Tag: politics

Norway steps up border controls

Justice Minister Anders Anundsen said Tuesday that he had asked state police to sharpen identity controls at Norway's borders, but hastily added that "we're...

Anti-terror exercise pointed up trouble

Another anti-terror exercise aimed at testing Norway's preparedness has revealed ongoing coordination problems between the military and the police. One terror researcher at the...

Greens plant their new seeds of power

NEWS ANALYSIS: A week after scoring their most stunning election victories ever, Norway's Greens Party is busy uprooting other parties' entrenched positions in local communities all...

Bergen mayor charged with corruption

Trude Drevland, the outgoing mayor of Bergen, was charged with corruption on Friday as was the chief of Bergen's harbour authority, Inge Tangerås. The...

Millions more to fund refugee needs

Three goverment ministers proposed boosting this year's state budget by another NOK 227.1 million, in order to register and accommodate the large numbers of refugees...

No refugee quotas after Merkel meeting

Prime Minister Erna Solberg left the aftermath of Monday's mid-term elections to discuss one of their key issues, the refugee crisis, with German Chancellor...

Voter turnout sunk to new low

This week's mid-term municipal elections in Norway generated the lowest voter turnout in more than a decade. Just under 2.4 million of the country's...

Reds logged best election results ever

Norway's far-left Reds party (Rødt) was celebrating its best results ever in the latest mid-term municipal elections this week. When the final tallies came...

Election results may shake up coalition

Prime Minister Erna Solberg has claimed that this week's earthquake of an election only affected and reflected local politics, and had no bearing on her government...

‘Heartless’ campaign rocks government

Crushing losses suffered by Norway's conservative Progress Party in this week's mid-term municipal elections are now being directly linked to what even some party...
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