Nixon portraits not welcome in Norwegian parliament
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Portraits of former US president Richard Nixon which were hung in the Norwegian parliament have been removed after a number of the country's parliamentarians complained that the paintings were &quot;shocking&quot;, officials said.
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OSLO, Norway Norway is using all available personnel to search for two paintings considered national treasures. Armed thieves have stolen the Edvard Munch (AYD&#39;-vart moongk) masterpieces in a brazen daylight heist in Oslo.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 9 (IPS) - The European Commission has warned that a European  Union-wide ban  on Nazi symbols to be extended to Communist Party  symbols as well would be ''unwise''.
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Ethiopia on Tuesday justified its decision to expel Norwegian diplomats arguing that Oslo was interfering in its internal affairs and destablising the Horn of Africa.
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Peter Mandelson rejects claims he criticised Tony Blair over the Northern Ireland peace process.
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NORWAY has intervened in the growing diplomatic row over the Russian Tax Ministryâs pursuit of delinquent corporate tax payers by saying that its $158 million (Â£82 million
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On Sunday voters rejected government-backed plans to simplify naturalisation procedures for second-generation foreigners. They also turned down a proposal to grant children born in Switzerland to foreign parents the automatic right to a Swiss passport.
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Norwegian newspapers are dismayed by the theft of two paintings by Edvard Munch
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Lambasts DCA's 'unnecessary' focus on reducing costs Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee has categorically rejected the government's case for new arrangements in handling Freedom of Information requestsâ¦
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The Scream, which was stolen from a gallery in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, by armed thieves yesterday, was not insured against theft because it was impossible to put a price on paintings by Edvard Munch, it emerged today.
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ROME - A diplomatic row has erupted between Italy and the European Parliament after the latter rejected an anti-gay Italian minister as a European commissioner.
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Moscow calls off planned show of art masterpieces at Royal Academy in London as relations chill
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Norway&#39;s police sought to nail down the motive behind the theft of Edvard Munch&#39;s &quot;The Scream&quot; on Monday amid criticism that Oslo&#39;s museum security was too lax after gunmen stole the picture in a dramatic daylight raid.
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SEATTLE - Duncan M. MacDonald can't vote, which could be a relief to politicians who otherwise might have to outline their positions on chew toys, postal carriers and squirrels.
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Politicians in Germany call for Nazi symbols to be banned in Europe after Prince Harry was pictured wearing a swastika.
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Political parties should not be allowed to nominate individuals to be members of the House of Lords, MPs said Wednesday, in a report on the "cash for honours" affair.
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German politicians on Wednesday condemned as &quot;tasteless&quot; a mocked-up photo on the cover of a Polish magazine of Poland&#39;s ruling twin brothers sucking German Chancellor Angela Merkel&#39;s bare breasts.