Tag: politics

Krekar ‘can’t be sent to the gallows’

He wore out his welcome in Norway long ago, after violating the terms of the asylum he was granted and causing repeated offense, but...

Post-scandal polls hit Progress Party

Two recent polls conducted by the Norwegian media have shown a sharp decline for Norway's most conservative party, the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp), which...

Grocery store owners fight back

Norway's grocery store owners are refusing to take the blame for the country's high food prices and relatively poor selection of goods. A state...

Labour leaders lose on EU post veto

The Labour Party's national meeting over the weekend didn't end quite how party leaders had wanted it to. Labour Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and...

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...
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