Tag: politics

Nuclear sub berthings meet skepticism

The US military wants to use a new harbour at Tønsnes near Tromsø for its nuclear submarines on patrol in Arctic waters. Norwegian military officials...

State acts to help ‘save’ Svalbard

Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, facing harder times because of cutbacks at its controversial coal mine, is getting state assistance to diversify its economy....

Jensen dips into the oil fund again

Norwegian Finance Minister Siv Jensen announced plans on Wednesday to bolster Norway's surprisingly resilient economy once again, by tapping another NOK 10.4 billion of...

New limit to curb lottery losses

The Norwegian government plans to limit the amounts of money that can be spent by individual players active in Norsk Tipping, the state-owned and regulated national lottery...

Westerdals now under police probe

Police have raided the once-well-regarded private communications school Westerdals in Oslo, while Norway's white-collar crime unit Økokrim has charged it with claiming far more state financial...

Strong sales stun the doomsayers

Cars sales are up, construction firms are busy, housing prices are higher than ever and unemployment figures are declining, even in some areas of...

Extra funding granted for integration

Immigration Minister Sylvi Listhaug announced Friday that the government was earmarking another NOK 320 million (USD 40 million) to help finance settlement and integration of...

State slashes farmers’ demands

Norway's long-powerful farm lobby got another smack from the conservative government on Wednesday, and the mudslinging has begun. Farmers' representatives accused the government of...

AUF leader lands in trouble

Mani Hussaini, the leader of the Labour Party's youth organization AUF, landed in a heap of trouble this week after referring to Immigration Minister...

Parliament set to agree on tax reform

After years of political quarreling, Norway's conservative minority government coalition has come to terms with the opposition in Parliament on more tax reform. The goal is...
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