Tag: election2013
Probe launched into ballot ‘scandal’
The state government ministry in charge of Norway's municipalities will investigate why hundreds of ballots from communities in the counties of Finnmark in the...
Election coverage sets off alarms
NEWS ANALYSIS: Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide of the Labour Party is almost as worried as the rival Progress Party over the angles, often...
Winning parties plot path forward
Leaders of Norway's four non-socialist parties that collectively won Monday's parliamentary election were spending most of this week huddling with their own party faithful...
Stoltenberg still has ‘a lot to give’
Jens Stoltenberg, whose Labour Party emerged from Monday's parliamentary election as Norway's biggest party but lost government power, will still function as Norway's prime minister...
Voter turnout defied the skeptics
Fully 77.7 percent of all eligible voters in Norway took part in Monday's parliamentary election that's sweeping a new Conservative-led government coalition into office....
Small parties intent on influence
Norway's small political parties continue to clamour for power and influence even though they may lack support from as many as 96 percent of...
Stoltenberg bows out graciously
Just two years ago, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was being widely praised both in and out of Norway for his strong and compassionate leadership...
The importance of being Erna
Erna Solberg, leader of Norway's Conservative Party, could finally announce on Monday night that she will finally and formally start the process of taking...
Earliest returns: Non-socialists lead
The first rounds of election results just after polls closed in Norway Monday night showed what the public opinion polls had been suggesting for...
Poll-takers get lots of rejection
Monday's national election in Norway ended months of intense public opinion poll activity by local research and consulting firms that have been working for...
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