Tag: government

Hospital conflict level rises

An ongoing conflict over the massive reorganization of Oslo's largest hospitals has intensified, after the employee representatives of several organizations for health care workers...

Norway supports Palestinian state

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre confirmed over the weekend that Norway will support the Palestinians' request for full membership in the United Nations and...

Progress Party vows comeback

Disappointed members of Norway's most conservative political party, the Progress Party, retreated into meetings on Tuesday to hash out just what went wrong in...

Conservatives won most major cities

Oslo is far from the only city in Norway facing conservative leadership over the next four years. While Oslo Mayor Fabian Stang hung on...

Høyre wins big, at Frp’s expense

Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre) scored the biggest overall gain of any of Norway's parties in the local elections that wrapped up on Monday, while...

Halvorsen resigns as SV’s leader

Election Night took a dramatic turn on Monday when veteran Norwegian politician Kristin Halvorsen announced she'd be resigning as leader of the Socialist Left...

Turnout brisk when voting began

Signs pointed the way to polling places (valglokaler) on Sunday afternoon in several cities and towns that offered a jump-start on Election Day in...

Ministers’ quarrels upset the boss

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is not pleased that ministers in the left-center government coalition he leads have been openly quarreling during the past week....

Minister Moe takes Sp to the right

NEWS ANALYSIS: Oil & Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe has been stirring up controversy and quarrels in the government for the past few weeks,...

‘Breivik’s bluff’ and terror aftermath

More details have emerged about the arrest of right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, who reportedly tried to bluff police into believing he didn't act...
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