Tag: election 2021
Difficult debut for Støre’s government
True to tradition despite a new national trauma, Norway's new Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and his coalition partner Trygve Slagsvold Vedum strode out...
‘We agree we can form a government’
Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre and Center Party leader Trygve Slagsvold Vedum could finally walk out of a hotel north of Oslo and...
Christian Democrats may be resurrected
Norway's deeply troubled Christian Democrats Party became a shadow of its former self in the recent election, winning just 3.8 percent of the vote...
Government talks resume in Hurdal
Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre is meeting again this week with his Center Party counterpart, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, in an effort to form...
It’s business as usual for Norway’s oil
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's new prospective leaders have already reinforced the country's image as a wealthy oil nation with no intention of halting the flow...
Oil polluted talks for a new government
Norway's Socialist Left party (SV) has pulled out of talks to form a new majority left-center government, after the Labour and Center parties refused...
Støre optimistic as coalition talks begin
Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre will be eagerly heading for a hotel north of Oslo on Thursday with the Center- and Socialist Left...
Politicians caught exploiting benefits
Norwegian voters' longstanding confidence in their elected officials is being put to the test, just a week after the parliamentary election. Several Members of...
Smooth transfer of power looms
Prime Minister Erna Solberg, leader of Norway's Conservatives, was winning kudos this week for quickly congratulating Jonas Gahr Støre after his Labour Party won...
Small protest party wins seat in Parliament
A small party formed just a few months with the sole purpose of getting the state to build a hospital in the northern city...
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