Tag: state budget
Pump prices prompt tax cut proposals
Some top politicians, stunned by record-high pump prices for both gasoline and diesel, are calling for the removal of most or all of Norway's...
Budget battle ends well for leftist SV
Norway's Labour-Center government coalition was finally able late Monday to secure a majority in Parliament for next year's state budget. After lengthy negotiations with...
Støre has struggled in efforts to lead
NEWS ANALYSIS: Just six weeks into his role as Norway's prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre has struggled to lead the country, his government and...
Budget battle tests new government
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and his new Labour-Center minority government is being put to the test this week, over its newly revised, proposed...
Now Norway’s own climate fight looms
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway supports the dramatic outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, with Norwegian officials insisting it's "major step in the...
State budget puts ‘politics in practice’
Norway's outgoing Conservatives-led government presented its last state budget proposal on Tuesday, but now it's subject to lots of debate and alteration in Parliament....
Revised state budget won approval
Lower taxes on soft drinks, lower ferry fares and more funding for psychiatric care were what it took for the conservative government coalition to...
Norway plots its path out of crisis
Finance Minister Jan Tore Sanner admits to a lot of uncertainty regarding prospects for renewed economic growth in Norway. The revised state budget he...
Solberg budgets for better times ahead
Prime Minister Erna Solberg found a way around her own government's rules against meetings this week, to start hashing out a state budget proposal...
New state budget cuts lots of taxes
After weeks of intense negotiations, Norway's conservative parties have finally agreed on a state budget for next year that includes large cuts in some...
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