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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...

Oslo moves to block Uber transport service

The City of Oslo, as expected, has decided to file charges against the new Uber "personal transport" service, telling website E24.no that Uber lacks legal permission to...

Skeptics question aid to Myanmar

Norway's ongoing financial support for democracy and reform in Myanmar (Burma) has come into question, as a royal entourage from Oslo visited the country this...

Fur flies over reindeer herds

Reindeer owners in Northern Norway were furious this week that Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) revealed the size of their herds, and revealed that some owners had...

Welfare bosses grilled over losses

Top officials at Norway's state welfare agency NAV, which administers all pension and sick leave payments along with other welfare benefits, admitted they may...

MPs demand answers from Telenor

Several key Members of Parliament aren't satisfied with the information that state-controlled Telenor has revealed about its dealings with VimpelCom, the Russian mobile phone company...
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