Tag: scandals
Members of Parliament hit with some big, and punitive, tax bills
Nearly 40 members of the Norwegian Parliament have been hit with claims for back taxes, following an extraordinary audit by state tax authorities. The...
President elected amidst more drama
Drama continued to engulf Norway's Parliament (Stortinget) even as its 169 members settled on and elected a new president from the also-troubled Labour Party....
‘Look to Norway?’ Not right now…
NEWS ANALYSIS: Many Norwegians are proud of how the legendary US president, Franklin D Roosevelt, once urged Americans to "look to Norway" for inspiration...
Hurtigruten a target of multiple probes
Questions continue to swirl around Norway's once-proud shipping and cruise line Hurtigruten, after an outbreak of the Corona virus on board its new hybrid...
Scolded ex-Statoil boss finally speaks
Helge Lund, the former long-time chief executive of Norway's state oil company Statoil (now Equinor), is finally speaking out about the huge losses the...
State auditor will probe oil ministry
Norway's state auditor general (Riksrevisjonen) has decided to examine how the Oil & Energy Ministry has handled its role as the major owner of...
Calls rise for probe of Equinor losses
Several Members of Parliament, professors and not least editorial writers at Norwegian newspapers are all demanding an external and independent investigation of Norway's state-owned...
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