Matt ⁂ 🇳🇴 🇺🇦
@matt@oslo.town  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

The latest episode of 'The Rest Is Politics: Leading' is an interview with Norway's current prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre ap

Interesting (for me) to hear him talk at length about Norwegian and international politics in English. Most of what I usually hear about Norwegian politics is in Norwegian and that sometimes makes my brain tired.

🔗 https://pods.link/i/1665265193

#politics #podcast #norway#norskPol #valg2025 #theRestIsPolitics#JonasGahrStøre
Amputado
@Amputado@mastodon.cc  ·  activity timestamp last week

Financial Times | Norway’s oil fund sells Caterpillar stake over Israeli allegations

Divestment marks first time fund has sold out of a non-Israeli company because of role in Palestinian territories

#Norway ’s Council on Ethics said: ‘There is no doubt Caterpillar’s products are being used to commit extensive and systematic violations of international humanitarian law’

#Palestine#Israel#BDS

https://www.ft.com/content/31387962-398d-4809-950a-6353f9178728
Amputado
@Amputado@mastodon.cc  ·  activity timestamp last week

Financial Times | Norway’s oil fund sells Caterpillar stake over Israeli allegations

Divestment marks first time fund has sold out of a non-Israeli company because of role in Palestinian territories

#Norway ’s Council on Ethics said: ‘There is no doubt Caterpillar’s products are being used to commit extensive and systematic violations of international humanitarian law’

#Palestine#Israel#BDS

https://www.ft.com/content/31387962-398d-4809-950a-6353f9178728
Matt ⁂ 🇳🇴 🇺🇦
@matt@oslo.town  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@quixoticgeek @ChrisMayLA6 It has been reported that around 30 of Norway's richest left by The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/10/super-rich-abandoning-norway-at-record-rate-as-wealth-tax-rises-slightly

And another source that claims 80 people (uncited): https://www.brusselsreport.eu/2024/09/11/the-failure-of-norways-wealth-tax-hike-as-a-warning-signal/

But since people started fleeing, there has been an "exit tax" put in place, so I'm not sure whether that is factored into the reported losses: https://www.lifeinnorway.net/exit-tax-changes/

#Norway#TaxEvasion#TaxTheRich#WealthTax#ExitTax