Tag: politics

Oil fund boss mulls unlisted investments

Norway's oil fund, where oil profits are stashed to help fund Norwegians' pensions in the future, isn't allowed to invest in companies that aren't...

Syse tapped for Nobel committee

Henrik Syse, a high-profile philosopher, peace researcher and public speaker in Norway, has emerged as the Conservative Party's choice to fill its newly won...

Dutch jail ready for Norwegian prisoners

Authorities in the Netherlands have confirmed that one of its prisons in the northern part of the country can accommodate prisoners from Norway, which...

Shopping bag tax sets off new row

NEWS ANALYSIS: A new tax on shopping bags in Norway suddenly crept into last week's difficult state budget negotiations, and it has since kicked up nearly...

Statoil seeks to shake off politics

The Norwegian state still owns 67 percent of the shares in Norwegian oil company Statoil, but the company itself wants to shed some of...

Police can now be armed at all times

UPDATED: Norway's state director of police asked Justice Minister Anders Anundsen on Friday for the right to carry weapons at all times, not just...

Highlights of the budget compromise

The top politicians who emerged from a long night of budget talks wearily starting summing up key settlements at a press conference Friday morning....

Voters desert coalition parties

After finally winning government power for the first time in its 40-year history last year, Progress Party leader Siv Jensen has since seen voters desert the...

Budget pact wards off coalition crisis

UPDATED: Norway's minority government coalition survived a battle over its first proposed state budget without, for example, having to go along with the Liberal...

Nordic countries jointly demand explanation for UAE terror list

Norway isn't the only country demanding an explanation as to why one of the country's leading muslim organizations landed on a list compiled by the...
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