Tag: politics

Outgoing ministers descend on UN

Norway's left-center, lame-duck government that's ruled for the past eight years hasn't let its election defeat earlier this month thin its ranks at the...

Looking beyond the destruction

PHOTO FEATURE: Two years after a bomber attacked Norway's government complex in Oslo, Norwegians could finally see for themselves how the buildings held up....

Folks flocked to bombed state hub

Thousands of Norwegians lined up during the weekend to get a unique look inside what used to be the hub of their state government....

‘Moon landing’ crashes for Jens

Outgoing Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg logged one of the biggest failures of his political career on Friday when his government had to announce that...

Irony surrounds immigration debate

NEWS COMMENTARY: This man, the leader of Oslo's chapter of the Progress Party and a Member of Parliament, seems to be doing his best...

Scandal grows around Center Party

Norway's small Center Party (Senterpartiet, Sp) logged one of its worst elections in years last week and has lost government power after eight years in...

Father’s leave still a burning issue

The debate over paternity leave in Norway continues, also after the election. Now a top finance industry official is urging an incoming Conservatives'-led government...

Norway may offer refuge to Syrians

Norway's outgoing left-center government wants to take in 1,000 refugees from Syria and offer them permanent resident status. It's a tiny portion of the...

Small leftist parties urged to merge

Stein Ørnhøi, a veteran politician and member of the Socialist Left party (SV), thinks the time is ripe for SV and two other of...

Outspoken youth leader gives up

Sandra Borch, the small woman who had big plans to modernize the farmer-friendly Center Party, has given up. She resigned her post as head...
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