Tag: budget
Finance minister rides out the storm
Siv Jensen has just broken Norway's record for being the longest-serving finance minister since World War II. That's in sharp contrast to the high...
Solberg warns of tighter budgets
Prime Minister Erna Solberg was meeting with her ministers behind closed doors on Wednesday and Thursday, to put the final touches on their state...
Paying the price for state budget drama
NEWS ANALYSIS: Criticism flew, the main players including Finance Minister Siv Jensen fought off exhaustion, the government coalition was arguably weakened and lots of Norway's oil...
Solberg survives budget crisis
Prime Minister Erna Solberg could finally wrap a few holiday gifts this weekend after winning a green-light, quite literally, for her minority government's highly contested state...
Norway’s new reality sets in
NEWS ANALYSIS: As government leaders scurried from one state budget crisis meeting to another heading into the weekend, Norway's oil- and oil-related companies have...
Crisis meeting ended in failure
Yet another crisis meeting at the home of Prime Minister Erna Solberg has failed to end her minority government's budget stalemate with its two support parties....
Solberg struggles to save her government
Hard-pressed Prime Minister Erna Solberg admitted on Wednesday that she was disappointed and thinks it's "unfortunate" that her government's two support parties have withdrawn...
Government loses its last supporter
Norway's minority government lost the last of its two support parties on Wednesday, when the Christian Democrats followed the Liberals' lead and pulled out of negotiations...
Government’s fate rests with Hareide
Knut Arild Hareide, leader of the small Christian Democrats party, found himself holding an enormous amount of power over the fate of Norway's minority government...
Liberals break out of budget talks
Norway's state budget crisis deepened Tuesday afternoon, when one of the minority government's two support parties broke off any further budget negotiations. The Liberals...
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