Tag: politics

Erna swaps Oslo turmoil for UN’s

After weeks of election and government turmoil in Oslo, it was perhaps symbolic that Prime Minister Erna Solberg donned a life-jacket on the first...

Offshore wind stirs up a new industry

As school students all over the world were roaring about climate change again on Friday, Norway's state oil company Equinor could announce contracts for...

Chaos reigns over election results

Political chaos and uncertainty have replaced what seemed to have been clear victories for several government coalitions in cities all over Norway, not least...

Palestinian leader seeks help in Oslo

A helicopter whirred overhead and security was predictably tight when the beleaguered president of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, arrived in Oslo Wednesday....

Embattled Liberals come out swinging

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's small but feisty Liberal Party (Venstre) is delivering punches in all directions after losing even more voters in last week's local elections....

Progress Party MP faces jail term

Mazyar Keshvari, a Member of Parliament for the Progress Party, has now admitted to submitting false travel expense claims amounting to NOK 450,000. Keshvari...

Oil minister ridicules Greens

A remarkable war of words has broken out between Norway's oil minister from the conservative Progress Party (which logged major losses in recent local...

Greens ran steering parties off the road

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's triumphant Greens Party (MDG) is suddenly posing a huge new challenge to the country's two largest parties that have steered Norwegian...

Støre flew most, Greens least

Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre logged the most flight miles during the recent local election campaigns around Norway while the Greens flew least...

High voter turnout sends a message

Norwegians cast ballots in Monday's local elections at a rate not seen for 28 years. Early and absentee voting also set new records, illustrating...
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