Tag: politics

Labour members in a defiant mood

Rank and file members of Norway's Labour Party defied their leaders on several issues during their national meeting in Oslo over the weekend. They...

Majority supports Libya mission

Seven out of 10 Norwegians support their country's involvement in enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya, according to a new opinion poll. Six F-16...

Minister urges toddler testing

Norway's education minister, Kristin Halvorsen, has released a new parliamentary report that seeks to reduce the number of Norwegian children receiving special education, including...

Delegation visits British nuclear plant

A Norwegian delegation has visited the controversial British nuclear processing station at Sellafield in northwest England, and criticized the plant operators for becoming "more...

Hackers hit party websites

The websites for both the Norwegian Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) were disrupted this week, when an activist group known as...

Labour again the largest in the land

Norway's Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, has once again emerged as the largest party in the land, just as Stoltenberg heads...

Temper tantrum results in apology

Cabinet Minister Liv Signe Navarsete, embattled leader of the small Center Party, apologized on national radio Thursday morning for losing her temper and yelling...

Grocery business dodges bullets

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian grocery stores have the highest prices in Europe and the worst selection of goods, according to consumer advocates, and, reportedly, a...

Power without responsibility, responsibility without power

COMMENTARY: The Norwegian Study of Power and Democracy was a five-year government-mandated effort overseen by five academic experts charged with assessing what’s going on...

Protests greet new data storage law

Members of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) used more than nine hours to debate a controversial new data storage law pressed upon them by the...
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