Solberg Gate: The Police Were Never Intended to Be Responsible for Democracy Itself Commentary: The Nordic democracies are under pressure. In Denmark, Finland, and Sweden, they are challenged by far-right parties. In Sweden, they are also challenged by fatal gang conflicts. In Norway, the attacks are coming from the political establishment.
Prioritize Transportation that We Use in Our Daily Lives, Youth Say "Let us start with prioritizing the transportation that we who live in the north of Norway use in our daily lives", say members of the governmental High North Whitepaper Youth Panel as High North Dialogue kicked off with a discussion about the Northern Norway Railway.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg Joins Youth Debate at High North Dialogue "The topic of this year’s conference – business and the perspectives of the youth – is timely and important. I believe that engaging the young is a success factor for Arctic policy", says Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
The Norwegian Government Wants to Win the High North with PM Erna Solberg as the Tour Guide Commentary: Polar expeditions are a constitutional part of Norwegian history. And today, expedtion manager Erna Solberg enters Northern Norway along with 11 cabinet members. Only Svalbard has been excluded from this modern expedition into the High North.
Top-Heavy Government Delegation Tours Northern Norway The Norwegian government is to present its new whitepaper about the High North this autumn, and the government wants input from the Arctic. “We want to hear from as many as possible about how to do this”, says Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
In the Middle of an Avalanche Area, the Prime Minister Must Answer Questions About Deceased Artist Prime Minister Erna Solbeg visited Longyearbyen earlier this week, and the PM herself had requested a visit to the housing area where an avalanche had killed two people in December 2015. Standing at the scene, she had to answer questions about recently deceased Norwegian artist Jahn Teigen and Fisheries Minister Geir Inge Sivertsen. I am ashamed on behalf of journalism.
Why Not Make Northern Norway A Tax Haven? The government has control of the effect of targeted tax policies aimed at those who have the most and earn the most. That is how it hopes to boost the Norwegian economy. That means it should also be possible to use the tax regime to boost Northern Norway. It is a necessity for the rest of the nation, both from an economic as well as a security policy perspective.
- I Norges interesse med godt samarbeid med Russland Erna Solberg legger ikke skjul på at forholdet mellom Norge og Russland er krevende på en rekke områder. Likevel håper hun dagens samtaler med president Putin kan lede til mer samarbeid i Arktis.
First Top-Level Meeting Between Norway and Russia In Ten Years When PM Erna Solberg meets with Russian president in St. Petersburg next week, it will be the first time in ten years that the two countries’ Heads of State are in direct discussions. She will not reveal what they are to talk about. We are clearly witnessing a shift in atmosphere now, says expert on Russia.
Jonas Gahr Støre Worried About Increased Tension in the Arctic Labor leader Jonas Gahr Støre says he is worried about increased tension between major powers in the Arctic and argues that Norway holds a key conflict-preventing role.
- Local Cooperation With Russia is Underestimated, says Ine Eriksen Søreide Kirkenes: Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide travels with Prime Minister Erna Solberg to Russia to have a political dialogue. - Meetings like that provide us with an opportunity to talk about how cooperation between our two countries works, and where it is problematic, says Eriksen Søreide to High North News.
Solberg and Søreide to Putin’s Grand Arctic Conference Both Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide have agreed to attend Russia’s big Arctic conference in St. Petersburg in april.
Editorial: On the Verge of Cooperation I sit on the back bench in a conference hall in Kirkenes and wonder when the rest of the country will discover what goes on in the High North. Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide and Russian Ambassador to Norway, Teimuraz O. Ramishvili, have just wondered the same from their place on the podium.
Plastic pollution increasing at the top of the Earth Increasing amounts of plastic pollution has been detected in Europe’s most northern Arctic regions. Scientists are registering high concentrations of microplastic particles not only in Arctic waters but also in the Arctic ice and snow.
Newsletter: About moose meat, paid journalism and dialogue The conference season continues, this week with Arctic Frontiers in Tromsø. The first thing to meet the participants when arriving at the reception of Hotel Edge was Gunnhild Stordalen’s book, the wife of hotel owner Petter Stordalen.
