Prize nomination after failing to identify the person behind it. https://www.thelocal.no/20180508/trumps-fake-nobel-nomination-to-remain-a-mystery Tue, 08 May 2018 16:45:06 +0200 trumps-fake-nobel-nomination-to-remain-a-mystery Eighteen Republican lawmakers from the United States have sent a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in which they recommend President Donald Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the ongoing peace process on the Korean peninsula. https://www.thelocal.no/20180503/donald-trump-nominated-to-norwegian-nobel-committee-for-peace-prize Thu, 03 May 2018 12:04:11 +0200 donald-trump-nominated-to-norwegian-nobel-committee-for-peace-prize Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg says she is concerned by the current trend of protectionism in the light of tariffs on metal imports implemented by Donald Trump and retaliatory measures by China. https://www.thelocal.no/20180406/norways-pm-solberg-hits-out-at-trump-protectionism-in-speech Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:18:53 +0200 norways-pm-solberg-hits-out-at-trump-protectionism-in-speech The Norwegian Nobel Institute said Wednesday it had filed a police report after receiving a seemingly fraudulent nomination for the US president. https://www.thelocal.no/20180301/trump-nomination-for-nobel-peace-prize-possibly-a-fake Thu, 01 Mar 2018 09:29:40 +0100 trump-nomination-for-nobel-peace-prize-possibly-a-fake Christian Democrat MP Knut Arlid Hareide tried to get Foreign Minister Børge Brende to weigh in on the prospects of a President Donald Trump assuming the White House, but the minister artfully dodged the question. https://www.thelocal.no/20160303/norways-leaders-dodge-questions-on-donald-trump Thu, 03 Mar 2016 10:42:04 +0100 norways-leaders-dodge-questions-on-donald-trump