Oslo (AFP) – Norwegian voters have begun casting their ballots in the Scandinavian nation’s election, with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store’s ruling Labour Party, along with its left-leaning allies, topping September polls. As a NATO member sharing a border with Russia, the war in Ukraine has weighed heavily on Norway’s politics in recent years, and with an economy dependent on exports, the imposition of US trade tariffs has also loomed large.
