Tag: EU

Government owes widowers millions

Around 3,500 Norwegian widowers are still owed pension money denied to them by a 1976 law that was ruled to discriminate on the basis...

Labour leaders lose on EU post veto

The Labour Party's national meeting over the weekend didn't end quite how party leaders had wanted it to. Labour Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and...

Protests greet new data storage law

Members of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) used more than nine hours to debate a controversial new data storage law pressed upon them by the...

Norway among EU’s most obedient

Norwegian lawmakers and bureaucrats obediently follow directives issued by the European Union (EU), now probably on controversial data storage rules as well, even though...

Høyre loses voters on data storage deal

An unusual amount of members are leaving The Conservative party (Høyre) after the party decided to go along with a controversial EU-imposed directive to...

Asylum policy strictest in Europe

Norway's policies for granting asylum and residence status to immigrants are among the strictest in Europe, according to some human rights experts. Between 1996...

Foreign bus owners face new limits

Norwegian bus owners seem to be getting the protection they've wanted, reports newspaper Aftenposten. From this summer, their foreign competitors will only be allowed...

Norway poised to reject directive

Norwegian politicians now look likely to vote against implementing a European Economic Area (EEA) directive on the storing of personal data – which would...

Norway may lose some status at EU

UPDATED: The European Union's new organization for its foreign relations could mean an end to the relatively privileged status that Norway, which isn't a...

State to pay for health care abroad

Norwegians stuck on long waiting lists for operations or other necessary medical care at local hospitals will soon be able to travel to hospitals...
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