Tag: politics

Critics blast lack of Oil Fund ‘buffers’

Norway's huge sovereign wealth fund known as the "Oil Fund" is far too vulnerable to swings in the financial markets, argue critics. They claim...

Conservatives still lead polls

As the Conservative and Progress parties defend their state budget proposal for next year, they can gain encouragement from the latest public opinion polls...

Triumphant Siv strides ahead

NEWS ANALYSIS: Warnings of an "autumn storm" breaking out in the Norwegian Parliament this week were premature. After a roughly 18-hour workday that began...

New Ibsen theater won funding

Among "goodies" offered by the Norwegian government in its state budget proposal for next year is an allotment of NOK 8 million (USD 1...

Officials crack down on school violence

Three government ministers, top politicians from the City of Oslo and the Norwegian capital's chief of police were among those sitting down for a...

Colourful opening of Sami Parliament

Two days after the new Norwegian Parliament opened amidst traditional pomp and circumstance in Oslo this week, the country's Sami Parliament (Sametinget) opened in...

Major changes at Sami Parliament

While Norway's new national parliament has been reorganizing and getting back to work after the September 11 election, the Sami Parliament in Finnmark (Sametinget)...

Jensen presents a ‘budget for growth’

Transport, defense, health and education emerged as the winners in what commentators described as the government's "neutral" state budget for 2018. Finance Minister Siv...

New ‘Tesla tax’ gears up the opposition

After promising that electric cars would retain all their tax advantages in the new state budget, the Norwegian government has charged up opposition over...

Norway set to allow dual citizenship

After years of denial, the Norwegian government finally appears ready to allow dual citizenship in Norway. A proposal cleared for hearing this autumn looks...
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