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Norway has presented its revised budget for 2021, designed at helping the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Here's The Local's round-up of some of the key proposals and how they may affect you.
The Norwegian government plans to spend 16 billion kroner on ‘crisis relief’ packages including funding for students and a recovery plan for struggling airline Norwegian.
If you live in one of Norway’s bigger cities, owning a car isn’t always necessary, and costs can be high. Luckily, there are plenty of alternative and affordable ways to get around.
Norway's government has announced plans to draw down a record 420bn (€38bn) kroner from its oil fund as coronavirus and the oil price crash have pushed unemployment to the highest rate in 75 years.
Norway, a world leader of zero-emission vehicles, has abandoned plans for a proposed "Tesla tax", a controversial measure that would have cut a tax rebate granted to heavy electric cars.
Norway, a world leader of zero-emission vehicles, on Thursday proposed a "Tesla tax" aimed at cutting a tax advantage granted to large electric cars in a heavily criticised move.
Higher fees on some electric and hybrid cars, changes to tax rules, and more expensive cinema and bus tickets are among the effects of the budget presented by Norway’s government on Thursday.
Norway’s coalition government has reached agreement with its parliamentary allies for a revised national budget which reallocates 400 million kroner of state funds.
Norwegian recorded significant losses in the first part of 2017, even though more and more passengers are flying with the low-cost Scandinavian airline.
The opposition Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) wants to propose the establishment of a committee to monitor the effectiveness of the country’s various green energy initiatives.
Want to eat out without breaking the bank? There are plenty of good options for budget-conscious travellers in Oslo. Most of them you will find in the east of the city, but not exclusively, says our travel editor Marie Peyre.
If Prime Minister Erna Solberg is forced to abandon her post because she cannot muster support for her government’s budget, the alternative options for governing Norway are incredibly vague.
Norway plans to spend a record amount of its oil riches next year -- an election year -- to stimulate its economy hit hard by oil price weakness, a budget bill presented on Thursday showed.
Falling oil revenues will see Norway delve into its massive sovereign wealth fund -- the world's largest -- to balance its books next year, according to budget plans unveiled on Wednesday.
Norway’s right-wing government has decided to tap more of its gigantic oil fund this year, predicting that the ongoing slump in the oil industry will mean lower tax revenues and higher spending on unemployment benefit.
ANALYSIS: Over the past decade, Norwegian Air Shuttle has brought budget travel into the Nordic mainstream, pushing Scandinavian legacy carrier SAS to the brink, despite criticism from rivals and unions reports AFP's Pierre-Henry Deshayes.
Norway's outgoing centre-left government presented a budget on Monday that trims the use of funds from its massive oil wealth as it seeks to cool down the economy.
Norway on Tuesday lowered its growth forecast for this year to levels that will still see it outpace its European neighbours, but which could weaken the current government ahead of September's election.
Norway, oil rich and outside the eurozone, is set for a budget surplus of almost $44 billion next year, a draft budget showed on Monday, in contrast to budget strains elsewhere in Europe.
