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Tre flyvende droner i lav høyde mot en overskyet himmel over et åpent landskap.

Drones and cyberattacks against airports and transport hubs in Norway, Denmark and Europe

Et par holder hender og går fra baksiden av i en park foran et gammelt palassliknende bygg, med grønne trær og en gruppe mennesker i bakgrunnen.

The Royal Rebel Marthä and her husband Durek

Kors på toppen av en kirketårn er opplyst om kvelden

CONSERVATISME

The conservative wave sweeping the Western world has reached Norway

Fem fly ender opp i en formasjon på himmelen med blå bakgrunn, og de slipper ut hvit røyk.

RUSSIA SANCTIONS

Trump pressures the EU to impose sanctions on China and India for trading with Russia

Bilde av Erna Solberg fra Høyre

ELECTION DEFEAT

Erna Solberg steps down as leader of Conservative Party following the election defeat

A young man sits alone on a bench in a park

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

Else Koss Furuseth's Loneliness Party received only 703 votes

Image illustrating mining operations

China supports Russia with critical minerals and rations them for Western defense industry

Bilde av bøker med titlene Politikk, Økonomi, Vitenskap, Filosofi og Religion

PERSONAL OPINIONS

Positions are shaped by belief systems; religious, philosophical, economic, scientific and political

Bilde av fregatt type 26 ved kai

Norway buys frigates from UK and weakens relations with the US after failing to secure a trade agreement

Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre

Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre

LABOUR GOVERNMENT

Four scandals in a few weeks involve five ministers on Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store's watch

A helicopter hovering over a mining area

MINERAL INDUSTRY

LO and the Progress Party collide over public support for the mineral industry and the green transition

Independent media challenge established media after emerging as the fifth estate

Oljeplattform i havet med tre store platformer, buketter med kraner, under en overskyet himmel.

THE WEALTH FUND

Jens Stoltenberg sparks oil fund scandal after multiple missteps in Israel investments

Erna Solberg (Conservatives)

No-brainer from Erna Solberg (Conservatives) on sickness benefit

Minister of Trade Cecilie Myrseth

U.S. vs. NORWAY

Norwegian security at risk after the Labour government's failure in tariff and trade negotiations with the US

Bilde av Vigdis Bjorvand fra Fortilla

Godmother of Mercy vs. Godmother of Hate

EU President Ursula von der Leyen and President Donald Trump

The tariff and trade agreement concluded between the US and the EU challenges Norway

Image of a set of scales balancing coins

The wealth tax contributes to EU levelling in which Norwegians lose out

An industrial steel plant with molten metal

PROTECTIONISM

The EU announces tariffs on ferroalloys against Norway despite the tariff ban in the EEA Agreement

Head of Norwegian Bank, Ida Wolden Bache

Head of Norwegian Bank, Ida Wolden Bache

POLICY RATE

Misleading from Stoltenberg: Norwegian business is not hard hit by tariffs and war, according to the central bank governor

Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg

Jens Stoltenberg is not the same politician who left Norway in 2013

Emergency room at a hospital

It is a myth that private hospitals are more efficient than public ones

Illustration of a Norwegian Hospital

Store believes the health trust model is best and rejects the Centre Party's proposal for a review

Midwife with a pregnant woman

Difficult working conditions for midwives lead to poor quality and resignations

Image of a Norwegian landscape with a fighter jet

The government presents security strategy on Liberation Day, 80 years after Second World War

Illustration showing the Norwegian Parliament and The White House

Illustration showing the Norwegian Parliament and The White House

CRITIAL MINERALS

Norwegian minerals on today's agenda both in the Business Committee and the White House, where Store and Stoltenberg met Trump

The White House, Washington

Is Norway ready for mineral negotiations when meeting with Donald Trump?

Flag of the European Union

One third og Norwegian voters have never voted on the EU, and the Labour Party will not let them

Illustration of a media building

A media house's contribution to the political power game

Norway central in the trade war driven by access to minerals to secure military power

Norwegian Minister of Health Jan Christian Vestre

Will the government's new measures improve health services?

People reading news in a library

More or less aware of Norwegian media and how they deliver on their social remit

People queuing at an emergency clinic

Norwegians lost 3.7 healthy life years in 8 years

En sort kompass på et verdenskart som viser Europa, Asia og Nord-Amerika.

Imposed US tariffs raise questions about Norwegian security and government's strategy

Finance Minister Stoltenberg and Primen Minister Store

Finance Minister Stoltenberg and Primen Minister Store

U.S. TARIFFS

Stoltenberg and Store spreads exaggerated tariff fear and undermines the values of Norwegian natural resources

Tre politibetjenter sykler i en bygate, alle iført hjelm og uniform med 'POLITI' skrevet på ryggen.

Armament of the Norwegian police should be assessed in relation to tiered training

Et fly tar av nær en flystripe ved vann, med to cruise-skip i vannet og fjell i bakgrunnen.

TOURIST TAX

Tourists on the way as the tourist tax is debated

En containerhavn med store kraner som laster og losser containere på og av skip, med containere stablet på kai og skip, under en grå himmel, sett fra en kai med en person i hørselsvern og high-visibility vest som overvåker prosessen.

WORLD TRADE

Why Trump is reshaping global trade - and the mineral demand that follows

Kenneths hovedbygning foran en dugnad av brosteinsbelagte tråkk med grønt gress og benker, under en blå himmel med skyer, med et norsk flagg på toppen.

ELECTION 25

Will this be a polarising election campaign?

A person wearing a tool belt, holding a drill and a screwdriver, standing in a building frame.

The link between few vocationally trained workers and unemployment

En person i rød genser bruker mus og tastatur foran en dataskjerm på et trebord.

CYBER THREAT

Cyberattacks can have consequences, you should assess and secure your digital privacy

A preschool child walking on a rural road

Children are hit hard as economic inequality keeps increasing

Tre mennesker støtter en stor stein i fjellet.

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Misguided opposition to standardization in local democracy

En havn med flere båter forankret i vannet, omgitt av snødekte fjell og hus i ulike farger.

Can the Greenland election result affect Norway?

Liten gutt med ansiktet malt som en klovn, smilende og holder en liten eske.

THE PROGRESS PARTY

Simen Velle exposed environment activists as hooligans

Can Stoltenberg curb the sharp price growth?

En person kledd i rød skiklær, med hjelm og skibriller, hopper i luften på snøfjellet under en klar blå himmel med noe få skyer og sol. Fjell og skog i bakgrunnen.

Tampering with a thread will make heads roll

Utsikt over fjorder og fjell sett gjennom et kikertsør.

NORWEGIAN POLITICS

Norway without visions in this century

En mann i svart dress og rødt slips spiller kort, holder et ess i kløver i hånden, mens to andre kort ligger på bordet.

GEOPOLITICS 2025

Minerals trump Trump

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