Tag: state budget
Listhaug responds, angers even more
UPDATED: Justice Minister Sylvi Listhaug, under pressure to apologize for claiming on Facebook that Norway's Labour Party puts terrorists' rights above national security, has...
Budget talks off to a ‘tough’ start
Prime Minister Erna Solberg knew this year's state budget conference would be "tough" even without all the political conflict swirling around her. Her government...
Solberg suddenly loses confidence
NEWS ANALYSIS: As if leading annual state budget negotiations wasn't demanding enough, Prime Minister Erna Solberg had to do so this week while her...
Fight goes on over defense compromise
A day after Parliament finally agreed on a new defense program for Norway, two MPs from the otherwise allied Labour and Center parties kept...
Budget agreement saves government
UPDATED: Norway's conservative minority government coalition won support for its state budget proposal from the two other non-socialist parties in Parliament late Wednesday. The...
Little property tax relief in state budget
Even though Norway's conservative government coalition opposes property tax, it didn't do anything to prevent local governments from imposing it in the state budget....
Critics blast lack of Oil Fund ‘buffers’
Norway's huge sovereign wealth fund known as the "Oil Fund" is far too vulnerable to swings in the financial markets, argue critics. They claim...
Conservatives still lead polls
As the Conservative and Progress parties defend their state budget proposal for next year, they can gain encouragement from the latest public opinion polls...
Triumphant Siv strides ahead
NEWS ANALYSIS: Warnings of an "autumn storm" breaking out in the Norwegian Parliament this week were premature. After a roughly 18-hour workday that began...
Jensen presents a ‘budget for growth’
Transport, defense, health and education emerged as the winners in what commentators described as the government's "neutral" state budget for 2018. Finance Minister Siv...
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