Tag: government

Hospital error ‘unacceptable’

Opposition politicians are once again hammering the left-center government's health care policies, after hearing the story about a hospital in Oslo that forgot to...

School elections cheer Labour Party

Never before has the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet, Ap) done so well in the school elections held as a test of young Norwegians' choices before...

‘Bureaucracy ruining the schools’

The party led by Norway's Education Minister Kristin Halvorsen, the Socialist Left (SV), has long enjoyed support from teachers but now it's struggling in...

Philippine peace talks set to resume

Norway is poised to once again host talks aimed at bringing peace between the government of the Philippines and the country's communist insurgents. Representatives...

Voter turnout heading for new highs

Municipal and county elections will formally take place all over Norway on Sunday and Monday, but thousands of Norwegians already have exercised their right...

Labour slips in the polls

Norway's Labour Party, which has government power and won huge support after the July 22 terrorist attacks, has slipped in the most recent public...

Oil & Energy Minister under siege

Norway's relatively new government minister in charge of oil and energy, Ola Borten Moe, has managed to infuriate the Norwegian environmental movement to a...

Terrorist’s mother at secret address

The mother of confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik is still living at an undisclosed location in Norway after police cordoned off her apartment in...

Ministries struggle to meet demands

The Norwegian government continues to work under makeshift and difficult conditions after its headquarters was bombed on July 22. Many workers still lack offices...

New state budget due to be tight

Norwegian Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen oversees one of the strongest national economies in the world right now, but still warns that he intends to...
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