Tag: politics

Budget more expansive than expected

The senior economist at Norway's biggest bank, Kyrre Aamdal, said the state budget presented to Parliament by the left-center government on Thursday held "no...

A tighter budget for turbulent times

Norway's left-center government presented what it calls a tighter state budget for 2012 with a large surplus, amidst warnings that even the strong Norwegian...

Fortune tax stirs up new storm

Norwegian labour union boss Roar Flåthen is normally a great ally of Norway's Labour-led government but now even he has spoken out against one...

Opposition blasts the government

It didn't take long for the opposition parties in Parliament to blast the government's agenda as presented when the 2011-2012 session opened this week....

‘Arab Spring’ leads Nobel speculation

Initiators of the "Arab Spring" movement who used social media to fight for democracy and human rights in northern Africa and the Middle East...

Parliament opens with talk on terror

King Harald V formally opened Norway's 156th session of Parliament on Monday by reading aloud the traditional trontalen (the speech from the throne) on...

Higher tax set to raise food prices

Just months after the left-center government wrapped up an investigation into high food prices in Norway, it's reportedly prepared to contribute to price hikes...

Nobel committee leader strikes back

Thorbjørn Jagland, leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, is firmly defending the independence of the committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize and clearly...

Labour top calls for Nobel shake-up

One week before the next Nobel Peace Prize is due to be awarded, a top official of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's Labour Party is...

Norway to host talks on Afghanistan

Top diplomats from all of Afghanistan's neighbouring countries plus several others, including the US, will meet for talks at a hotel in Oslo Friday...
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