Tag: politics

Government zones in on immigration

Norway's new Justice Minister has slammed the former Labour government's handling of immigration policy, and vowed to tighten up the system. Anders Anundsen of...

Finance minister to cut company tax

Norwegian Finance Minister Siv Jensen will set up an expert panel to review ways of cutting Norway's high company taxes. The Progress Party leader...

Norway to aid fewer countries

Norway's new conservative government intends to cut the number of countries to which Norway extends foreign aid. Critics called it "a nasty Christmas gift"...

Racism charges triggered debate

A commentary in a Swedish newspaper  sparked widespread public discussion about "everyday racism" in Norway this past autumn.  But discrimination, in one of the...

Short shelf life for new book law

There were lots of books under Norwegian Christmas trees again this year, even though book prices in the country remain the highest in the...

Historically proud to be Norwegian

Nearly three decades after Norway's oil wealth started visibly changing everyday life and attitudes in the country, researchers can claim that Norwegians have never...

National Hospital rebuked over preemie care

Norway's National Hospital (Rikshospitalet) in Oslo has been ordered to improve its care of premature babies, after local authorities determined that staffing was so...

Stoltenberg takes on top job at UN

Jens Stoltenberg, Norway's popular former prime minister, has repeatedly claimed that he had no other plans than to stay on as leader of the...

Youthful unrest at the foreign ministry

Young diplomats at Norway's foreign ministry think they're forced to wait far too long to finally become ambassadors abroad. More than 100 of them...

Fight looms over Sunday shopping

Norwegians flocked to stores that legally stayed open on Sundays during the Christmas shopping season, and even the head of the Christian Democrats party...
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