Tag: elections
Mergers may plague local elections
Forced mergers between lots of Norwegian counties and municipalities have created new tension and uncertainty in the run-up to next month's local elections. Researchers...
‘Arendalsuka wastes taxpayers’ money’
Top politicians, state officials, journalists and not least lobbyists are gathering in the scenic coastal town of Arendal again this week, to see and...
Local mayor dies in boat accident
Members of Norway's hard-pressed Labour Party were among those in mourning on Thursday, after one of their local mayors was killed in a boat...
Union donor wants Center on the left
Norway's large trade union federation Fagforbundet doesn't want the Center Party to "flirt" with parties on the non-socialist side of Norwegian politics. Since it's...
Political ‘D-Day’ tests democracy
NEWS ANALYSIS: "Is Norway still a democracy?" read the headline on a letter to the editor of the country's biggest newspaper, Aftenposten, this week....
Labour sinks into a post-election ‘crisis’
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Norwegian Labour Party and especially its embattled leader, Jonas Gahr Støre, have been clobbered by yet another rash of terrible poll...
Voter turnout hit nearly 80 percent
Norwegians tend to take their elections very seriously, as evidenced by voter turnout of 78.2 percent in last Monday's parliamentary election. That's exactly the...
Thousands excluded from Election Day
It was pouring rain in Oslo and many other Norwegian cities on Election Day Monday. That was at least some consolation, perhaps, for the thousands...
Labour mobilizes to stem its slide
Around 65,000 households in Oslo's east-side district of Groruddalen alone can expect Labour Party promoters to knock on their doors over the next week. The...
Liberals’ leader won’t bow out
Commentators were all but writing her political obituary before Trine Skei Grande rallied her troops in the Liberal Party over the weekend. Her party faces dismal...
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