Tag: politics

‘EEA agreement remains firm’

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has confirmed that the country's main pact for doing business with the European Union (the EEA-agreement, or EØS-avtalen) remains firm...

Privileged fathers feel the squeeze

Dads in Norway have never had it so good. Armed with paternity leave benefits that rank among the best in the world, and social...

Profits rule over risks and ethics

NEWS ANALYSIS: Major Norwegian companies seem more than willing to take risks and downplay ethical concerns to continue doing business in troubled areas abroad....

Oil fund faces ethical probe

Norway's co-called "oil-fund," one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds that prides itself on making ethical investments, is under investigation for violating OECD...

Stoltenberg: ‘No decision’ on Mali

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who's won more praise for his handling of last week's hostage crisis, won't be sending Norwegian soldiers to Mali any...

Munch celebration gets underway

After months, even years, of planning, quarreling and funding worries, Norway's cultural elite gathered in Oslo Wednesday to kick off a year of celebrations...

Multinational firms avoid paying tax

Many multinational corporations operating in Norway have been avoiding paying taxes by using creative accounting and loopholes in the tax system. Norwegian politicians are...

Government split over aid to Mali

Norway's coalition government is by no means united on a proposal to send Norwegian troops to Mali, to help allies fend off an Islamist...

Norway may join the battle in Mali

Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, who's just spent the past week dealing with a crisis involving Norwegian hostages at an Algerian gas plant, is...

Elite headed for Davos again

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were among the Norwegian elite joining other royals, politicians, business and community leaders and economists at the...
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