Norway's prime minister present his new government
The Hindu
Authorities suspect that the attacker is a Muslim convert who was previously flagged as having been radicalized.
Norway's new center-left Cabinet has taken office after the incoming prime minister presented a center-left minority government Thursday, a day after a deadly bow-and-arrow attack in a small town.
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, the leader of Norway's center-left Labor Party, stood outside the royal palace with his 19-member team — 10 women and nine men — that includes the leader of the euroskeptic Center Party, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, who becomes finance minister.
Emilie Enger Mehl became Norway's youngest-ever justice minister at age 28, while the foreign minister portfolio went to another woman — Anniken Scharning Huitfeldt.
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