Tag: budget
Government ‘on verge of collapse’
Speculation was running high on Tuesday morning over whether Norway's minority coalition government is about to fall. Dramatic and ongoing disagreement over next year's state budget...
Politicians avoid real emission cuts
As Norwegian politicians continued to quarrel this week over raising fuel taxes to cut carbon emissions, climate activists gathering in Oslo put the quarreling in perspective. They...
Solberg failed to end budget battle
Prime Minister Erna Solberg finally stepped into the fray and spent much of the weekend trying to win support for her minority government's state budget...
‘Crisis’ looms over the state budget
Budget negotiations between Norway's minority government coalition and its two centrist support parties in Parliament have taken a turn for the worse. There was...
Electric cars may lose some incentives
As Norwegian politicians argue over how "green" their budgets are, one aspect of the proposed state budget is raising red flags. Norway's conservative government...
Arctic oil pact can defy climate goals
Despite all the international tension at present, Norway and Russia have once again managed to strike an important agreement, this time on how to...
Harder times hasn’t corked the Champagne
Even though Norway has been going through an economic slowdown, the government is once again boosting its spending on what's diplomatically called "representation:" Receptions,...
Finance minister saves tax-free sales
Norway's conservative government has resisted calls from the left-center opposition in Parliament to re-evaluate or even end the current tax-free sales of alcoholic beverages, tobacco,...
Oil can’t grease many more budgets
With less money flowing into state coffers from Norway's offshore oil fields, and the return on that money reduced as well, even Finance Minister Siv...
Supporters dismiss any budget ‘crisis’
At least one of the two parties supporting Norway's minority coalition government is keen to discuss instead of rail against the government's proposed state budget....
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