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 Siv Jensen, the former finance minister and leader of the anti-immigration Progress Party, has announced she is to leave the role and quit parliament. https://www.thelocal.no/20210218/leader-of-norwegian-populist-party-to-step-down Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:49:55 +0100 leader-of-norwegian-populist-party-to-step-down After announcing its decision to quit Norway’s coalition government on Monday, the populist Progress Party has already named three areas on which it will challenge Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s administration. https://www.thelocal.no/20200121/three-potential-clashes-between-norways-progress-party-and-government Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:18:52 +0100 three-potential-clashes-between-norways-progress-party-and-government A minority administration is set to rule Norway after the Progress Party's decision to leave the coalition government. https://www.thelocal.no/20200120/what-next-for-norways-government-after-break-up-of-coalition Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:53:53 +0100 what-next-for-norways-government-after-break-up-of-coalition Norway's anti-immigration Progress Party is to leave the government, saying there was "no basis for continuing" in the conservative coalition. https://www.thelocal.no/20200120/norways-populist-party-in-emergency-meeting-over-repatriation-of-isis-linked-woman Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:07:33 +0100 norways-populist-party-in-emergency-meeting-over-repatriation-of-isis-linked-woman Norway's decision to allow a woman linked with the Islamic State terror group back into the country on humanitarian grounds could have far-reaching consequences for the government. https://www.thelocal.no/20200116/how-norways-help-for-child-of-isis-mother-could-topple-government Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:06:56 +0100 how-norways-help-for-child-of-isis-mother-could-topple-government A local politician cited a form of online scam as he criticised a public transport project that has seen costs spiral. https://www.thelocal.no/20180307/local-politician-compares-norway-bus-project-with-nigerian-scam-after-dramatic-cost-increase Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:17:39 +0100 local-politician-compares-norway-bus-project-with-nigerian-scam-after-dramatic-cost-increase The nationalist Progress Party (Fremskrittpartiet) has seen a significant increase in support, according to recent polls. https://www.thelocal.no/20170601/norways-progress-party-strides-forward-in-latest-polls Thu, 01 Jun 2017 17:07:58 +0200 norways-progress-party-strides-forward-in-latest-polls The Economist has ruffled feathers in Norway after describing the country’s finance minister as a “a sort of Norwegian Marine Le Pen”, in reference to the leader of France’s far-right National Front. https://www.thelocal.no/20140103/le-pen-comparison-ruffles-causes-norwegian-upset Fri, 03 Jan 2014 16:23:00 +0100 le-pen-comparison-ruffles-causes-norwegian-upset A woman working for Norway's populist Progress Party has reported two of her colleagues for rape, sinking the party into crisis at a crucial point in coalition talks. https://www.thelocal.no/20130927/two-progress-politicians-reported-for-rape Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:11:00 +0200 two-progress-politicians-reported-for-rape Siv Jensen, the leader of Norway's populist Progress Party, has distanced herself from the hardline immigration report put out by her party colleagues in an interview with The Local. https://www.thelocal.no/20130902/progress-leader-plays-down-immigrant-report-interview Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:57:00 +0200 progress-leader-plays-down-immigrant-report-interview Norway's populist Progress Party has promised to halve immigration levels if it wins a place in government after next month's election. https://www.thelocal.no/20130820/norways-progress-party-pledges-to-halve-immigration Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:24:00 +0200 norways-progress-party-pledges-to-halve-immigration A conservative government would split Norway's giant oil fund into three or four parts if it wins the national election this autumn, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, financial policy spokesman for the right-wing Progress Party has told the Aftenposten newspaper. https://www.thelocal.no/20130730/conservative-government-would-split-oil-fund Tue, 30 Jul 2013 11:17:00 +0200 conservative-government-would-split-oil-fund An Oslo high school has been told by the city officials to close a Muslim prayer room following criticism from Carl I. Hagen, a city councillor for the right-wing populist Progress Party. https://www.thelocal.no/20120927/hagen-halts-muslim-prayer-room-at-oslo-school Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:38:00 +0200 hagen-halts-muslim-prayer-room-at-oslo-school Norway’s Conservative Party (Høyre) has called for the construction of rudimentary new jails for foreign criminals. https://www.thelocal.no/20120918/norway-needs-separate-jails-for-foreigners Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:39:00 +0200 norway-needs-separate-jails-for-foreigners Norway’s right-wing populist Progress Party wants asylum seekers to show they’re serious about fitting in before they can be granted permanent residency. https://www.thelocal.no/20120620/immigrants-need-to-act-like-norwegians-progress-party Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:12:00 +0200 immigrants-need-to-act-like-norwegians-progress-party Oslo’s mayor Fabian Stang has said he is unconcerned by statistics showing that immigrants will make up half of Oslo’s population three decades from now. https://www.thelocal.no/20120314/oslo-mayor-welcomes-immigration-challenges Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:42:00 +0100 oslo-mayor-welcomes-immigration-challenges Immigrants are set to make up almost half of Oslo’s population by 2040, according to Statistics Norway, new figures show, prompting an immediate call for more restrictive immigration policies from Progress Party leader Siv Jensen. https://www.thelocal.no/20120313/half-of-oslo-dwellers-immigrants-by-2040 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:36:17 +0100 half-of-oslo-dwellers-immigrants-by-2040 Trond Birkedal, the 31-year-old former head of the Progress Party’s youth wing, was given a suspended 60-day jail sentence on Thursday for secretly filming naked boys, but was cleared of the most serious charge of having sexual relations with a 15-year-old boy. https://www.thelocal.no/20120216/birkedal-cleared-over-teen-sex-charges Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:51:20 +0100 birkedal-cleared-over-teen-sex-charges A Norwegian prosecutor has called for ex-Progress Party high flyer Trond Birkedal to be given a nine-month jail sentence if convicted of having sex with a 15-year-old boy and filming boys naked in the shower. https://www.thelocal.no/20120209/jail-birkedal-for-sex-with-15-year-old Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:39:03 +0100 jail-birkedal-for-sex-with-15-year-old Former Progress Party leader Carl Ivar Hagen has had his driving licence revoked after he ran over two people in his car at a pedestrian crossing in Oslo on New Year’s Eve. https://www.thelocal.no/20120103/ex-progress-party-chief-loses-licence-after-crash Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:13:08 +0100 ex-progress-party-chief-loses-licence-after-crash