Tag: EU

Deposit insurance set to decline

Norwegian bank customers look set to lose the relatively generous deposit insurance they've enjoyed for years. Finance ministers in the European Union (EU) agreed...

Liberals switch sides on tariffs

Norway's Liberal Party (Venstre) has finally made it clear that it won't contribute towards efforts to quickly liberalize trade, and reduce meat and cheese...

More overtures from Erna to EU

Prime Minister Erna Solberg and her new conservative government set off for Brussels this week on what Norwegians might call a "charm offensive." She's...

New day dawns for EU relations

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Erna Solberg promised better relations with the European Union (EU) before she was elected, and now her fellow ministers are...

Brende to ‘carry on’ foreign policy

Børge Brende has made at least a personally triumphant homecoming as Norway's new foreign minister in a conservative government, stressing that he feels "honoured"...

Parliament opens to a new reality

NEWS ANALYSIS: Flags were flying in downtown Oslo and both Norwegian politicians and journalists dressed unusually well on Wednesday. It was time for the...

New Storting may be more pro-EU

Around half of the politicians expected to be elected to the next Parliament (Storting) on September 9 would either like to see Norway join...

Minister ‘arrogant,’ farmers ‘spoiled’

Norway's Agriculture Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum is "unbelievably arrogant" and Norwegian farmers are "spoiled," according to elected representatives from member countries of the European...

EU blasts Norway’s protectionism

The EU Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a measure calling for the Norwegian government to cut its new, high import tariffs on cheese, meat and...

More Europeans apply for welfare in Norway

Norway's state welfare agency NAV is reporting a sharp increase in the numbers of unemployed Europeans who are applying for welfare benefits in Norway....
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