Tag: budget
Jensen: Euro crisis yields opportunity
Students at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo listened to an unusual lecturer on Tuesday, Progress Party leader and longtime Member of Parliament Siv...
Budget conference tougher than usual
They were all smiles on Sunday, as Norway's 19 government ministers gathered in rural Hadeland, just north of Oslo, for their annual budget conference....
Budget more expansive than expected
The senior economist at Norway's biggest bank, Kyrre Aamdal, said the state budget presented to Parliament by the left-center government on Thursday held "no...
A tighter budget for turbulent times
Norway's left-center government presented what it calls a tighter state budget for 2012 with a large surplus, amidst warnings that even the strong Norwegian...
Fortune tax stirs up new storm
Norwegian labour union boss Roar Flåthen is normally a great ally of Norway's Labour-led government but now even he has spoken out against one...
Parliament opens with talk on terror
King Harald V formally opened Norway's 156th session of Parliament on Monday by reading aloud the traditional trontalen (the speech from the throne) on...
Higher tax set to raise food prices
Just months after the left-center government wrapped up an investigation into high food prices in Norway, it's reportedly prepared to contribute to price hikes...
Stoltenberg braces for budget bashing
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has no doubt that his government's state budget, set to be released next week, will meet lots of opposition. He...
Government’s budget battle begins
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg gathered his cabinet ministers on Sunday at a traditional hotel in Jevnaker for the annual conference that kicks off budget...
Royals get modest pay hikes
The Norwegian government wasn't as generous with its budget allocations for the royal family this year, but King Harald did get enough money to...
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