
Wealth Tax Splits Norway Amid Tight Election
Norwegians went to the polls Monday in an election focused on tax policy and economic reform

Norwegians went to the polls Monday in an election focused on tax policy and economic reform

The right-wing populist Progress Party has doubled its voter support since the last election and put the social and economic cost of immigration front and center.

Marius Borg Hoiby, 28, has been charged with four rapes and other offences, in a case Oslo prosecutors say will run for six weeks from February.

Climate and pro-Palestinian activists shut down Norway’s central bank and DNB headquarters in a ten-day campaign against fossil fuels and Israeli investments.

Professional protester Greta Thunberg said with so many crises going on, it’s important to make sure “the climate crisis does not disappear into the crowd.”

The EU issue is unlikely to play a major role in the September parliamentary election, with only a small share of voters viewing it as decisive.

Decision follows growing concerns over “humanitarian crisis” and regional instability.
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