Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, in hiding for months, has told the BBC she knows "exactly the risks" she's taking travelling to Norway to collect her Nobel Peace Prize
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UK and Norway have signed a defence pact that will see them operate a combined fleet to hunt Russian submarines in the North Atlantic
11 votes -
Venezuela shuts its embassy in Oslo, days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
16 votes -
Myanmar activists to sue Norway's Telenor for handing data to military – claimants say government used data to track and target activists in the wake of 2021 coup
6 votes -
Denmark places record order for European air defence systems instead of American – Scandinavian country's relationship with the Donald Trump administration has come under strain over Greenland
18 votes -
Norway's election shows how multi-party politics doesn't have to mean random results – Scandinavian country has now used proportional representation for over 100 years
7 votes -
Norway's Arbeiderpartiet under Jonas Gahr Støre has won a second term in general elections, ahead of a populist right-wing party that doubled its vote
16 votes -
Norwegians go to the polls on Sunday and Monday in a tight race to decide whether to continue with a Arbeiderpartiet-led government or turn to the centre right
12 votes -
Norway is increasingly disadvantaged outside EU – Espen Barth Eide and centre-right rival say Oslo is vulnerable while it remains outside bloc but neither plan a vote on joining
7 votes -
UK has secured a £10bn deal to supply the Norwegian navy with at least five new warships
15 votes -
Europe's rich are watching Norway's election debate on wealth taxes – changes to taxation are at the heart of the centre-right's attempts to retake power
17 votes -
In Norway we see ourselves as ethically virtuous – so why is our oil wealth enabling genocide?
9 votes -
Russian hackers took control of a Norwegian dam this year, opening a floodgate and allowing water to flow unnoticed for four hours, Norway's intelligence service has said
24 votes -
Russia protests restrictions by Norway targeting fishing vessels belonging to the firms Norebo and Murman Seafood, which operate in Norway's exclusive economic zone
8 votes -
A Norwegian man has been accused of leaking sensitive information about US embassy staff members in Oslo and threatening Norway's national interests
4 votes -
Norway has significantly reduced the number of people experiencing homelessness. What could other countries learn from its example?
14 votes -
As Arctic ice melts, global powers seize new opportunities to extract oil, speed up trade and boost their military presence
8 votes -
Norwegian government commissions a committee to investigate causes and possible consequences of falling birthrates, and devise strategies to reverse the current trajectory
14 votes -
Norway-EU ‘situationship’ blossoms – Norwegian PM has argued that Brussels and Oslo need each other now more than ever
16 votes -
Norway's government is under growing pressure to let the country's $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund invest in certain defense firms
8 votes -
Norway's proximity to the USSR during the Cold War led to it building many military bunkers – tensions with Russia have brought them back into focus
7 votes -
Why it's time for Norway and Iceland to join the EU – with sufficient political will, both could join in an expedited procedure within two to three years
9 votes -
Jens Stoltenberg's shock return to Norway politics upends polls before election – Arbeiderpartiet surges ten points ahead of September vote
10 votes -
Norway's natural gas windfall should go to Ukraine – the country provides less support, as a share of GDP, than its neighbours
6 votes -
Norwegian de-mining operation cuts 1700 worldwide staff after US President Donald Trump funding decision
10 votes -
Ex-NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will be Norway's finance minister – former military alliance chief returns to the political fray in Oslo after governing coalition collapsed
10 votes -
Norway's PM Jonas Gahr Støre left heading minority government after coalition partner pulls out over EU market rules it says make it impossible to shield citizens from high electricity prices
8 votes -
Norway plans to reintroduce an obligation to build bomb shelters in new buildings, a practice halted in 1998
8 votes -
Norway is assessing its EU options as a second Donald Trump term looms – increased geopolitical tensions could yet see Oslo rethink its attitude towards Brussels
12 votes -
Norwegian Parliament votes to extend abortion access to eighteen weeks into a pregnancy, adding six weeks to a limit set in 1978 when the procedure was first legalized
9 votes -
Amphibious warfare center set up in Norway in the latest move by a NATO member to beef up its operations on Russia's Arctic doorstep
6 votes -
Norway's parliament has apologised to minority groups and Indigenous people for historical injustices committed against them as part of its “Norwegianisation” policy
14 votes -
Norway unveils plans to boost spending to combat antisemitism against the backdrop of rising terrorism threats linked to Jewish and Israeli targets
7 votes -
Beautification project in California prison inspired by Norwegian approach to incarceration – rehabilitation in humane prisons surrounded by nature leads to successful reintegration into society
30 votes -
Donald Trump and the Joe Biden White House both say the United States should have a sovereign wealth fund – Norway, home to the world's largest, may offer a few lessons
21 votes -
Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 198-kilometer border it shares with Russia – move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland
17 votes -
Cameroonian separatist leader Lucas Ayaba Cho arrested in Norway for his alleged role in the ongoing armed conflict in the Central African country
5 votes -
Norway wants to ban unhealthy food ads that target teens – doesn't go as far as the UK's rule but pushes far beyond other European countries' efforts
10 votes -
Norway's government wants to relax restrictions on abortion to make it legal for women to terminate pregnancies up to the eighteenth week of gestation
27 votes -
Mayor of Oslo warns that drug smugglers are increasingly targeting the Norwegian capital as a gateway to Europe as authorities tighten controls on major ports such as Antwerp
7 votes -
National security or legal niceties? Norway picks a path – closing down opportunities for members of the authoritarian axis is not always as easy as it looks.
7 votes -
Norwegian government has called off a plan to sell the last privately owned piece of land on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard in order to prevent its acquisition by China
30 votes -
The existence of a Roma police register is shocking but not surprising. It is directly linked to Norway's long history of antigypsyism.
16 votes -
Norway's health minister resigned Friday, the second Norwegian government member to step down this year amid allegations they plagiarized academic works
17 votes -
Norway's top authority revokes decision by city to only take Ukrainian refugees – was contrary to the constitution and the Scandinavian country's discrimination laws
13 votes -
Norway to increase number of conscripted soldiers from 9,000 to 13,500 – Russia's attack on Ukraine has given northern European countries an impetus to beef up their militaries
10 votes -
Specter of academic plagiarism has now reached the heart of Norwegian politics, toppling one government minister and leaving a second fighting for her political career
10 votes -
Why is Israel sending Palestinian taxes to Norway? Public money destined for Gaza has been frozen by Israel since November.
13 votes -
US opened its northernmost diplomatic station in Tromsø, Norway on Friday – highlights increased importance of the Arctic region for Washington
21 votes -
Norway's government risks crisis over a contentious package of EU energy bills
5 votes