Tag: state budget
Norway tries to rein in tax refugees
Norway's left-center government is taking new steps to try to keep wealthy taxpayers from moving their fortunes abroad. Stricter rules are aimed at prohibiting...
Norway’s state budget ‘irresponsible’
Norwegian Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum is being accused of locking the country into an "irresponsible" boost in public spending, after his minority Labour-Center...
Defense wins most in new state budget
They're not getting as much as recommended or requested, but Norwegian defense officials can at least look forward to a 20 percent increase in...
Finance minister raids Oil Fund after all
So much for the "tight" state budget that Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum presented to the Norwegian Parliament last fall. After seriously under-estimating inflation...
Finance minister behind budget blunder
Norwegian Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum and his ministry colleagues need to rewrite much of their state budget for 2023, because they underestimated inflation...
Government avoids budget crisis
After weeks of intense negotiations, Norway's Labour-led minority government finally won support for a state budget that will now take even more from the...
New ‘salmon tax’ stirs up a storm
Of all the new and higher taxes proposed in the Norwegian government's highly contested state budget, none has grabbed more attention than the one...
Billions needed to revive bomb shelters
Norway's bomb shelters have been branded as outdated and suffering from a chronic lack of maintenance. In some cases, local officials don't even have...
New state budget proposal aims to redistribute income
Norway's left-center minority government unveiled a proposed and "tight" state budget for next year that marks a major move towards redistribution of income. It's...
Warnings fly around the government
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and his finance minister, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, have been warning about tough times ahead for months. Now the public...
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