Tag: government

State slashes farmers’ demands

Norway's long-powerful farm lobby got another smack from the conservative government on Wednesday, and the mudslinging has begun. Farmers' representatives accused the government of...

Statoil postpones helicopter cuts

Top executives at Norwegian oil company Statoil have responded to workers' concerns and even fears over their helicopter transport to North Sea oil and...

AUF leader lands in trouble

Mani Hussaini, the leader of the Labour Party's youth organization AUF, landed in a heap of trouble this week after referring to Immigration Minister...

Parliament set to agree on tax reform

After years of political quarreling, Norway's conservative minority government coalition has come to terms with the opposition in Parliament on more tax reform. The goal is...

Fears fly around helicopter safety

Nearly 24,000 people in Norway work on offshore oil and gas platforms, commuting regularly to their jobs in helicopters, often in stormy conditions. The fatal crash...

Norway’s anti-ISIL fight full of risk

Middle East experts and politicians claim the Norwegian government has embarked on a risky project by deciding to send Norwegian soldiers to Jordan to train...

Telenor chair backs Brekke

Gunn Wærsted, who recently took over as board chair of Telenor, was harsh in her criticism of Telenor's former leadership but says she has...

Telenor’s ex-CEO defends his record

Jon Fredrik Baksaas came back swinging over the weekend, after an internal investigation into his years as chief executive of Telenor uncovered weak leadership....

Telenor admits to weak management

Large Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor was back in the media glare on Friday, after an internal investigation into its handling of possible corruption revealed some...

Tax crunch time as deadline looms

Hundreds of thousands of Norwegians are likely to be devoting at least part of this weekend to the annual ritual of filing their income tax forms...
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