Several Norwegian parties are open to hosting the World Cup and European Football Championships in the country. Venstre is positive about Norway hosting major sporting events, including the World Cup, party leader Guri Melby tells Aftenposten.
FootballNorway's minority government, led by Jonas Gahr Støre (AP) as Prime Minister, has reached a budget agreement with three other parties after weeks of uncertainty. Among other things, it will stop mining on the seabed for the entire term of office.
WorldNorway's Social Democratic minority government is forced to continue negotiating to get a budget through. The Green Party MDG has left the talks in disappointment over climate policy.
WorldThe coming days, The Labour Party's Jonas Gahr Støre will contact the other parties after the victory in the Norwegian election. Now the workday begins, he says on Tuesday morning.
World politicsThe red-greens' majority in the Norwegian election does not come as a shock to the political scientist Svein Erik Tuastad, who believes that the Labour Party will continue to rule alone in the future. This election can be called a comeback election, he says.
World politicsThe red-greens with the Labour Party at the forefront win the election in Norway. The Right makes a disaster election while the right-wing populist Progress Party makes its best result so far.
World politicsThe Progress Party's Sylvi Listhaug has reached new Norwegian voter groups with promises to, among other things, "take control" of criminal gangs and immigration. Norway's Social Democratic Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre still has a lead, but hardly a comfortable one, opinion polls show ahead of Monday's election.
World politicsNorwegian municipalities with significant tourist pressure are allowed to introduce a fee of three percent per overnight stay – a tourist tax that a majority in the parliament has agreed on after long debate.
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