Tag: politics

New state budget cuts lots of taxes

After weeks of intense negotiations, Norway's conservative parties have finally agreed on a state budget for next year that includes large cuts in some...

Cold reception for northern area plan

Eight government ministers unveiled the first strategic plan for Northern Norway in nine years on Friday, promising support for better schools, transport, job creation...

Politicians caught in recent blunders

New rescue helicopters that no longer can land at hospitals, new trams that can't run on an important suburban line, and construction of a...

Parliament probes flow of oil reports

Just as the Center Party is reaching new heights in voter popularity, one of its former oil ministers has landed in more trouble with...

Vedum emerges as premier candidate

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegians woke up Wednesday morning to news that the leader of the formerly small, protectionist and (some claim) populist Center Party is...

Norway pulls plug on el-car incentives

After years of encouraging Norwegians to buy electric cars, state and local politicians are now pulling the plug on some of their tax and...

Vast majority supports EØS agreement

A new survey indicates that fully 64 percent of Norwegians support the country's so-called EØS deal that regulates trade and shared policy with the...

Fury surrounds new Arctic oil licenses

The Norwegian government and Oil Minister Tina Bru came under harsh criticism this week when they offered 136 new oil exploration licenses in more...

Defense minister questions spying

Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen has taken contact with his Danish counterpart to find out more about alleged spying by the US on Denmark...

Pension payments set to rise

Politics can make for strange bedfellows, like when Norway's right-wing Progress Party and left-wing Socialist Left party agreed last week on a pension pay...
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