Tag: welfare
NAV’s welfare scandal expands
More than a thousand potential claims have already rolled into Norway's embattled state welfare agency NAV, while state legal experts believe the actual number...
NAV scandal spoils prosecutor’s debut
Just as he took over his new high-ranking post as Norway's state prosecutor, Jørn Sigurd Maurud had to declare a conflict of interest. He...
Government sorry for welfare scandal
Expectations were high when Norway's government minister in charge of labour and social welfare strode to the podium in Parliament Tuesday morning. Anniken Hauglie...
NAV scandal linked to EØS ignorance
As Norway wrestles with its biggest welfare scandal ever, legal experts claim that the real scandal extends far beyond state welfare agency NAV. They...
Welfare scandal shakes a nation
NEWS ANALYSIS: It didn't take Norwegian media outlets long to find and interview real victims of an unprecedented scandal that's still unfolding at Norway's...
Welfare recipients wrongly convicted
Norway's state welfare agency NAV has erred in its intepretation of how welfare payments can be received while residing abroad. Nearly 40 people have...
No more birth certificates
In their ongoing rush to digitalize nearly all state and local services, Norwegian authorities are no longer sending birth certificates when babies are born....
Child welfare payments rise
For the first time in 23 years, parents of children up to the age of 16 will get a raise in the monthly welfare...
Poverty grabs the political spotlight
There's been a lot of talk lately about poverty in the world's wealthiest country. It's not the poverty that Norway's huge foreign aid budget...
Norway still the best place to live
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has once again ranked Norway as the best country in the world in which to live. Norway scored...
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