Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere won a second term in office on Monday after his ruling Labour Party came out on top with around 28% of the .

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.