Tag: government

Tiny, divided party plays a huge role

The once-cheerful Christian Democrats may well be praying for salvation these days. With an average of just 3.5 percent of the vote in the...

Solberg tackles a tougher opposition

NEWS ANALYSIS: Members of Parliament launched into a tough post-opening debate this week, with the opposition intent on bringing down Conservative Prime Minister Erna...

Royals are finally invited to China

The Chinese government kept Norwegian officials in suspense, but have finally followed through on a promised invitation to King Harald and Queen Sonja. The...

Russians call spy charges ‘extortion’

Russian officials reacted angrily once again on Thursday after a court in Oslo agreed to hold a Russian man charged with spying in custody...

Norway hails man who modernized it

Kåre Willoch was being called both a "unique national phenomenon" and "the father of the modern Norway" when he turned 90 on Wednesday. His...

Sandberg gets lucrative quarantine

One of the conservative minority goverment's most outspoken ministers, Per Sandberg, was missing from this year's opening of Parliament on Tuesday, after he was...

Norway’s Parliament among world’s youngest

The fall session of this year's Norwegian Parliament boasts one of the world's youngest national assemblies of elected representatives. Only Sweden, Finland and Ecuador...

Parliament opens to an autumn storm

Amidst all the pomp and circumstance at Tuesday's opening of Parliament (Stortinget), it was the latter that grabbed most of the attention. Lurking in...

Russians keep Norwegian in jail

A stand-off over alleged spying on each other continued between Russia and Norway this week. A court in Moscow ordered a former Norwegian border...

Christian Democrats may topple Erna

Knut Arild Hareide, leader of the small and struggling Christian Democrats party, put Prime Minister Erna Solberg on notice Friday afternoon. After supporting her...
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