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Progress Party ready to rule

Norway's most conservative political party, the Progress Party,  wrapped up its annual national meeting on Sunday and the message from party leader Siv Jensen...

Liberal Party logs leap in popularity

Members of Norway's small and, until recently, struggling Liberal Party (Venstre) could head into the weekend smiling. After months of poor showings in the...

SV gets support for oil sands opposition

Norway's Socialist Left party (SV) seems to finally have attracted enough support from its government coalition partner, Labour, to forcefully oppose state-controlled oil company...

Foreign Minister called in for questioning

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has been summoned to appear before the Parliament's supervisory committee that handles disciplinary matters. It has decided to...

Government may trim F35 order

Norwegian government officials are now admitting that the huge costs of replacing the country's current fleet of F16 fighter jets will likely cut into...

Liberal Party goes conservative

Norway's small Liberal Party (Venstre) may be able to push a new non-socialist government coalition into place following next year's parliamentary elections, after a...

Government wants to expel beggars

Norway's left-center government plans to put forth a proposal in Parliament that would allow police to deport foreign beggars believed to be part of...

Solheim keen on new UN post

Erik Solheim, the former Norwegian "super minister" who suddenly lost his government post because of a difficult leadership change within his political party, has...

State goes digital, and drops car registration stickers

Vehicle owners will no longer be sent the small registration stickers they've received every year for the past two decades. State authorities have come...

EU opposition rises again

Nearly 75 percent of Norwegian voters are now opposed to joining the European Union (EU), following months of turmoil within the EU and the...
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