Tag: government

Security scandal shakes Norway

The leader of Norway's national security authority NSM has already quit, and now the future of the country's justice minister is in question after...

Norway renews rainforest support in the Amazon

Norwegian officials confimed a new donation equivalent to USD 50 million (more than NOK 500 million) to help Brazil reduce deforestation in the Amazon....

SV wants to reimpose inheritance tax

Norway's Socialist Left Party (SV) claims the rich keep getting richer in Norway, often because of inherited assets. That's prompting SV to propose reinstatement...

Deep sea mining swamps protesters

The Norwegian government is defying its own environmental directorate and activists once again, by rolling out plans to move forward with highly controversial deep...

Norway tries to rein in tax refugees

Norway's left-center government is taking new steps to try to keep wealthy taxpayers from moving their fortunes abroad. Stricter rules are aimed at prohibiting...

Norway’s state budget ‘irresponsible’

Norwegian Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum is being accused of locking the country into an "irresponsible" boost in public spending, after his minority Labour-Center...

‘War profits’ on gas fuel new debate

Norway earned record profits on gas sales last year, after the price of both gas and oil were pumped up by Russia's war on...

Norway defending its oil, again

Norwegian government officials were back in court on Tuesday, trying to fend off another legal challenge to their refusal to stop searching for more...

Norway welcomes ceasefire in Gaza

Norwegian government leaders were among those relieved by the announcement on Wednesday of a four-day pause in the war between Israel and the Palestinian...

Hospitals alarmed over looming cuts

Health care workers, hospital administrators and residents of Northern Norway are sounding alarms over both staffing and funding shortages, which may even force the...
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