Most of Norway's police officers walked out on a nationwide political strike between 11:30 and 13:00 on Thursday. - Minimum emergency services will of course be maintained, union leader Arne Johannessen says.

The strike was in protest against what the Policemen's Union (Politiets Fellesforbund) claim to be the Government's forcing the police to accept an excemption to the Health and Safety at Work Act (Arbeidsmiljoeloven), dealing with rest periods, as well as denying the staff representatives their negotiating rights.

(NRK)

Rolleiv Solholm