Tag: politics

Townships shamed over failure to help terror survivors

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) turned the spotlight this week on several Norwegian townships (kommuner) that can't or won't account for how they spent millions of emergency...

Party leaders take over budget talks

A week of negotiations over the government's proposed state budget collapsed on Tuesday, when representatives from the two government coalition parties and their two...

Universities reject tuition proposal

Several of Norway's largest universities are rejecting a state budget proposal that would call on them to start charging tuition fees to foreign students...

Brende sends more aid to Afghanistan

Globe-trotting Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende spent much of his weekend in Afghanistan and pledged an extra NOK 50 million (USD 7.5 million) in financial...

Armed guards posted at Parliament entrances

Security around the Norwegian Parliament has been strengthened, with armed police now permanently posted at all entrances. The change went into effect last week. The heightened...

Military drops uniform requirement

Military personnel from all branches of the Norwegian defense forces will no longer need to travel in uniform or otherwise use their uniforms in...

Labour may propose property tax in Oslo

Labour politicians in Oslo are staying mum, but newspaper Aftenposten reports that plans are afoot for it to introduce property tax as a new...

Terror threat rises against Norway

The head of Norway's police intelligence unit PST (Politiets Sikkerhetstjeneste) announced Wednesday that the likelihood of a terrorist attack against Norway over the next...

‘Will do all we can’ to fight terrorists

Government officials and members of the opposition in Parliament united once again on Wednesday, in the midst of state budget battles, in an effort...

Erna’s fate tied to state budget battle

Prime Minister Erna Solberg and the survival of her government are now being put to the test, as state budget negotiations finally got underway on...
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