Tag: politics

Labour promises hefty tax hike

Norway's Labour Party is openly promising that it will raise taxes by NOK 15 billion (USD 1.8 billion) if it wins back government control...

EU’s negotiator vows to defend EEA deal

Norwegian leaders seemed relieved after an all-day visit on Wednesday from Michel Barnier, the European Union's chief negotiator for a new trade deal with Great Britain after...

Political leaders bound for Moscow

For the first time since Russia controversially annexed Crimea, a high-ranking delegation from the Norwegian Parliament will be traveling to Moscow next week for talks with...

Minister aims to reform farming

UPDATED: Agriculture Minister Jon Georg Dale launched a road show of sorts this week as he held the first of six open meetings around the...

Anxiety abounds as Trump takes office

Never before have a Norwegian prime minister, foreign minister and defense minister faced more uncertainty and anxiety following the inauguration of a US president. As Donald J...

How Norway can ease Trump trauma

As Norwegian politicians feel compelled to "wait and see" how their longtime US ally behaves under its tough-talking new president, Donald J Trump, others warn against remaining too...

Norway to drop jury system on appeal

A majority in Parliament asked the government in 2015 to replace its appeals court jury system with a combination of professional and lay judges....

More trouble for Telenor, in Bulgaria

Norway's international telecoms firm Telenor has run into even more trouble at its overseas operations. This time the problems are in Bulgaria, where a...

The Alliance strikes back under Jens

NATO, the world's largest defense alliance, is not "obsolete," according to the former Norwegian prime minister leading it, Jens Stoltenberg. He's had to be on the...

Oslo’s garbage problems pile up

The City of Oslo, which contracted with a new private garbage collection agency last fall, is still facing a mound of complaints from city...
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