https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg said that parties in the coalition government will have the opportunity to see parts of their manifestos realised, should an agreement be reached for collaboration. https://www.thelocal.no/20180102/coalition-must-be-beneficial-norways-pm-solberg-as-negotiations-begin Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:52:57 +0100 coalition-must-be-beneficial-norways-pm-solberg-as-negotiations-begin Leaders of the conservative parties in Norway will begin negotiations over the makeup of the new coalition government on January 2nd, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.no/20171213/norway-may-have-new-government-by-january-four-months-after-election Wed, 13 Dec 2017 12:57:26 +0100 norway-may-have-new-government-by-january-four-months-after-election The Christian Democrat Party will no longer participate in multilateral discussions with Norway’s other conservative parties over the new government after declining to support the populist Progress Party. https://www.thelocal.no/20170928/norways-christian-democrats-leave-government-negotiations Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:55:19 +0200 norways-christian-democrats-leave-government-negotiations Following victory in Norway’s September 11th general election, Norway’s Conservative party and it’s populist coalition partner the Progress Party have another four years to set the political agenda in the oil-rich welfare state. https://www.thelocal.no/20170926/what-eight-years-of-right-wing-rule-will-mean-for-foreigners-in-norway Tue, 26 Sep 2017 10:00:00 +0200 what-eight-years-of-right-wing-rule-will-mean-for-foreigners-in-norway The leaders of Norway’s four conservative parties, who must work together to ensure a parliamentary majority during Erna Solberg’s second term as PM, were unable to come to agreement after a meeting on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170922/norways-conservative-parties-yet-to-agree-on-government-partnership Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:54:19 +0200 norways-conservative-parties-yet-to-agree-on-government-partnership After clinching a narrow victory in Norway's legislative elections, Prime Minister Erna Solberg will start out with a fragile second mandate, given her weaker majority and less conciliatory allies. https://www.thelocal.no/20170912/bittersweet-election-victory-for-norway-pm-solberg Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:58:27 +0200 bittersweet-election-victory-for-norway-pm-solberg After Norway’s conservative parties won a majority in Monday’s general election, reelected PM Erna Solberg could now face a tricky negotiating task if she is to form an effective government. https://www.thelocal.no/20170912/five-things-to-know-about-norways-election-outcome Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:11:09 +0200 five-things-to-know-about-norways-election-outcome The red-green parties in Norway are reported to have gained 7,000 more votes overall than their conservative opponents, who nonetheless won the parliamentary majority. https://www.thelocal.no/20170912/norways-red-green-parties-won-popular-vote-lost-election Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:19:47 +0200 norways-red-green-parties-won-popular-vote-lost-election Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg claimed a narrow victory in Norway's legislative elections on Monday, saying voters in the oil-rich country had given her "a mandate for four more years". https://www.thelocal.no/20170912/norways-pm-solberg-claims-victory-in-close-election Tue, 12 Sep 2017 03:45:29 +0200 norways-pm-solberg-claims-victory-in-close-election Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg has won a mandate for a further four years in government after a tense election night victory over Labour leader Jonas Gahr Støre. https://www.thelocal.no/20170911/join-the-local-for-live-coverage-of-the-norwegian-general-election Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:50:29 +0200 join-the-local-for-live-coverage-of-the-norwegian-general-election Most of Norway’s national and regional newspapers understandably led with the country’s general election on their front pages on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170911/heres-what-norways-newspapers-are-saying-about-election-day Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:42:24 +0200 heres-what-norways-newspapers-are-saying-about-election-day She presents herself as the safeguard of continuity, he champions the fight against inequality: Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Labour opposition leader Jonas Gahr Støre are facing off in Norway's legislative elections on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170911/solberg-vs-stre-the-leaders-battling-for-the-norwegian-premiership Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:56:19 +0200 solberg-vs-stre-the-leaders-battling-for-the-norwegian-premiership Norwegians cast their votes on Monday in an election nail-biter that will decide whether "the world's happiest country" will be run by the outgoing rightwing coalition or the leftwing opposition for the next four years. https://www.thelocal.no/20170911/norway-heads-into-climax-of-election-thriller Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:18:40 +0200 norway-heads-into-climax-of-election-thriller For climate reasons as much as economic prudence, Norway is trying to cut its dependence on oil, a godsend that has made the small Scandinavian country rich beyond its dreams. https://www.thelocal.no/20170908/oil-rich-norway-struggles-to-beat-its-petroholism Fri, 08 Sep 2017 12:52:33 +0200 oil-rich-norway-struggles-to-beat-its-petroholism Political issues, the parties involved and scenarios: here are five things to know about Norway's legislative election on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170908/five-things-to-know-about-norways-election Fri, 08 Sep 2017 12:05:31 +0200 five-things-to-know-about-norways-election You can be the happiest people in the world and still toy with the idea of change: oil-rich Norway votes Monday in a general election that could be uncomfortably close for the outgoing right-wing government. https://www.thelocal.no/20170907/worlds-happiest-country-norway-mulls-change-of-course Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:00:31 +0200 worlds-happiest-country-norway-mulls-change-of-course 17 Norwegian municipalities will be visited by international election observers during polling for Monday’s general election. https://www.thelocal.no/20170906/foreign-observers-to-follow-norwegian-election Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:45:33 +0200 foreign-observers-to-follow-norwegian-election Collaboration between Norway’s four conservative parties in the event of a majority in next week’s general election depends on several key issues. https://www.thelocal.no/20170905/climate-could-be-key-for-norways-conservative-parties Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:33:49 +0200 climate-could-be-key-for-norways-conservative-parties A week ahead of Norway’s general election, latest polls show support for the opposition Labour Party slipping even further, while the governing Conservative Party continues to gain. https://www.thelocal.no/20170904/norways-conservatives-cheer-as-opposition-poll-slide-continues Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:23:52 +0200 norways-conservatives-cheer-as-opposition-poll-slide-continues Labour leader Jonas Gahr Støre says that he is prepared to form a minority government without the support of coalition parties should the post-election political landscape require it. https://www.thelocal.no/20170831/norway-opposition-leader-stre-open-to-minority-government-as-poll-numbers-slip-again Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:03:45 +0200 norway-opposition-leader-stre-open-to-minority-government-as-poll-numbers-slip-again