https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed For newcomers to Norway, navigating the world of parental benefits can be complex, especially if you're a freelancer. https://www.thelocal.no/20240618/what-parental-benefits-are-you-entitled-to-as-a-freelancer-in-norway Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:22:06 +0200 what-parental-benefits-are-you-entitled-to-as-a-freelancer-in-norway Norway's welfare system offers a robust safety net to anyone who falls on hard times, and it's essential to be familiar with the rules. Here's what you need to know about accessing welfare in the country. https://www.thelocal.no/20221018/what-are-the-rules-on-foreigners-accessing-welfare-in-norway Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:01:26 +0200 what-are-the-rules-on-foreigners-accessing-welfare-in-norway Nav, Norway’s public welfare agency, is preparing to issue holiday pay on unemployment benefits before the summer, even though the scheme is yet to be adopted. https://www.thelocal.no/20210408/norway-to-issue-holiday-pay-to-furloughed-and-unemployed Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:47:23 +0200 norway-to-issue-holiday-pay-to-furloughed-and-unemployed The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is tougher on foreigners in Norway. We spoke to some people who have fallen (or nearly fallen) through the various holes in the system. https://www.thelocal.no/20200608/why-the-coronavirus-pandemic-was-tougher-for-foreigners-in-norway Mon, 08 Jun 2020 11:42:22 +0200 why-the-coronavirus-pandemic-was-tougher-for-foreigners-in-norway 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. https://www.thelocal.no/20200512/norway-to-take-420bn-kroner-from-oil-fund-as-jobs-vanish Tue, 12 May 2020 11:25:35 +0200 norway-to-take-420bn-kroner-from-oil-fund-as-jobs-vanish A two-day hearing has begun into the scandal surrounding Norway's Labour and Welfare Administration, NAV, which incorrectly interpreted EU rules on certain types of social security over a number of years. https://www.thelocal.no/20200110/six-things-to-know-from-norways-nav-social-security-scandal-hearings Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:01:40 +0100 six-things-to-know-from-norways-nav-social-security-scandal-hearings The opposition Labour Party is to propose Prime Minister Erna Solberg be called to an open hearing on the NAV social security scandal. https://www.thelocal.no/20191128/norway-opposition-wants-solberg-called-to-hearing-over-social-security-scandal Thu, 28 Nov 2019 14:17:44 +0100 norway-opposition-wants-solberg-called-to-hearing-over-social-security-scandal Around 80 criminal cases related to the NAV social security scandal have so far been referred to public prosecutor Henry John Mæland and could be reopened. https://www.thelocal.no/20191113/norwegian-public-prosecutor-expects-more-cases-in-nav-social-security-scandal Wed, 13 Nov 2019 19:20:30 +0100 norwegian-public-prosecutor-expects-more-cases-in-nav-social-security-scandal The EEA’s EFTA Surveillance Agency (ESA) thinks that errors by Norwegian authorities in interpreting rules for receiving social security abroad could date back further than initially thought. https://www.thelocal.no/20191101/norways-nav-social-security-scandal-could-date-back-25-years Fri, 01 Nov 2019 17:20:34 +0100 norways-nav-social-security-scandal-could-date-back-25-years The Norwegian state prosecutor has frozen all ongoing investigations into possible benefit fraud related to recipients who have spent time in other EEA countries. https://www.thelocal.no/20191101/norway-freezes-all-investigations-into-eea-benefits-claims Fri, 01 Nov 2019 12:25:55 +0100 norway-freezes-all-investigations-into-eea-benefits-claims The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration, NAV, is embroiled in an ongoing controversy after it incorrectly interpreted EU rules, resulting in people being wrongly convicted of benefit fraud. https://www.thelocal.no/20191029/explained-norways-nav-social-security-scandal-in-five-minutes Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:18:27 +0100 explained-norways-nav-social-security-scandal-in-five-minutes A twenty-year-old Norwegian man sent a series of job applications in which he praised mass killer Anders Breivik and threatened to blow up his prospective employers. https://www.thelocal.no/20151001/job-applicant-ill-bomb-you-all-to-bits Fri, 02 Oct 2015 00:33:50 +0200 job-applicant-ill-bomb-you-all-to-bits The Norwegian government has shelved its proposal to cut child financial support to people on disability benefits, it was announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141114/norway-scraps-controversial-disability-benefits-plan Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:05:00 +0100 norway-scraps-controversial-disability-benefits-plan The IT director of Nav (Norwegian benefits system), Nina Aulie, quit her job abruptly on Monday prompting a government investigation as to why. https://www.thelocal.no/20141028/nav-it-chief-quits-amid-government-enquiry Tue, 28 Oct 2014 13:00:00 +0100 nav-it-chief-quits-amid-government-enquiry