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Erna’s fate tied to state budget battle
Prime Minister Erna Solberg and the survival of her government are now being put to the test, as state budget negotiations finally got underway on...
State budget battle begins in earnest
Prime Minister Erna Solberg got a taste this week of the state budget battle her government faces this autumn. A united opposition, including her government's...
Government geared for budget debate
NEWS ANALYSIS: Finance Minister Siv Jensen was ready on Wednesday to roll out her first state budget to Parliament on behalf of Norway's still-new conservative...
Parliament opens for new debate
Norway's King Harald V opened the 159th session of Parliament on Thursday in a traditionally formal and ceremonious style that's set to give way to...
Ministers meet to hash out budget
Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Finance Minister Siv Jensen gathered their government colleagues on Wednesday for a final round of negotiations, as they hammer...
Coalition strides into second year
NEWS ANALYSIS: After a long, hot summer with interrupted holidays, Norway's non-socialist government coalition ministers are striding into their second year in power and preparing their first...
Solberg: ‘Norway is too expensive’
Prime Minister Erna Solberg joined the chorus this week of those who believe costs and prices in Norway have reached a level that's becoming...
Breakthrough as budget talks end
Norway's new conservative government won the budget backing it needed on Friday from its two centrist "support parties" in Parliament. After a week of...
New state budget full of changes
Finance Minister Siv Jensen presented the new conservative government's first state budget on the floor of the Norwegian Parliament on Friday, with proposals that...
Housing market’s highs and lows
More economists are predicting that Norway's high prices for homes and apartments will fall, after the first signs of a dip emerged in September....
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