Voters favour Stoltenberg in crisis
Although Stoltenberg's Labour Party (AP) has the support of only 30 per cent of the electorate, 48.1 per cent say they have confidence in him as the country's prime minister. His chief rival, the Conservative Party's leader, Erna Solberg, is preferred by 33.8 per cent. Political analyst Anders Todal Jenssen says the Government now benefits from the way it handled the financial crisis in 2008. (NRK)
Wednesday, 28 December 2011 08:27
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A majority of those asked believe Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is best suited to lead Norway through the present economic crisis, according to a poll made by Norfakta for newspapers Klassekampen and Nationen.
Speaking at the NATO Summit in Chicago, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said NATO still is the most successful alliance in history, but added that these are challenging times for NATO.
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Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is visiting the Shetland Islands on May 17th.
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Norwegian World War II resistance fighter Gunnar Sønsteby, who earned Norway's highest military decoration for daring raids against the Nazi occupiers, has died. He was 94.
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The Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM), north of Bergen,was opened by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe this week.
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Norway's Statoil and Russia's Rosneft have signed a cooperation agreement. The companies have agreed to jointly explore offshore frontier areas of Russia and Norway and to conduct joint technical studies on two onshore Russian assets.
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Norwegian world champion swimmer Alexander Dale Oen has died of a cardiac arrest at the age of 26, while attending a Norwegian altitude training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona, the US.
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Americans can learn something from Norwegians and their handling of the terror attacks on July 22, says professor Victor Herbert at the City University of New York.
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Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre will meet before the Parlimentary Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs on May 7th to answer questions regarding funds awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to a foundation run by a friend.
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Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says it is important for our law-abiding society that terrorist-charged Anders Behring Breivik will be permitted to give evidence in court.
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Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has announced the government's new digitalization program, which aims to move all public services and communication from print to online.
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The Conservative Party (Høyre) and the right wing Progress Party (FrP) are the winners of the April poll made by Norstat for NRK. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's Labour Party (AP) is the big loser. (Photo: Høyre leader Erna Solberg)
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