Tag: election 2017
Labour shifts position on Andøya closure
Several groups opposed to military restructuring in Northern Norway demonstrated in front of Parliament on Tuesday against looming cutbacks or shutdowns of the local...
Left-center parties won school election
Norway's Socialist Left party (SV) could celebrate Tuesday night after it won the biggest increase in voters in the country's traditional elections held in Norwegian high schools...
Støre reveals funds, and his priorities
Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre, fighting to reverse a dive in voter support just a week before Norway's parliamentary election, has changed his mind...
Støre’s fortunes can cost him dearly
Jonas Gahr Støre, the Labour Party's candidate for prime minister, does not come from his party's traditional working class. Store is instead a wealthy...
Election security may delay results
As Norwegian voters head into election booths to cast their ballots, state officials have already been working for months to ensure the highest possible security around their choices for...
Conservative side scores new majority
Norway's four non-socialist parties, which have kept Prime Minister Erna Solberg's conservative government in power the past four years, could head into this weekend's campaigning with a...
New Brexit anxiety as talks resumed
UPDATED: Speculation was running high this week over a third round of Brexit talks that got underway amidst concerns of a reported deadlock. Norwegian officials...
Sylvi’s new storm can block Progress
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's outspoken immigration minister, Sylvi Listhaug of the Progress Party, has long been accused of stirring up controversy at home. Now she's succeeded...
Labour mobilizes to stem its slide
Around 65,000 households in Oslo's east-side district of Groruddalen alone can expect Labour Party promoters to knock on their doors over the next week. The...
Tempers rose in ‘Støre vs Solberg’
It was called the year's biggest and toughest job interview in Norway: Prime Minister Erna Solberg of the Conservatives and her challenger Jonas Gahr...
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