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 Norway's former prime minister Erna Solberg has said she would be willing to serve as a minister in a coalition government headed by the populist Progress Party. https://www.thelocal.no/20250103/norways-opposition-leader-opens-up-to-serving-in-populist-right-wing-government Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:33:28 +0100 norways-opposition-leader-opens-up-to-serving-in-populist-right-wing-government Norway said Thursday it had summoned the US embassy's top official in Oslo to lodge an official protest following a report that Washington had spied on Norwegian and other European leaders. https://www.thelocal.no/20210603/breaking-norway-summons-us-ambassador-over-spying-claims Thu, 03 Jun 2021 18:47:56 +0200 breaking-norway-summons-us-ambassador-over-spying-claims Norway will on May 27th begin step two of its four-step plan to reopen and lift Covid-19 restrictions, Prime Minister Erna Solberg announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20210521/norway-to-enter-next-stage-of-lifting-covid-19-restrictions-next-week Fri, 21 May 2021 16:31:22 +0200 norway-to-enter-next-stage-of-lifting-covid-19-restrictions-next-week Norway will use "Covid-19 certificates", or vaccine passports to ease restrictions for those that have been vaccinated, the Prime Minister announced on Wednesday. Here are the details. https://www.thelocal.no/20210505/covid-certificates-norway-reveals-plans-to-people-give-more-freedoms Wed, 05 May 2021 19:42:04 +0200 covid-certificates-norway-reveals-plans-to-people-give-more-freedoms Erna Solberg has been fined 20,000 kroner for her role in planning a dinner party at a restaurant in Geilo, southern Norway, in February. https://www.thelocal.no/20210409/norwegian-prime-minister-fined-for-covid-19-rules-breach Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:38:55 +0200 norwegian-prime-minister-fined-for-covid-19-rules-breach Police are questioning witnesses and have confirmed that they plan to question Prime Minister Erna Solberg after she breached local and national coronavirus rules. https://www.thelocal.no/20210322/police-to-question-norwegian-prime-minister-over-covid-19-rule-break Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:31:33 +0100 police-to-question-norwegian-prime-minister-over-covid-19-rule-break Police are launching an investigation into Prime Minister Erna Solberg's birthday celebrations, which breached local and national Covid-19 restrictions. https://www.thelocal.no/20210319/norwegian-prime-minister-apologises-after-breaking-own-covid-19-rules Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:11:02 +0100 norwegian-prime-minister-apologises-after-breaking-own-covid-19-rules Can we hug now? Is the coronavirus still as dangerous? When will a vaccine be ready? Norway's prime minister on Thursday answered a volley of questions from children eager to see the end of the pandemic. https://www.thelocal.no/20200904/how-covid-19-gave-norwegian-kids-a-lesson-in-democracy Fri, 04 Sep 2020 13:05:12 +0200 how-covid-19-gave-norwegian-kids-a-lesson-in-democracy The Progress Party is officially out, with a raft of appointments to Prime Minister Erna Solberg's new minority government. https://www.thelocal.no/20200124/here-is-norways-new-minority-government Fri, 24 Jan 2020 18:50:56 +0100 here-is-norways-new-minority-government After announcing its decision to quit Norway’s coalition government on Monday, the populist Progress Party has already named three areas on which it will challenge Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s administration. https://www.thelocal.no/20200121/three-potential-clashes-between-norways-progress-party-and-government Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:18:52 +0100 three-potential-clashes-between-norways-progress-party-and-government A minority administration is set to rule Norway after the Progress Party's decision to leave the coalition government. https://www.thelocal.no/20200120/what-next-for-norways-government-after-break-up-of-coalition Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:53:53 +0100 what-next-for-norways-government-after-break-up-of-coalition Norway's decision to allow a woman linked with the Islamic State terror group back into the country on humanitarian grounds could have far-reaching consequences for the government. https://www.thelocal.no/20200116/how-norways-help-for-child-of-isis-mother-could-topple-government Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:06:56 +0100 how-norways-help-for-child-of-isis-mother-could-topple-government Prime Minister Erna Solberg says demand is key in considerations of how Norway will approach gas and oil extraction in future. https://www.thelocal.no/20191009/norways-pm-promises-to-keep-looking-for-oil-as-long-as-it-is-profitable Wed, 09 Oct 2019 21:50:36 +0200 norways-pm-promises-to-keep-looking-for-oil-as-long-as-it-is-profitable Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg has described the timing of a trade pact with the South American grouping Mercosur amid raging fires in the Amazon as "awful". https://www.thelocal.no/20190827/norway-regrets-awful-timing-of-trade-pact-with-south-america Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:58:20 +0200 norway-regrets-awful-timing-of-trade-pact-with-south-america 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 Labour leader Jonas Gahr Støre and Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Wednesday exchanged views in parliament over the debate that led to the resignation of former justice minister Sylvi Listhaug. https://www.thelocal.no/20180321/opposition-leader-says-pm-has-not-understood-what-debate-is-about-as-fallout-from-norway-political-crisis-continues Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:47:37 +0100 opposition-leader-says-pm-has-not-understood-what-debate-is-about-as-fallout-from-norway-political-crisis-continues Norway's right-wing government could resign this week if the justice minister loses a no-confidence vote after she triggered outrage among survivors of a 2011 gun massacre, media reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.no/20180318/norway-government-may-fall-on-ministers-no-confidence-vote Sun, 18 Mar 2018 15:31:14 +0100 norway-government-may-fall-on-ministers-no-confidence-vote Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg appealed to US president Donald Trump’s business instincts over the Paris Agreement in a press conference following a bilateral meeting at the White House. https://www.thelocal.no/20180111/paris-agreement-provides-business-opportunities-norway-pm-solberg-to-trump Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:49:53 +0100 paris-agreement-provides-business-opportunities-norway-pm-solberg-to-trump She presents herself as the safeguard of continuity, he champions the fight against inequality: Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Labour opposition leader Jonas Gahr Støre are facing off in Norway's legislative elections on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170911/solberg-vs-stre-the-leaders-battling-for-the-norwegian-premiership Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:56:19 +0200 solberg-vs-stre-the-leaders-battling-for-the-norwegian-premiership You can be the happiest people in the world and still toy with the idea of change: oil-rich Norway votes Monday in a general election that could be uncomfortably close for the outgoing right-wing government. https://www.thelocal.no/20170907/worlds-happiest-country-norway-mulls-change-of-course Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:00:31 +0200 worlds-happiest-country-norway-mulls-change-of-course