Tag: government
Leaders meet to tackle unemployment
Government leaders including the prime ministers of Spain and Greece were in Oslo on Monday for an international conference aimed at reviving the labour...
Debate rages over politicians’ gifts
Norway's coalition government is caught in yet another controversy, this time over gifts given to top ministers and how they handled them. Some say...
Minister in trouble over gift
Cabinet minister Liv Signe Navarsete has plunged her government into more hot water, for accepting an expensive gift from a major offshore company while...
Stoltenberg bound for Murmansk
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has cleared his schedule for a sudden trip to Murmansk next week, to seal Norway's deal with Russia on their...
Hagen mounts a political comeback
Carl I Hagen, the outspoken, longtime leader of Norway's most conservative party, missed politics too much after taking a stab at retirement last year....
Government tightens gift rules
Norway's left-center coalition government has quickly ushered in new, tighter rules concerning the receipt of gifts, after news broke that several government ministers had...
‘Welfare system worth higher taxes’
A vast majority of Norwegians support paying even higher taxes than they already do, if it will preserve their country's social welfare state. Fully...
Critics bash ministers’ gifts
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has suddenly found himself at the center of controversy, after reports emerged that he and government colleagues have accepted...
Political veteran also turns 50
There's been a boom of big birthdays among Norway's government leaders, most recently Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's 50th birthday celebrations. On Thursday it...
Norway rejects extradition request
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre made a whirlwind day trip to Beijing on Monday and diplomatically claimed he had constructive talks with top...
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