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Passport control

Labour immigration and refugee reception, the remarkable societal calculations

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Hilde Henriksen Waage

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

A tribute to Professor Hilde Henriksen Waage for academic weight and personal courage

Jens Stolteberg and Jonas Gahr Store

The Labour government is failing the poor, but makes new promises while warning of difficult times

NORWEGIAN WELFARE

The unknown value of natural resources and their large share of the Norwegian economy

Norwegian nature

Norwegian nature

The EU exploits the geopolitical situation to demand control over Norwegian resources

Utenriksminister Espen Bart Eide

Has Foreign Minister Eide’s son received a stipend for the internship at the embassy in Paris?

Ine Søreide Eriksen

IMPARTIALITY

Will the Conservative Party choose a new leader with a trust problem after Erna Solberg?

Bide av Thorbjørn Jagland

Norwegian politicians build careers, power and profit through grant funding

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store

SECURITY RISK

2025 was a challenging year — through nine events, Prime Minister Store has put Norway's security at risk

Asheim, Soreide og Svenneby

LEADERSHIP CHANGE

The Conservative Party nominates Asheim, Svenneby and Soreide

An image of a ship leaving Norway with cargo

Norway’s political parties are lost between innovation, climate and EU demands

Image of Norway's coat of arms

STATE BUDGET

Point in the Norwegian budget agreement raises concerns about military security

Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store

STATE BUDGET

Undemocratic tactics from Store and Stoltenberg in budget negotiations

Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store

STATE BUDGET

The Norwegian government is not going to risk its position over the state budget

Hans Christian Holte

LABOUR AND WELFARE

NAV director Hans Christian Holte must step down after serious errors

A woman who appears to be in pain, with a cross on the wall in the background

CONSERVATISM

A candid speech exposes outdated views on women in the Christian Democratic Party

En bortgjemt, koselig tømmerhytte i vintersnø, omgitt av snødekte trær og fjell, under en klar blå himmel.

STATE BUDGET

The Labour Party signals higher taxes on holiday homes

Picture of the Labour Government 2026

BROKEN PROMISSES

Lies or mistakes by the Labour Government during the the election campaign?

Image of cocaine and a rolled banknote

SUBSTANCE USE

Youth crime puts the spotlight on drug use and health consequences

Kors på toppen av en kirketårn er opplyst om kvelden

CONSERVATISME

The conservative wave sweeping the Western world has reached Norway

Bilde av Erna Solberg fra Høyre

ELECTION DEFEAT

Erna Solberg steps down as leader of Conservative Party following the election defeat

A young man sits alone on a bench in a park

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

Else Koss Furuseth's Loneliness Party received only 703 votes

Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre

Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre

LABOUR GOVERNMENT

Four scandals in a few weeks involve five ministers on Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store's watch

A helicopter hovering over a mining area

MINERAL INDUSTRY

LO and the Progress Party collide over public support for the mineral industry and the green transition

Erna Solberg (Conservatives)

No-brainer from Erna Solberg (Conservatives) on sickness benefit

Image of a set of scales balancing coins

The wealth tax contributes to EU levelling in which Norwegians lose out

Head of Norwegian Bank, Ida Wolden Bache

Head of Norwegian Bank, Ida Wolden Bache

POLICY RATE

Misleading from Stoltenberg: Norwegian business is not hard hit by tariffs and war, according to the central bank governor

Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg

Jens Stoltenberg is not the same politician who left Norway in 2013

Emergency room at a hospital

It is a myth that private hospitals are more efficient than public ones

Illustration of a Norwegian Hospital

Store believes the health trust model is best and rejects the Centre Party's proposal for a review

Midwife with a pregnant woman

Difficult working conditions for midwives lead to poor quality and resignations

Image of a Norwegian landscape with a fighter jet

The government presents security strategy on Liberation Day, 80 years after Second World War

Flag of the European Union

One third og Norwegian voters have never voted on the EU, and the Labour Party will not let them

Illustration of a media building

A media house's contribution to the political power game

Norwegian Minister of Health Jan Christian Vestre

Will the government's new measures improve health services?

People queuing at an emergency clinic

Norwegians lost 3.7 healthy life years in 8 years

Tre politibetjenter sykler i en bygate, alle iført hjelm og uniform med 'POLITI' skrevet på ryggen.

Armament of the Norwegian police should be assessed in relation to tiered training

Et fly tar av nær en flystripe ved vann, med to cruise-skip i vannet og fjell i bakgrunnen.

TOURIST TAX

Tourists on the way as the tourist tax is debated

Kenneths hovedbygning foran en dugnad av brosteinsbelagte tråkk med grønt gress og benker, under en blå himmel med skyer, med et norsk flagg på toppen.

ELECTION 25

Will this be a polarising election campaign?

A person wearing a tool belt, holding a drill and a screwdriver, standing in a building frame.

The link between few vocationally trained workers and unemployment

A preschool child walking on a rural road

Children are hit hard as economic inequality keeps increasing

Tre mennesker støtter en stor stein i fjellet.

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Misguided opposition to standardization in local democracy

Liten gutt med ansiktet malt som en klovn, smilende og holder en liten eske.

THE PROGRESS PARTY

Simen Velle exposed environment activists as hooligans

Can Stoltenberg curb the sharp price growth?

Utsikt over fjorder og fjell sett gjennom et kikertsør.

NORWEGIAN POLITICS

Norway without visions in this century

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