Tag: politics

Labour’s love lost after the election

NEWS ANALYSIS: The fellowship and common purpose claimed by members of Norway's Labour Party now seem to have been lost along with the parliamentary...

Solberg launches government talks

Prime Minister Erna Solberg invited the leaders of Norway's three other non-socialist parties to her home Thursday evening, just hours after returning from the...

Parliament’s president seeks re-election

Olemic Thommessen, the veteran politician for the Conservatives Party, isn't hanging his head in shame. Despite being the target of massive criticism during his...

Garbage collection troubles spread

More than 100 local governments nationwide were thrown into crisis mode this week after the garbage collection company they were all using filed for bankruptcy....

Power struggles grip the Labour Party

Norway's defeated Labour Party has descended, just a week after losing the parliamentary election, into some bitter power struggles that also are pitting men against...

Oil Fund passes ‘new milestone’

Norway's huge sovereign wealth fund known as the Oil Fund surpassed a market value of a trillion US dollars this week, at around 2am...

‘Norway needs a defense Plan B’

US President Donald Trump's fiery speech at the UN in New York this week was setting off some alarms back home in Norway on...

Norway downplays Trump’s tough talk

Neither Prime Minister Erna Solberg nor Foreign Minister Børge Brende were impressed by US President Donald Trump's debut at the United Nations this week....

Liberals struggle with internal split

Liberal Party leader Trine Skei Grande is being pulled in different directions, by those who think her party should join a new conservative government...

Christian Democrats ‘need a new name’

Rising skepticism in Norway towards religion has made the Christian Democrats' very name a liability for the struggling political party, claims a former editor...
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