Tag: politics

Ex-ministers won golden handshakes

Three former ministers from the Labour Party plus two state secretaries were able to claim lucrative severance payments after their own labours in government,...

Ban on begging draws new support

Justice Minister Anders Anundsen may have won enough support in Parliament for his minority government's proposal to allow local governments around Norway to ban...

Transport Minister pushes for parking reform

Few things irritate motorists more than finding a parking ticket on their cars. Justified or not, Norway's new transport minister, Ketil Solvig-Olsen, aims to...

China silent, Tibet ‘disappointed’

Norway's Tibet Committee announced over the weekend that it was "disappointed" by the Norwegian government's refusal to receive the Dalai Lama when he arrives...

Jensen: ‘Simplify tax complaints’

As the annual tax filing deadline approaches for most Norwegians this week, Finance Minister Siv Jensen is proposing a new form of tax relief....

China lets the politicians squirm

NEWS ANALYSIS: Chinese officials who've been angry with Norway since a Nobel Peace Prize humiliated them in Oslo in 2010 have been able to...

Farmers demand millions more

Norway's two leading farmers' organizations handed over demands on Friday for an additional NOK 1.5 billion (USD 250 million) in state support in the...

Politicians retreat on abortion issue

Massive public protests over a controversial change to Norway's abortion law, initiated by the small Christian Democrats party, were finally heard on Friday by...

Former politician jailed for hacking

Former Conservative (Høyre) politician Tor Johannes Helleland was sentenced to two months in prison on Thursday over computer hacking charges. The 23-year-old broke into...

‘Coward’ politicians avoid Dalai Lama

Half of all Norwegians think it's cowardly for Parliamentary President Olemic Thommessen to refuse a meeting with the Dalai Lama when he arrives in...
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