The Guardian • Norway

Issue #2145

• February 16, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

GLOBAL BRIEFS

NORWAY: Norwegian unions voted for an economic boycott of Israel, and the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has sold all of its shares in Israel’s...

Issue #2066

• February 16, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

GLOBAL BRIEFS

YEMEN: Five United Nations officials who were kidnapped in the country 18 months ago have walked free, the UN said last week. In a brief...

Issue #2162

• February 16, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

GLOBAL BRIEFS

EU: Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice President, has been criticised by Chinese commentators and others...

Issue #2179

• February 16, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

HALF THE SKY

In Norway, there’s a David-and-Goliath-like story of a folk hero, the ‘Ash lad’ outwitting a troll while wearing a red knit cap with a pom-pom...

Issue #2030

• February 16, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

The mainstream media has excised coverage of Israel’s crimes in the West Bank and Gaza. While there is no end to the noise from the...

Issue #2121

• February 16, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

GLOBAL BRIEFS

NORWAY: Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo is the winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace prize. The group of survivors of the 1945 US...

Issue #2057

• February 16, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

GLOBAL BRIEFS

NORWAY: A new report commissioned by the Norwegian police into a deadly shooting during Oslo’s annual LGBT Pride festival last year blasted Norway’s domestic security...

Issue #2126

• February 16, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

GLOBAL BRIEFS

TURKEY: The government of the Republic of Turkiye, led by Tayyip Erdogan, will not continue or develop its relations with Israel. “We have cut all...

Issue #2162

• February 16, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

GREEN NOTES

Norway has identified valuable deep-sea mineral deposits of copper, cobalt, rare earths, and sulphide deposits at Grøntua, across an undersea area of 280,000 km². In...

Issue #2148

• February 16, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

CPA greeting to the Communist Party of Norway’s 32nd Congress

  Runa Evensen Chairperson Communist Party of Norway   Dear comrade, The Communist Party of Australia conveys warmest greetings to the members and leadership of...

Issue #2102

• February 16, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

Gaza: Biden’s ‘red lines’ lie

Israeli atrocities and war crimes continue. Western leaders continue to act out grief, even outrage, but nothing is done. A few courageous exceptions, such as...

Issue #2122

• February 16, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

Australia and Norway marching as one to a martial drum

Australia and Norway have a lot  in common. At least that’s the claim being made by the defence ministers of the two countries. Norwegian Defence...