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 government is to make a new announcement on coronavirus travel restrictions today. Could it open up for the wives and girlfriends of Norwegian citizen or relax tourism rules? https://www.thelocal.no/20200625/is-norway-about-to-relax-its-strict-coronavirus-travel-rules Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:45:04 +0200 is-norway-about-to-relax-its-strict-coronavirus-travel-rules Norway's main public health body has warned the government that it needs to start preparing the public for a coronavirus peak which will require more than a thousand people to be treated in intensive care at the same time. https://www.thelocal.no/20200408/norways-coronavirus-epidemic-is-still-to-come-health-agency Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:29:46 +0200 norways-coronavirus-epidemic-is-still-to-come-health-agency Norway's government has announced plans to open kindergartens from April 20 in the first stage of a gradual lifting of the country's coronavirus lockdown. https://www.thelocal.no/20200407/norway-to-open-kindergartens-from-april-20-as-first-step-to-end-lockdown Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:13:12 +0200 norway-to-open-kindergartens-from-april-20-as-first-step-to-end-lockdown Norway's government is planning to drive through a temporary coronavirus law which allows it to sidestep existing laws and issue new regulations without parliamentary debate. https://www.thelocal.no/20200318/norway-to-rush-through-emergency-coronavirus-law Wed, 18 Mar 2020 17:53:27 +0100 norway-to-rush-through-emergency-coronavirus-law A senior politician for Norway's far-right Progress Party has called for a total moratorium on new refugees in Oslo, as her party mulls what price it will demand for staying part of Norway's coalition government. https://www.thelocal.no/20200117/populist-politician-demands-refugee-moratorium Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:28:18 +0100 populist-politician-demands-refugee-moratorium Following victory in Norway’s September 11th general election, Norway’s Conservative party and it’s populist coalition partner the Progress Party have another four years to set the political agenda in the oil-rich welfare state. https://www.thelocal.no/20170926/what-eight-years-of-right-wing-rule-will-mean-for-foreigners-in-norway Tue, 26 Sep 2017 10:00:00 +0200 what-eight-years-of-right-wing-rule-will-mean-for-foreigners-in-norway Norway’s prime minister Erna Solberg spoke about menstruation at an anti-poverty event in New York City on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170919/on-new-york-visit-norway-pm-solberg-speaks-about-menstruation Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:20:33 +0200 on-new-york-visit-norway-pm-solberg-speaks-about-menstruation After clinching a narrow victory in Norway's legislative elections, Prime Minister Erna Solberg will start out with a fragile second mandate, given her weaker majority and less conciliatory allies. https://www.thelocal.no/20170912/bittersweet-election-victory-for-norway-pm-solberg Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:58:27 +0200 bittersweet-election-victory-for-norway-pm-solberg Collaboration between Norway’s four conservative parties in the event of a majority in next week’s general election depends on several key issues. https://www.thelocal.no/20170905/climate-could-be-key-for-norways-conservative-parties Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:33:49 +0200 climate-could-be-key-for-norways-conservative-parties Carl Bildt, a former Swedish prime minister, says that immigration is not causing as many problems for the country as Norway’s immigration minister Sylvi Listhaug depicts. https://www.thelocal.no/20170830/norway-former-sweden-pm-gives-support-to-cancellation-of-listhaug-meeting Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:08:10 +0200 norway-former-sweden-pm-gives-support-to-cancellation-of-listhaug-meeting In a televised election debate, opposition leader Jonas Gahr Støre spoke in some of his strongest terms yet over Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s leadership. https://www.thelocal.no/20170830/norway-election-labour-leader-stre-ramps-up-criticism-of-pm-over-nationalists-in-debate Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:38:32 +0200 norway-election-labour-leader-stre-ramps-up-criticism-of-pm-over-nationalists-in-debate Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has come in for sharp criticism after being quoted as saying the Nazis and the extreme left had “much in common”. https://www.thelocal.no/20170818/norways-pm-criticised-for-comparing-neo-nazis-to-far-left Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:09:01 +0200 norways-pm-criticised-for-comparing-neo-nazis-to-far-left Labour’s deputy leader has said that the conservative coalition is ‘falling apart’, after Prime Minister Erna Solberg claimed the opposition red-green alliance of parties was in ‘chaos’. https://www.thelocal.no/20170811/norways-pm-opposition-claim-chaos-in-each-others-camps Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:38:04 +0200 norways-pm-opposition-claim-chaos-in-each-others-camps Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg will travel to China next week for talks with top leaders, her office said Friday, a visit expected to seal the two countries' reconciliation after a deep freeze. https://www.thelocal.no/20170331/norway-pm-to-china-to-seal-reconciliation Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:02:39 +0200 norway-pm-to-china-to-seal-reconciliation If Prime Minister Erna Solberg is forced to abandon her post because she cannot muster support for her government’s budget, the alternative options for governing Norway are incredibly vague. https://www.thelocal.no/20161202/what-happens-if-norways-pm-steps-down-no-one-seems-to-know Fri, 02 Dec 2016 10:47:08 +0100 what-happens-if-norways-pm-steps-down-no-one-seems-to-know Norway's minority government faced a crisis on Wednesday as the small Christian Democratic Party broke off budget negotiations, putting the right-wing coalition in danger of collapse. https://www.thelocal.no/20161130/norway-government-at-risk-as-budget-talks-break-down Wed, 30 Nov 2016 18:45:11 +0100 norway-government-at-risk-as-budget-talks-break-down US President-elect Donald Trump has now spoken with both the Danish and the Swedish prime ministers but Norwegian PM Erna Solberg is still waiting for a phone call from the incoming leader of the free world. https://www.thelocal.no/20161124/norways-pm-still-waiting-to-hear-from-trump Thu, 24 Nov 2016 10:17:05 +0100 norways-pm-still-waiting-to-hear-from-trump The former mayor of Bergen had her telephone bugged by police while she was under investigation for corruption and Prime Minister Erna Solberg said she can’t rule out that she may have been on the other end of the line. https://www.thelocal.no/20161028/did-norwegian-police-eavesdrop-on-nations-pm Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:14:13 +0200 did-norwegian-police-eavesdrop-on-nations-pm Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said he does not have "very high expectations" of a coming peace summit in Berlin, after a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in Oslo. https://www.thelocal.no/20161018/peace-in-europe-depends-solely-on-putin Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:08:13 +0200 peace-in-europe-depends-solely-on-putin After having worked for decades to remove Norway’s ban on professional boxing, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said it was only natural to celebrate a Norwegian victory in the country’s first pro fight in 35 years. https://www.thelocal.no/20161004/how-a-boxing-match-turned-into-a-political-fight-for-norways-pm Tue, 04 Oct 2016 12:55:44 +0200 how-a-boxing-match-turned-into-a-political-fight-for-norways-pm