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 Non-EU nationals living in Europe don't have many voting rights but some countries do allow them to cast a ballot in local elections. Here's what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.no/20220218/explained-where-in-europe-can-non-eu-foreigners-vote-in-local-elections Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:40:39 +0100 explained-where-in-europe-can-non-eu-foreigners-vote-in-local-elections US President Donald Trump signed his latest executive order on Tuesday, which aims to tighten requirements to register to vote. Here's how it affects the voting rights of Americans in Europe. https://www.thelocal.no/20250327/what-trumps-voting-executive-order-means-for-americans-in-europe Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:46:18 +0100 what-trumps-voting-executive-order-means-for-americans-in-europe As primary elections hot up across the United States, here's everything Americans in Europe need to know about voting from overseas. https://www.thelocal.no/20240115/how-americans-in-europe-can-vote-in-the-us-primary-elections Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:57:03 +0100 how-americans-in-europe-can-vote-in-the-us-primary-elections The UK has changed its rules on overseas voting, meaning that thousands of Brits living in Europe will be eligible to vote in the next general election - and voter registration opens on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20240115/uk-to-open-voter-registration-for-brits-in-europe-as-15-year-rule-finally-ends Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:44:18 +0100 uk-to-open-voter-registration-for-brits-in-europe-as-15-year-rule-finally-ends The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard is to lose over a quarter of the its voting base for local elections under new rules preventing foreign nationals from participating. https://www.thelocal.no/20220620/norwegian-islands-lose-quarter-of-voters-as-foreigners-frozen-out-of-local-elections Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:29:35 +0200 norwegian-islands-lose-quarter-of-voters-as-foreigners-frozen-out-of-local-elections A proposal from Norway’s Liberal (Venstre) Party to give 16-year-olds the right to vote has been rejected by the country’s parliament.  https://www.thelocal.no/20220602/norway-rejects-proposal-to-reduce-voting-age Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:12:59 +0200 norway-rejects-proposal-to-reduce-voting-age British citizens living abroad will no longer lose their right to vote in UK elections if they have been abroad for over 15 years, after a long-term government pledge finally became law. Here's what we know about the new rules. https://www.thelocal.no/20210527/british-citizens-living-in-europe-finally-get-right-to-vote-for-life Thu, 27 May 2021 18:59:05 +0200 british-citizens-living-in-europe-finally-get-right-to-vote-for-life The British government announced on Thursday that it would lift a ban on citizens voting in UK elections if they had lived longer than 15 years outside the country. https://www.thelocal.no/20180209/long-term-brits-in-norway-to-get-back-vote-as-london-announces-end-to-time-limit Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:42:17 +0100 long-term-brits-in-norway-to-get-back-vote-as-london-announces-end-to-time-limit Nearly 60 percent of immigrants with Asian, African of Latin American backgrounds vote for the Norwegian Labour Party, according to Statistics Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20170503/minorities-in-norway-overwhelmingly-support-labour-report Wed, 03 May 2017 20:43:50 +0200 minorities-in-norway-overwhelmingly-support-labour-report If you're a pro-EU Brit living abroad, there's plenty you can do to keen Britain 'in', explains Laura Shields from the Brits Abroad: Yes to Europe initiative. https://www.thelocal.no/20160415/5-practical-things-brits-abroad-can-do-to-help-keep-the-uk-in-the-eu Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0200 5-practical-things-brits-abroad-can-do-to-help-keep-the-uk-in-the-eu Norway is at the top of the pile in a new report ranking the standard of elections held worldwide between 2012 and 2015. https://www.thelocal.no/20160317/norways-elections-among-very-best-in-the-world Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:11:03 +0100 norways-elections-among-very-best-in-the-world The deadline for registering to vote in the UK general elections is fast approaching, but not all UK expats will be casting their vote. We talked to Brits around Europe about why they will be voting – or not. https://www.thelocal.no/20150204/to-vote-or-not-to-vote-in-the-uk-elections Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:33:00 +0100 to-vote-or-not-to-vote-in-the-uk-elections Two Italian researchers have proven statistically what you've always suspected: Nordic countries' voting in Eurovision is biased -- which means Norway's Carl Espen can expect to benefit from special treatment from Denmark, Sweden and Iceland at Saturday's final. https://www.thelocal.no/20140509/proven-nordic-voting-at-eurovision-is-biased Fri, 09 May 2014 16:32:00 +0200 proven-nordic-voting-at-eurovision-is-biased