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New political alliances forming

NEWS ANALYSIS: State broadcaster NRK's lively debate in Arendal Thursday night among the leaders of Norway's major political parties confirmed that next year's national election...

Brende ‘uneasy’ over Trump

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende has  joined other European and Norwegian politicians in expressing concern over several of the positions of the US Republican...

Government parties rise in the polls

Despite all the complaints over rising unemployment and a weaker Norwegian economy, the two conservative political parties forming Norway's minority government coalition have logged...

Voters desert the Labour Party

Jonas Gahr Støre's Labour Party, the biggest party in opposition, has fallen dramatically in public opinion polls, with its new January showings the worst since...

Church confirms same-sex marriages

The bishops of The Norwegian Church (Den Norske Kirke) announced on Friday that they had given their blessing to the creation of a new liturgy...

Refugee influx ‘cannot continue’

Finance Minister Siv Jensen, who also heads the Norwegian political party that's long been most skeptical towards immigration, announced at its national board meeting over...

Lippestad joins new Oslo government

Four years ago Geir Lippestad was the lead defense attorney for the right-wing extremist who attacked the Norwegian Labour Party and killed 77 people. On...

Reds give green light to Oslo’s new leaders

Oslo's new green, left-wing government coalition wouldn't get very far without winning political support from the Reds, which bills itself as an "anti-capitalist" party. That's...

Stoltenberg Senior back in city politics

Some new but not necessarily young faces were showing up at City Hall this week as Oslo's new Labour-led city government was coming together....

Oslo takes a sharp turn to the left

NEWS ANALYSIS: The politicians running Oslo are taking a sharp, admittedly "radical," turn to the left. Five weeks after last month's municipal elections, negotiations among...
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