Tag: politics

Myanmar tried to hide its poverty

Norway's foreign ministry was lodging a complaint with authorities in Myanmar, after learning that poor families were forced to move out of a riverside slum area...

Putin’s ‘oil czar’ visits Norway

He's been banned from entering the United States, but top Russian oil executive Igor Sechin was in Norway on Thursday for business meetings with Norwegian...

‘Carl’s comeback’ stirs up Labour

Carl I Hagen, the 70-year-old former leader of the Progress Party, was relishing his victory this week as his party's top candidate in the...

Norway keen to expand fight against IS

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende was hailing a meeting of more than 60 nations in Brussels on Wednesday as a clear boost for the battle against...

Vinmonopolet loses some holidays

Sales of wine and liquor are so politically charged in Norway that the issue of extended opening hours for the state liquor monopoly Vinmonopolet was...

Oil fund’s coal investments ‘OK’

An expert commission thinks its perfectly fine for Norway's huge oil fund to keep investing in coal and other fossil fuels. Environmentalists objected immediately,...

Coalition open to still taxing wealth

Finance Minister Siv Jensen has indicated for the first time that Norway's conservative government coalition may back away from its efforts to eliminate the country's...

Experts propose major tax reform

An expert panel of economists and statisticians presented Norway's conservative government on Tuesday with the country's most comprehensive tax reform proposal in more than 20...

Jens ‘tense’ before first NATO meeting

Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has been flying around Europe and as far as Afghanistan since taking over as secretary general of NATO...

Plastic bag tax draws unexpected critics

The  youth organization for the conservative Progress Party (FpU) has become the latest to bash its own government's proposed tax on plastic bags. FpU leader Atle...
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