Tag: elections

Turnout brisk when voting began

Signs pointed the way to polling places (valglokaler) on Sunday afternoon in several cities and towns that offered a jump-start on Election Day in...

Hagen drops mayoral race

Carl I Hagen, the veteran politician and former head of the conservative Progress Party, says he's giving up the campaign for mayor of Oslo...

Ministers’ quarrels upset the boss

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is not pleased that ministers in the left-center government coalition he leads have been openly quarreling during the past week....

School elections cheer Labour Party

Never before has the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet, Ap) done so well in the school elections held as a test of young Norwegians' choices before...

Voter turnout heading for new highs

Municipal and county elections will formally take place all over Norway on Sunday and Monday, but thousands of Norwegians already have exercised their right...

Labour slips in the polls

Norway's Labour Party, which has government power and won huge support after the July 22 terrorist attacks, has slipped in the most recent public...

Immigrant vote can be decisive

Norway's political parties have realized that the immigrant vote can make or break them as they head into the next national municipal elections on...

Jens back on the campaign trail

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was moving on this week, from guiding the nation's mourning period to fronting political issues and, not least, the municipal...

Mayoral candidate sets off storm

Carl I Hagen, the former high-profile head of Norway's most conservative political party, officially retired two years ago but quickly admitted that he missed...

Election campaign finally cranks up

Political differences have been brushed aside in Norway following last month's terrorist attacks, but with municipal elections looming in just four weeks, the country's...
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