Tag: politics

Norway’s aid to Ethiopia under fire

Norway sent around NOK 240 million to Ethiopia last year, in foreign aid, but human rights activists claim the money is being used to...

Stoltenberg rejects rumors of new job

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg trounced speculation on Monday that he's a candidate for top international jobs that may tempt him to resign his post...

Who’s the daddy of childcare?

COMMENTARY: Norway's maternity and paternity leave benefits rank as the most generous in the world, sparking debate both at home (over new proposals to...

Hospital mergers lose money

Bundling Norway's public hospitals together into larger organizations in the 1990s was supposed to save taxpayers' money. The result has been the opposite. Costs per patient...

Stoltenberg ends debate over merger and drinks

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has called a halt to debate, also within his own Labour Party, over whether several of Norway's small municipalities should...

Pressure grows on Center Party

Norway's small Center Party, known for championing the interests of the country's rural areas over its cities, has found itself under harsh questioning in...

Donors give record aid to refugees

Norwegians opened their wallets on Sunday and donated more than NOK 202 million during the weekend's annual fundraising campaign on Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK). This...

New bank boss warns higher rates

Øystein Olsen, the 58-year-old head of state statistics bureau SSB, was confirmed at the weekly Council of State on Friday as the new head...

Norway’s voters turn to the right

Erna Solberg, head of Norway's Conservative Party, has reason to smile. A new public opinion poll conducted for newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) shows that...

Data trouble hounds government

The Norwegian government has been plagued in recent years by serious flaws in various computer data systems. The flaws have involved security leaks and...
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