Tag: election2013

Discord extends government talks

Norway's four non-socialist parties agreed on Wednesday to extend their intense talks on the possibility of forming a new government. After eight days of...

Politicking delayed Mongstad retreat

Oil & Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe of the Center Party reportedly decided as early as last spring that the government needed to cut...

Outgoing ministers descend on UN

Norway's left-center, lame-duck government that's ruled for the past eight years hasn't let its election defeat earlier this month thin its ranks at the...

Irony surrounds immigration debate

NEWS COMMENTARY: This man, the leader of Oslo's chapter of the Progress Party and a Member of Parliament, seems to be doing his best...

Father’s leave still a burning issue

The debate over paternity leave in Norway continues, also after the election. Now a top finance industry official is urging an incoming Conservatives'-led government...

Small leftist parties urged to merge

Stein Ørnhøi, a veteran politician and member of the Socialist Left party (SV), thinks the time is ripe for SV and two other of...

Outspoken youth leader gives up

Sandra Borch, the small woman who had big plans to modernize the farmer-friendly Center Party, has given up. She resigned her post as head...

‘Love us or hate us for the right reasons’

NEWS ANALYSIS: After being provocative and in opposition for 40 years, Norway's Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp) is suddenly worried about its image both at...

All smiles after their first session

All four leaders of the non-socialist parties trying to form a new government in Norway emerged from their first round of preliminary talks on...

Winning leaders tackle the issues

HERE'S WHAT'S UP FOR NEGOTIATION: The leaders of the four non-socialist Norwegian parties that collectively won last week's parliamentary election were sitting down to...
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