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Road tolls can cost the state dearly

Finance Minister Siv Jensen's Progress Party reignited the Norwegian government's internal battle over bompenger (road tolls) on Sunday. The ongoing battle is still threatening to...

New arrivals face integration demands

Asylum seekers and immigrants arriving in Norway will soon face new demands aimed at ensuring better integration and competence in the Norwegian language. Education...

Conflict erupts over rain forest funding

Ten years of funding rain forest preservation efforts in the Amazon, as a means of battling climate change, has suddenly left Norwegian officials disappointed...

Tempers rise over Greens’ ‘socialism’

Morning radio listeners got an earfull on Thursday, when the ever-provocative deputy leader of Norway's conservative Progress Party, Sylvi Listhaug, accused the Greens Party...

Norwegians still confident in their leaders

Confidence in Norway's Parliament and government has been dented but not seriously damaged after a year of unprecedented scandal and ministerial changes. A new...

Voters reject both Progress, Liberals

Norwegian voters seem to be abandoning two of the parties that make up Norway's conservative government coalition, less than a month before important local...

Election campaign off to a noisy start

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's normally polite politicians were all but shrieking at one another during state broadcaster NRK's nationally televised party leader debate Monday night....

Mergers may plague local elections

Forced mergers between lots of Norwegian counties and municipalities have created new tension and uncertainty in the run-up to next month's local elections. Researchers...

Norway’s food now priciest in Europe

It probably comes as no surprise to Norwegian consumers, but a new survey confirms that food price levels in Norway are on average 63...

Debate rises over language training

Immigrants and asylum seekers arriving in Norway are immediately urged to learn the language in order to get a job. Only some receive any...
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