Tag: politics

Corona truce over, budget battle begins

Finance Minister Jan Tore Sanner presented his first state budget on behalf of the government on Wednesday, claiming it was aimed at bringing Norway...

Labour limps into crucial new session

NEWS ANALYSIS: As Parliament launched into its new session on Monday, Norway's once-mighty Labour Party is down in the dumps. Not even a new...

Corona measures face more skeptics

Public skepticism to Corona containment measures suddenly seems to be rising in Norway, especially now in Oslo, and officials at both the state and...

Drama clouds the political landscape

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian politics turned dramatic this month, after a left-wing Labour Party veteran from a troubled area of Oslo defected to the Center Party,...

Parliament’s leader stresses solidarity

Norway's Parliament opened on Friday after a week filled with political confrontations and noisy debate, not just in the USA. Polarization and a sharper...

Historic home finally gets some help

The elaborate and historic home of Norway's famed violinist Ole Bull has been suffering from a lack of serious maintenance for years. Finally, after...

MP group wants to end the monarchy

Members of Parliament from five separate political parties are behind a proposal to change Norway's constitution by phasing out the monarchy. They claim that...

Small party braves a new EU storm

Norway's small Liberal Party (Venstre) has a new leader and a new agenda that has made it the country's first to switch sides on...

Politics start to infect Corona fight

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway had mostly managed to escape political conflicts over Corona restrictions, until this week. Suddenly, the Labour Party's leader of Oslo's city...

‘Trump threatens democracy’

That was the headline Monday on the main editorial of Norway's largest newspaper, Aftenposten, long considered the country's conservative newspaper of record. By stirring...
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