Tag: politics

Deposit insurance set to decline

Norwegian bank customers look set to lose the relatively generous deposit insurance they've enjoyed for years. Finance ministers in the European Union (EU) agreed...

Liberals switch sides on tariffs

Norway's Liberal Party (Venstre) has finally made it clear that it won't contribute towards efforts to quickly liberalize trade, and reduce meat and cheese...

Embattled Sp boss survives, for now

Liv Signe Navarsete, leader of Norway's crisis-plagued Center Party (Senterpartiet, Sp), has not offered to resign her post despite stinging criticism in a comprehensive...

Party leaders come under attack

Ola Borten Moe, Norway's former Oil & Energy Minister, was sporting a black eye this week but claims it has nothing to do with...

Identity, passport theft skyrockets

UPDATED: Norwegian authorities and even the police have been accused of failing to take identity crime seriously, as the number of people who've fallen...

Budget fight didn’t hit OL planning costs

NEWS ANALYSIS: The City of Oslo wrapped up a noisy budget debate last week, striking an uneasy compromise at the expense of a variety...

Costs of severe storm damage pile up

As residents of central Norway continue to mop up and tally their losses after last week's storm known as "Ivar," insurance companies are also...

Bishops protest pastors’ support for gay marriage

Two of Norway's bishops have cancelled their membership in the national pastors' association (Presteforeningen). They're protesting a vote by the association's board last week...

Latest salvo fired in grocery store wars

Two of Norway's grocery store chains announced on Friday that they were teaming up through a new joint purchasing agreement, in an effort to...

Innovation boss set to lose her job

Gunn Ovesen, who has headed the state agency Innovation Norway for the past decade, is abruptly the leaving the organization that made her one...
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