Labor Party Secures Northern Norway Railway Majority The Norwegian parliamentStortingetyesterday adopted a proposal that the government initiate the process of realizing the North Norway Railway line.
Labor Party Leader Jonas Gahr Støre: “Half-Hearted High North Policy” Labor Party leader Støre argues that there is a big gap between words and actions in the new High North whitepaper that was launched last Friday. “This government has neither prioritized High North policies, developed new policies nor taken new initiatives in its meeting with the region’s opportunities and challenges”, says the Labor Party leader.
Will We Be Safer Up North if the Armed Forces Tear Art Down from the Wall? Commentary: In an interview covered by High North News, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg describes clear and increasing military activity in the Arctic. The question is how Norwegian politicians respond to this analysis. Some of the answers can be found in the respective Arctic strategies of the Conservatives and the Labor Party.
If We are to Believe the Labor Party Leader, This is When the High North is to Boom - Again Commentary: The one who waits for something good does not wait in vain, the saying goes. The Norwegian Labor Party has just presented its new Arctic policy draft. And if we are to believe party leader Jonas Gahr Støre, this is when the High North is to boom, to the benefit of both the nation as well as the international community.
Norwegian Labor Party Launches High North Strategy: “We Cannot Let the Authorities Abdicate in the High North” Knowledge, creating new jobs based on own resources and solving the climate crisis. These are the key areas of High North politics for the next decade, according to the High North committee of the Norwegian Labor Party. “High North politics must move closer to people and mean something for their everyday life”, says committee chair Martin Henriksen.
MP Expects Answer to Three Specific Arctic Challenges On Monday, the main lines of the upcoming Norwegian whitepaper on the Arctic will be presented. MP Eirik Sivertsen expects a more progressive Arctic policy than we see today and wants the whitepaper to respond to three main challenges.
Jonas Gahr Støre Worried About Increased Tension in the Arctic Labor leader Jonas Gahr Støre says he is worried about increased tension between major powers in the Arctic and argues that Norway holds a key conflict-preventing role.
