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Stoltenberg on major tour
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is on a major international tour this week, first in Mexico and now in Washington, where he met US...
Government party in trouble
One of the three parties making up Norway's coalition government has lost thousands of members and faces new financial trouble. Record losses for the...
Stoltenberg fends off criticism
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, his Labour Party and the coalition government he leads have come under increasing criticism lately, over everything from hospital reform...
Government losing popularity
New public opinion polls are showing a major loss of voter support for the Labour Party, which leads Norway's left-center coalition government. Labour has...
Budget cuts may not be so big
The government ministers' dreaded annual budget conference doesn't appear to have been as bad as expected. Coaxed and cheered by a singing, poetry-reading Finance...
Budget battle begins, cuts loom
While thousands of people streamed to Holmenkollen in Oslo on Sunday, for a sunny afternoon of ski jumping, Norway's government ministers headed out of...
Government seeks advice from public
Norway's left-center coalition government has launched its effort to seek advice from the general public, as tipped by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in...
Experts present their sick leave cure
A group of health care and labour experts handed over their recommendations for lowering sick leave costs to government ministers on Wednesday. Prime Minister...
Auditor General slams state accounts
Opposition politicians are on the warpath while bureaucrats and government leaders are promising better control, after the state Auditor General (Riksrevisjonen) refused to approve government...
Veterans and new faces make up Labour-dominated government
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg finally introduced his new Labour-led government coalition on Tuesday, five weeks after last month's parliamentary election left his party as...
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