Tag: politics

Oslo’s population growth flattens out

Norway's capital city of Oslo has been among the fastest-growing in Europe for several years, but new figures show that's not necessarily so any...

Sami election can win more voters

Norway's upcoming parliamentary election isn't the only one stirring up political campaigns at present: The country's indigenous Sami are also gearing for an election to...

NATO seeks troops for Afghanistan

NATO's Norwegian secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, wants his homeland to send more troops to Afghanistan. Norway has withdrawn most all its soldiers after years...

Norway’s share of refugees plummets

Just two years after more than 30,000 refugees arrived in Norway, the  country's share of all asylum seekers in Europe has declined dramatically. Norway also ranks high in rejecting...

Støre denies any tax evasion

Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre hasn't been having a very good week. Not only is is party sagging in the polls, a local...

Debate rises over exploration support

Not only has Norway's oil exploration become a major issue in the current election campaign, so has its government's financial support for it. Norway effectively subsidizes the...

Labour’s ‘crisis’ is now its own

NEWS ANALYSIS: Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre has based much of his campaign to topple Norway's conservative government coalition on claims that the country...

Optimism returns to ‘all’ of Norway

Finans Norge, Norway's national trade association for the banking and finance industry, released a survey on Tuesday showing that economic optimism has now returned...

Vandals tear down party’s election booth

An election booth run by the right-wing political party Demokratene in Oslo was vandalized and all but torn down during the weekend. It's the...

NRK upset by flap over anchor’s hijab

Norway's state broadcasting company NRK has received more than 3,000 complaints over an upcoming new TV program, tied to the parliamentary election in September, that allows...
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