Tag: elections

Election campaign off to a noisy start

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's normally polite politicians were all but shrieking at one another during state broadcaster NRK's nationally televised party leader debate Monday night....

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...
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