(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Norway's governing party keeps the upper hand over all other political organizations in the country, according to a poll by Norsk Gallup released by TV2. 28.7 per cent of respondents would back the Labour Party (DNA) in the next general election.

The Progress Party (FrP) is second with 21.7 per cent, followed by the Conservatives (H) with 14.9 per cent, the Socialist Left (SV) with 9.9 per cent, the Christian People (KrF) with 5.9 per cent, the Agrarians (Sp) with 5.6 per cent, and the Liberal Left (V) with 5.2 per cent.

In September 2005, Norwegian voters renewed the Stortinget (the Norwegian Parliament). Final results gave the Red-Green alliance—encompassing Labour, the Socialist Left and the Agrarians—87 seats in the 169-member legislative branch. Labour leader Jens Stoltenberg—who held the highest office from March 2000 to October 2001—took over as prime minister for the second time.

On Aug. 7, while in Israel, Norwegian foreign minister Jonas Gahr Store said his government intends to maintain contacts with Hamas—a Palestinian political and militant organization—at an envoy level. Gahr Store justified the decision, saying. "Norway has maintained a policy of keeping a broad network of contacts in this region. (...) If my (envoys) come across representatives from different groups, they are still allowed to make contact. I think it is wrong not to maintain contact to get the full picture of the situation."

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