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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/norway/center-left-coalition-wins-election-in-norway/

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Center-left coalition wins election in Norway

Published today 9:10
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According to the forecasts, the center-left bloc will receive 89 seats in the Storting (Norwegian Parliament). 85 seats are required to achieve a majority.
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The red-green coalition secured victory in yesterday’s election in Norway. This means that Jonas Gahr Støre remains as prime minister.

Yesterday’s election to the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) went roughly as predicted – the social democratic Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) became the country’s largest party with 28.2 percent of the votes, reports Norwegian state broadcaster NRK.

Meanwhile, the right-wing Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) achieved its best election result ever, with 23.9 percent of the votes, becoming the country’s second-largest party.

— It’s fantastic. We’re doing better than the opinion polls predicted. So it’s incredibly good, says Sylvi Listhaug, the Progress Party leader.

According to NRK’s forecast, the red-green bloc receives 89 seats, and 85 seats are required for a majority in the 169-seat Storting. In addition to the Labour Party, the red-green coalition includes the Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti), the Centre Party (Senterpartiet), the Red Party (Rødt), and the Green Party (Miljøpartiet de Grønne), all of which cleared the four percent electoral threshold.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/norway/norway-commits-e600-million-to-ukraine-air-defense-systems/

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Norway commits €600 Million to Ukraine air defense systems

The war in Ukraine

Published 24 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and the American Patriot air defense system.
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Norwegian and German leaders are joining forces to finance two American Patriot systems for Ukraine. The price tag for the country’s citizens amounts to seven billion Norwegian kroner (approximately €600 million).

The announcement comes just over a month after Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Labor Party) met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin.

— Together with Germany, we are now ensuring that Ukraine receives powerful air defense systems. Germany and Norway cooperate very closely to support Ukraine in the fight to defend the country and protect the civilian population against Russian air attacks, Støre states in a press release.

The package includes two Patriot systems including missiles. Norway is also contributing to the purchase of air defense radar from German manufacturer Hensoldt as well as air defense systems from Norwegian company Kongsberg.

The American-manufactured Patriot system has been something that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly requested, and US President Donald Trump has expressed willingness to provide Ukraine with the systems provided that Europe foots the bill.

— This is a major investment in effective air defense. The support will give Ukraine important tools to protect Ukrainian lives and contribute to a stronger defense, says Norwegian Defense Minister Tore O. Sandvik.

“Devastating power”

According to the Norwegian government, Patriot is “a highly effective air defense system that can combat multiple threats, particularly tactical ballistic missiles”.

— These missiles have great destructive power and cannot be stopped by conventional air defense. Patriot has long-range radar, missiles with very high speed and long range. These characteristics combined enable Patriot to combat ballistic missiles, according to the government’s statement.

— Based on our excellent cooperation with Norway, we are very grateful that we are collaborating on this support measure, and that we will thereby together significantly strengthen Ukraine’s air defense capability, comments German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

Hundreds of billions from the West

Critics have pointed out that Western countries have so far delivered weapons packages to Ukraine worth hundreds of billions of euros – money that comes from European taxpayers while many countries are implementing welfare cuts and domestic investments are being postponed.

Recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed that the country would purchase American weapons for around $100 billion – financed by Europe – in exchange for American security guarantees after a potential peace agreement with Russia.

The total support from the EU and US to Ukraine since February 2022 is difficult to determine exactly – different sources and calculation methods yield different figures. At the turn of the year, analysts estimated the sum to be between $290 and $400 billion.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/norway/norwegian-party-leader-wants-to-expel-greta-thunberg/

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Norwegian party leader wants to expel Greta Thunberg

The exaggerated climate crisis

Published 19 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Norwegian Progress Party politician Sylvi Listhaug has grown tired of Greta Thunberg "repeatedly" returning to Norway to participate in climate activist actions.
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Climate activist protests at Norway’s largest oil refinery have triggered harsh criticism from opposition leader Sylvi Listhaug, who is now demanding that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg be expelled from the country.

Monday’s blockade at Equinor Mongstad outside Bergen, Norway, gathered approximately 200 demonstrators from the widely media-covered group Extinction Rebellion. The activists blocked roads to the refinery, which is the country’s largest and primarily produces gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel.

Progress Party leader Sylvi Listhaug launches a fierce attack against Thunberg in a podcast with Bergen newspaper Bergens Tidende. She is upset that the Swedish activist repeatedly travels to Norway to participate in protests and actions, and believes that enough is enough.

Listhaug, who often profiles herself as a tough law-and-order politician, believes that Thunberg’s repeated demonstrations constitute a serious problem requiring drastic measures.

