The ruling Labour Party, with the support of four other left-wing parties, edged out more conservative parties in the election. The rising cost of living and tumultuous geopolitics were key issues during the campaign.

In Norway, made rich by oil and gas, the idea of shutting fields sends chills, but that is exactly what the small Green Party is pushing as a global switch away from fossil fuels looms.

Norwegians are heading to the polls in the main day of voting for a new parliament, after a campaign in which the future of a wealth tax that dates to the late 19th century has been a central issue.

Norway’s ruling Labour party won a rare centre-left re-election victory on Monday by almost the narrowest margin. But for governing it will have to rely on a “tutti-frutti” alliance of four smaller parties including Communists, Greens and a Eurosceptic agrarian party.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Marie Sneve Martinussen, leader of Norway's Red Party (Rødt), has called on her country to recognize the Kurdish self-administration in northeast Syria (Rojava) and to engage in cooperation with them.

Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store is on track for another four-year term in office after a close election where his Labor Party played to voters’ fears of uncertainty regarding taxation and welfare policies.

Norway’s ruling centre-left government was on course to retain power as voters in the rich Nordic country backed a safe pair of hands in a tense security environment after neighbouring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the re-election of US President Donald Trump.