Støre closing in on Erna Solberg’s job
April 16, 2021
Backed by more favourable polls both for his Labour Party and himself, Jonas Gahr Støre seems to be closing in on his goal over the past six years: to take over as Norway’s next prime minister. It’s looking more and more likely that Støre will be able to replace the Conservatives’ Erna Solberg and form a new left-center coalition of Labour, the Center Party and the Socialist Left (SV).
Jonas Gahr Støre, leader of the Labour Party and its candidate for prime minister, opened Labour’s annual national meeting in digital form on Thursday, speaking to a mostly empty room but with delegates all over the country tuning in. PHOTO: Arbeiderpartiet
Latest Corona-related news in brief:
April 14, 2021
FACED WITH A LOOMING SHORTAGE OF VACCINE in Norway, the head of an expert group studying Corona’s economic impact is urging expansion of the period between the first and second shots. That would allow more Norwegians to get their first shot, and that can help prevent the spread of infection.
Steinar Holden, a professor of economics at the University of Oslo, leads the government’s panel that’s evaluating the social and economic consequences of the Corona pandemic. He’s now responding to news this week that Norway like won’t be receiving an expected one million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in June
Top Labour leader embarrasses party
March 15, 2021
Just as his Labour Party colleague in Oslo was warning the capital of even tougher Corona-related restrictions, deputy Labour leader Bjørnar Skjæran was apologizing profusely on national radio for ignoring Corona containment measures in Bodø. Skjæran admitted that it hadn’t even occurred to him that a Saturday night party in an expensive hotel suite with fellow Labour colleagues from Nordland County violated Bodø’s local anti-infection measures.
Bjørnar Skjæran was elected as a deputy leader of the Labour Party to replace Trond Giske, who also got into trouble for partying and, in his case, sexual harassment. Now Skjæran is the one apologizing, for ignoring Corona containment measures. PHOTO: Arbeiderpartiet
Latest Corona-related news in brief:
March 17, 2021
NORWAY’S THIRD CORONA INFECTION WAVE was crashing over the country on Wednesday, as the highest numbers of confirmed virus cases ever rolled in. A total of 1,156 cases were registered during the past 24 hours, with areas like Haugalandet on the West Coast now being hit hard.
“These are high and disturbing numbers,” Jarle Nilsen, the mayor of Karmøy, told state broadcaster NRK. Fully half of all cases in neighbouring Haugesund now involve children and youth. In Oslo, the number of new confirmed cases hit 495 in a just a 24-hour period. That’s 214 more than on Wednesday last week. Numbers were also high in Drammen, Bergen and Tønsberg.
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