Tag: politics
Liberal party head bows out
Lars Sponheim, the head of the Liberal Party (Venstre) who kept a high profile in Norwegian media, officially stepped down at the party's meeting...
Last gasp for political junkets
For the past two decades, members of the Norwegian Parliament have regularly been invited on "study tours" to Taiwan, with expenses paid by the...
Jens gets down to work
Norway's re-elected prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, rattled off a long list of tasks that now await him after he carried his Labour Party to...
How Norway's parties fared
Detailed counting of Monday's voting in the Norwegian parliamentary election continued into Wednesday, but it wasn't expected to affect results. The left-center government coalition...
Liberal Party leader gives up
Lars Sponheim, a former government minister and the outspoken leader of the Liberal Party
(Venstre) , said Monday night he would resign after...
Incumbents win exit polls
Norway's incumbent red-green, left-center coalition government won the most votes in exit polls conducted by Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK). It was too early to celebrate...
Tempers flare as election nears
More than 600,000 Norwegians have already cast their ballots in the run-up to Monday's parliamentary election. That's nearly triple the amount of advance and...
Government withholds critical audits
State auditors reportedly have completed several critical audits of government performance regarding road building, nursing home administration and integration. The reports aren't being released...
Here's where the parties stand
Norwegians headed for the polls on Monday September 14, with the race wide open. More than a half-dozen parties have been battling for seats...
Polls vary widely as election nears
Norway's Conservative Party (Høyre) is storming ahead in the current election campaign, winning voters away from both Labour and the Progress Party. Or is...
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