Tag: government

‘A scandal of huge proportions’

"I've been convicted of espionage, but I'm no spy," declared Frode Berg at the outset of his lengthy press conference in Oslo Tuesday evening....

New teaching plan hits digital divide

Even one of the Norwegian newspapers that's most critical of the country's conservative government had high marks for the new teaching plans and curriculum...

Parliament probes spy’s recruitment

The Norwegian Parliament's special commission charged with monitoring the country's intelligence agencies has confirmed that it will investigate how convicted spy Frode Berg was...

Norwegian spy heads into the cold

UPDATED: Frode Berg, the former Norwegian border inspector in Kirkenes who ended up being convicted of spying for Norway in Russia, was pardoned as...

Supreme Court rejects former politician’s appeal

Norway's Supreme Court won't be hearing an appeal filed by Svein Ludvigsen, the retired top politician for the Conservative Party who was convicted for...

Poll shows a ‘new political reality’

NEWS ANALYSIS: "Prime Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum? Get used to the thought." That was just one political commentator's response after results of a new...

Oil Fund under new political pressure

Norway's huge Oil Fund is often used as the country's politically correct investor abroad. Now several Norwegian politicians want to also use it as...

NAV scandal hits EØS expats hard

Expatriate workers in Norway who come from EU and European Economic Area (EØS) countries have also been hit hard by Norwegian welfare agency NAV's...

NAV’s welfare scandal expands

More than a thousand potential claims have already rolled into Norway's embattled state welfare agency NAV, while state legal experts believe the actual number...

State won’t reel in fish-farming tax

A Norwegian professor hooked a new proposal this week to more heavily tax the country's highly lucrative fish-farming operations. Norway's conservative government and a...
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