Small party holds big new wildcard
April 25, 2013 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Another small political party has suddenly emerged this week as the joker on the non-socialist side of the government drama heading into the fall national elections. As the Christian Democrats...
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Tiny party in the spotlight again
April 5, 2013 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: More than 90 percent of Norwegian voters don’t support Liv Signe Navarsete’s small, rural-oriented Center Party (Senterpartiet, Sp), yet its top politicians and their upcoming...
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Monarchy survives vote in Stortinget
March 20, 2013 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway’s Parliament (Stortinget) has predictably cast aside the latest effort to convert the country from a constitutional monarchy to a republic. The proposal voted on earlier this...
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Myanmar’s needs, Norway’s goals
February 26, 2013 ·
EXPATRIATE MUSINGS: As part of his five-nation European tour, Myanmar President Thein Sein’s first stop this week is Norway, marking the first official visit ever by a head of state in Myanmar to the...
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Media mourns editor’s death
February 13, 2013 ·
Tributes to one of Norway’s sharpest, most fearless and creatively irreverent media leaders have rolled in since news broke last week that Kåre Valebrokk had died, not unexpectedly, at the age of...
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Profits rule over risks and ethics
January 25, 2013 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Major Norwegian companies seem more than willing to take risks and downplay ethical concerns to continue doing business in troubled areas abroad. Backed by supportive and often cooperative...
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Protests rise over poorer pensions
January 14, 2013 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Norwegian government’s pension reforms caused confusion and some controversy when they were first introduced more than a decade ago. Only now, it seems, are Norwegians starting...
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Debate flies over Norwegian culture
January 8, 2013 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegians have a long and deeply embedded culture of debate. Now a right-wing politician, an admittedly bored journalist and several major media outlets have managed to stir up new debate...
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Chilly reception for EU’s Nobel
December 7, 2012 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: When more than two dozen European prime ministers, presidents and top EU officials land in Oslo over the next few days, they’ll be met not only by a predicted snowstorm but also by...
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Labour’s partners now a liability
October 11, 2012 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Consumers finally seem to be revolting in Norway. Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) released a new public opinion poll on Thursday that shows the opposition parties in Parliament now holding...
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If the Conservatives ruled the land…
September 19, 2012 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway’s political parties are rolling out their platforms in advance of next year’s national elections, and the Conservative Party (Høyre) grabbed lots of attention when its...
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Labour parties, to fend off crisis
August 22, 2012 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Some commentators claim that Norway’s Labour Party is in its worst crisis since World War II, but party leaders put on broad smiles when gathering Tuesday to mark Labour’s 125th...
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Norway gets ready to remember
July 17, 2012 ·
NEWS COMMENTARY: One year after terror struck the hearts of Norwegians, the security walls around Oslo’s bombed government complex are gone and plans are in place for an upcoming weekend of memorial...
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Private jets, rich uncles and Solskjær
May 28, 2012 ·
COMMENTARY: “Follow the money.” It’s a tired cliche, but that doesn’t make it any less true in today’s world. And it couldn’t be truer in the multi-trillion-dollar worldwide...
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July 22 mourning takes many forms
May 15, 2012 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: Two young Norwegians gazed quietly on Sunday at the island of Utøya, scene of last summer’s massacre that left 69 persons dead. Two days earlier, another mourner from Iraq had reacted...
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