Angela Merkel

Nobel

Angela Merkel tops Peace Institute Nobel tips

Every year Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of Oslo's Peace Research Institute (Prio) speculates on the likely winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. And every year he's wrong. Will this year's tip, Angela Merkel, buck the trend?

Immigration

Norway PM pushed to follow Merkel on asylum

Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg is under pressure to follow her German counterpart and stop sending refugees back to the country in which they first arrived in Europe.

Wine

Nato head wowed by Merkel's wine stamina

The head of Nato has spoken admiringly of German chancellor Angela Merkel’s capacity for white wine, telling interviewers in Norway that when the two unwind over drinks: “let’s put it like this: she isn't the first to leave."

Nato

Why Jens Stoltenberg is a natural choice for Nato

That Jens Stoltenberg, a staunch member of Norway's left-wing Labour party was put forward to the Nato leadership by Angela Merkel, the most powerful figure in Europe's centre right, says a lot about his broad appeal.

solberg

'Lack of jobs dangerous,' Solberg warns Merkel

Norway's new prime minister has warned German chancellor Angela Merkel that high unemployment rates in Europe could push young people to join extremist Islamist and far-right groups.

Angela Merkel

Merkel behind Europe’s woes: Norwegian prof

German Chancellor Angela Merkel “is a big part of Europe’s problem”, a Norwegian economics professor and star guest at an Ernst & Young seminar has told financiers.