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Government losing popularity

New public opinion polls are showing a major loss of voter support for the Labour Party, which leads Norway's left-center coalition government. Labour has...

Budget cuts may not be so big

The government ministers' dreaded annual budget conference doesn't appear to have been as bad as expected. Coaxed and cheered by a singing, poetry-reading Finance...

Budget battle begins, cuts loom

While thousands of people streamed to Holmenkollen in Oslo on Sunday, for a sunny afternoon of ski jumping, Norway's government ministers headed out of...

Government seeks advice from public

Norway's left-center coalition government has launched its effort to seek advice from the general public, as tipped by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in...

Experts present their sick leave cure

A group of health care and labour experts handed over their recommendations for lowering sick leave costs to government ministers on Wednesday. Prime Minister...

Auditor General slams state accounts

Opposition politicians are on the warpath while bureaucrats and government leaders are promising better control, after the state Auditor General (Riksrevisjonen) refused to approve government...

Veterans and new faces make up Labour-dominated government

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg finally introduced his new Labour-led government coalition on Tuesday, five weeks after last month's parliamentary election left his party as...

'Halvorsen out as Finance Minister'

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is expected to announce his new government line-up early this week and speculation is swirling over who will be assigned...

'Super minister' calls it quits

Bjarne Håkon Hanssen, who has handled some of Norway's biggest government reform projects in his years as cabinet minister, says he needs a break...

Coalition agrees new platform

Almost. The three political parties making up Norway's government coalition, led by Labour, still haven't come to terms on oil exploration off Lofoten but...

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