— I believe she should be expelled, says Listhaug, who even describes Thunberg as a “Swedish gang criminal”.

Thunberg, who temporarily left the demonstration to return on Tuesday, explained the action’s purpose in a press release:

“We are here because there is no future in oil. Fossil fuels lead to death and destruction”, it states.

“Breaks the rules of the game”

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre tries to navigate between fundamental rights and practical consequences. In Bergen newspaper Bergensavisen, he emphasizes that Norway stands firm on freedom of expression and demonstration, but simultaneously signals that the activists’ methods are unacceptable when they prevent ordinary people from getting to work.

— It breaks the rules of the game. There are people going to work and they shouldn’t have to experience insecurity with that, the prime minister emphasizes.

The view of Thunberg among European leaders has changed markedly since she was celebrated as a teenager at summits around the world.

After she expanded her activism to include criticism of Israel’s war crimes in Gaza and other political issues, she has increasingly begun to be regarded as a disruptive element and an “extremist” who must be stopped or restricted – a sharp contrast to how she was previously portrayed as a hero and role model for young Europeans.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/norway/norway-profited-from-israels-invasion/

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Norway profited from Israel’s invasion

Published 7 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg takes responsibility for the investment in the company.
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Norway’s oil fund has invested in an Israeli company that services fighter jets during the ongoing invasion of Gaza – something now confirmed by the company’s CEO. Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg claims he takes responsibility for the decision.

Bet Shemesh Engines Holdings delivers services and products to both civilian and military aircraft, with the Israeli military being one of its largest customers. Among other things, it maintains and manufactures parts for engines on Israeli fighter jets used to bomb Gaza. In 2023, Norway’s oil fund, or the Government Pension Fund Global, bought into the company.

— The fund has not been on any blacklist, says CEO Nicolai Tangen to Norwegian state broadcaster NRK.

Since the war began in October 2023, the Israeli company has increased sixfold in market value. The fund has since continued to buy into the company and now owns two percent. However, the oil fund claims it was not aware that the company had profited from the war. Tangen blames the purchase on politicians since it’s up to them to decide which companies should be excluded.

— The Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament) has decided that we should invest in Israel, and that’s what we do, says Tangen to Norwegian TV2.

Stoltenberg: I have the responsibility

On Wednesday, the Oil Fund together with Norway’s central bank and Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s former Secretary-General, held a crisis meeting regarding the matter. When he meets the press afterward, Stoltenberg takes responsibility for the investment, while also claiming he didn’t know about the company’s customers.

— I am the one who has the responsibility for ensuring the Oil Fund’s guidelines are followed as intended, he says to Norwegian E24.

Stoltenberg has previously expressed that the war in Gaza violates international law and now says they are determined to withdraw.

— We are determined to withdraw from companies that violate international law. This must happen quickly, he says.

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https://nordictimes.com/tech/openai-opens-data-center-in-norway/

Tech

OpenAI opens data center in Norway

The future of AI

Published 3 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
In Norway, OpenAI is planning to establish one of Europe's largest AI data centers as part of the global Stargate project.
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In Norway, OpenAI plans to establish one of Europe’s largest AI data centers as part of the global Stargate project. The facility will be built in the northern parts of the country and operated entirely on renewable energy.

Stargate was launched earlier this year as a comprehensive AI initiative with the goal of strengthening the US dominance in artificial intelligence. The project is a collaboration between American OpenAI and Oracle, along with Japanese SoftBank, with the ambition to build a global AI infrastructure at a cost of up to $500 billion over the next four years. This makes Stargate one of the largest technology investments in history.

First in Europe

On Thursday, OpenAI announced that the company plans to open a Stargate-branded data center in Norway. It will be the company’s first European facility of this kind.

The data center will be located in Kvandal, outside Narvik in northern Norway, and built in collaboration with British company Nscale and Norwegian Aker. OpenAI will function as a so-called “off-taker”, meaning the company will purchase capacity from the facility to power its AI services.

— Part of the purpose of this project is to partner with OpenAI and leverage European sovereign compute to release additional services and features to the European continent, says Josh Payne, CEO of Nscale, in an interview with CNBC.

Powered by hydroelectric energy

The data center, planned to be completed in 2026, will house up to 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs and have a capacity of 230 megawatts – making it one of the largest AI facilities in Europe. The facility will be operated entirely on so-called “green energy”, made possible by the region’s access to hydroelectric power.

The first phase of the project involves an investment of approximately $2 billion. Nscale and Aker have committed to contributing $1 billion each. The initial capacity is estimated at 20 megawatts, with ambitions to expand significantly in the coming years.

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