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If the Conservatives ruled the land…

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...

Stoltenberg comes back swinging

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has responded to new challenges from opposition parties by warning that a change of government can threaten Norway's social welfare...

Government party wants to allow 16-year-olds to vote

Norway's Socialist Left party (SV), one of three parties making up the country's left-center government coalition, wants 16-year-olds to be able to vote both...

City governments finally in place

Politicians in Oslo could finally announce their new government line-up on Monday, six weeks after municipal elections were held in Norway. It's also taken...

Progress Party falls to new low

A new public opinion poll leaves Norway's most conservative party, the Progress Party, with just 11.1 percent of the vote. That means it's lost...

‘Greener’ government grows in Oslo

The two winning parties in the Oslo city election, plus a minor potential partner, are finally hashing out a prospective platform for a new...

Still unclear who’ll rule in Oslo

Fabian Stang of the Conservative Party will retain his job as mayor of Oslo, but politicians in Norway's capital are still negotiating which parties...

Progress Party vows comeback

Disappointed members of Norway's most conservative political party, the Progress Party, retreated into meetings on Tuesday to hash out just what went wrong in...

Conservatives won most major cities

Oslo is far from the only city in Norway facing conservative leadership over the next four years. While Oslo Mayor Fabian Stang hung on...

Høyre wins big, at Frp’s expense

Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre) scored the biggest overall gain of any of Norway's parties in the local elections that wrapped up on Monday, while...
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