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 The coronavirus crisis has made the populist right in Denmark and Norway almost vanish off the map. Can they find a way back after the pandemic? https://www.thelocal.no/20200506/has-coronavirus-silenced-populists-in-denmark-and-norway Wed, 06 May 2020 13:38:58 +0200 has-coronavirus-silenced-populists-in-denmark-and-norway One of the most senior figures in Norway’s Progress Party has announced that he is stepping down as Fisheries Minister and as the party’s deputy head. https://www.thelocal.no/20180813/progress-deputy-steps-down-over-iran-scadnal Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:13:40 +0200 progress-deputy-steps-down-over-iran-scadnal A former politician from Norway’s anti-immigration Progress Party has been charged with possession of illegal drugs and images of child abuse. https://www.thelocal.no/20180426/norway-politician-charged-with-possession-of-child-abuse-images Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:26:42 +0200 norway-politician-charged-with-possession-of-child-abuse-images Norway’s anti-immigration Progress Party, part of the ruling two-party coalition, is set to vote on banning the Muslim call to prayer in Norway when it meets for its national meeting this weekend. https://www.thelocal.no/20180425/norways-party-to-seek-ban-on-islamic-call-to-prayer Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:59:39 +0200 norways-party-to-seek-ban-on-islamic-call-to-prayer Norway will tighten its asylum policy to dissuade migrants from coming, the country's political parties agreed Thursday amid a record number of asylum applications. https://www.thelocal.no/20151119/norway-tightens-asylum-policy-to-cut-numbers Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:46:38 +0100 norway-tightens-asylum-policy-to-cut-numbers Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgård has described the anti-immigrant Progress Party as a “blessing” for Norwegian politics, as societies must “dare to talk about the problematic aspects of immigration”. https://www.thelocal.no/20151030/knausgrd-says-progress-a-blessing-for-norway Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:14:46 +0100 knausgrd-says-progress-a-blessing-for-norway Norway’s anti-immigrant Progress party has hit rock-bottom in the polls in the capital Oslo, with just 5.4 percent of the city’s voters saying they will vote for the party. https://www.thelocal.no/20150821/progress-in-shock-oslo-poll-slump Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:41:45 +0200 progress-in-shock-oslo-poll-slump Norway’s populist Progress Party has seen slumped in the polls ahead of next month’s county and municipal elections, as the realities of coalition government continue to eat into its support. https://www.thelocal.no/20150813/progress-soars-in-the-polls Fri, 14 Aug 2015 01:37:52 +0200 progress-soars-in-the-polls A mayoral candidate for Norway’s ruling Progress Party has been accused of hate crimes after he blacked up his face for a sketch lampooning Muslim women who are beaten by their husbands. https://www.thelocal.no/20150810/norway-politician-blacks-up-face-for-muslim-sketch Mon, 10 Aug 2015 23:53:20 +0200 norway-politician-blacks-up-face-for-muslim-sketch An operative for Norway’s anti-immigration Progress Party has caused outrage after accusing the Labour Party’s deputy leader of having “a mission from Allah to islamise Norway” in a post on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.no/20150807/labour-top-on-a-mission-from-allah-to-islamise-norway Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:44:53 +0200 labour-top-on-a-mission-from-allah-to-islamise-norway The leader of Norway’s populist Progress party has pledged to block plans for Norway to take up to 10,000 refugees from Syria over the next two years, arguing that it is more efficient to find homes for them in neighbouring countries. https://www.thelocal.no/20150504/progress-to-block-10000-refugee-plan-jensen Mon, 04 May 2015 13:28:39 +0200 progress-to-block-10000-refugee-plan-jensen Youth leaders from Norway's right-wing Progress Party donned burkas and chains for an International Women’s Day protest on Sunday, with one marcher claiming that “Islamists treat women like rats". https://www.thelocal.no/20150309/islamists-treat-women-like-rats-progress-party Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:43:08 +0100 islamists-treat-women-like-rats-progress-party A senior politician from Norway's Progress Party is facing possible expulsion after she declared that refugees "smell bad" and "beat their own children", during a debate on asylum. https://www.thelocal.no/20140623/refugees-smell-bad-and-beat-children-progress-politician Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:15:00 +0200 refugees-smell-bad-and-beat-children-progress-politician Norway's Progress Party is lobbying for Carl Hagen, its former leader, to head the Norwegian Nobel Committee if the current Chairman Thorbjørn Jagland is ousted as expected later this year. https://www.thelocal.no/20140514/norwegian-populist-pushing-to-head-nobel-committee Wed, 14 May 2014 13:35:00 +0200 norwegian-populist-pushing-to-head-nobel-committee Oslo's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics was in the balance on Sunday as a governing coalition party announced it would not support state funding for the event. https://www.thelocal.no/20140505/progress-party-votes-to-oppose-olympics Mon, 05 May 2014 10:05:48 +0200 progress-party-votes-to-oppose-olympics Progress Party leader Siv Jensen has trumpeted the achievements of her party in her first conference speech since taking power last October, calling on activists to be patient at the pace of reform. https://www.thelocal.no/20140502/progress-leader-touts-gains-of-power Fri, 02 May 2014 19:37:00 +0200 progress-leader-touts-gains-of-power Grassroots activists in Norway's Progress Party plan to force party leaders to campaign against Oslo hosting the Winter Olympics in 2022 at the annual convention on the weekend. https://www.thelocal.no/20140430/progress-grassroots-could-upset Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:53:00 +0200 progress-grassroots-could-upset Former US presidential candidate John McCain has pledged to vote to block George Tsunis, the would-be new ambassador to Norway, from taking up his post. https://www.thelocal.no/20140409/mccain-to-vote-down-would-be-envoy Thu, 10 Apr 2014 01:12:00 +0200 mccain-to-vote-down-would-be-envoy One of Norway's two governing parties has proposed denying free medical care to illegal immigrants, arguing that it encourages others to seek to settle in the country. https://www.thelocal.no/20140403/deny-healthcare-to-illegal-immigrants-progress-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:45:00 +0200 deny-healthcare-to-illegal-immigrants-progress-2 Senior members of a professional body representing US diplomats have called on the country's Senate to reject George Tsunis, the nominee ambassador for Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20140327/us-diplomats-ask-senate-to-reject-norway-nominee Thu, 27 Mar 2014 23:40:00 +0100 us-diplomats-ask-senate-to-reject-norway-nominee