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Director ‘retires’ amidst scandal

Ida Børresen, the head of administration at the Norwegian Parliament who became embroiled in its huge scandal over the skyrocketing costs of a building project,...

Challenges galore for Solberg & Co

Norwegians woke up to big headlines and numerous changes in the make-up of Parliament on Tuesday, but with Prime Minister Erna Solberg poised for a second...

Labour’s ‘great disappointment’

NEWS ANALYSIS: Jonas Gahr Støre was the first to admit that Norway's parliamentary election on Monday turned into "a great disappointment," with his Labour Party...

Voters give Erna four more years

Norway's Socialist Left party (SV) is already threatening to topple her new "weakened" government, but Prime Minister Erna Solberg just kept smiling. The popular...

Early returns show Solberg winning

Hopes were rising among Norway's non-socialists Monday night that Prime Minister Erna Solberg would be able to keep her Conservatives-led government in power for...

‘Typical voters,’ party by party

Their election booths are being dismantled, their promotional posters are being taken down and their enthusiastic members won't be knocking on strangers' doors for...

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...

E18 highway expansion finally approved

Norway's Conservatives-led government has cleared the way for long-awaited expansion of the busy E18 highway west of Oslo. After years of negotiations between neighboring...

Tributes pour in for late professor

Frank Aarebrot was one of Norway's most well-known and cherished professors. His death just before the country's parliamentary election on Monday was setting off sorrow and...

Record numbers vote in advance

Norwegian politicians will be campaigning to the bitter end this weekend, after party leaders have their last major nationally televised debate Friday night. Record...
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