BTN NORWEGIAN POLITICS 2003 HEADLINES ONLY

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N177	Monday, 1 December, 2003 The Patriotic Spending Spree	Gjedrem, Foss: Spend for Jobs! Irresponsible, Say Clergy and Green Why Consumption, Not Incentives, if there is Macro-Economic Room?
N176	Monday, 17 November, 2003 Trapped	Coalition and Labour in Budget Deal Labour Guarantees No Further Tax Cuts Progress Party Rules Out Deal Next Year What Happens Now to Tax Policy?
N175	Friday, 14 November, 2003 The Pointed Finger	Christians Confirming Wrong Problem Analysis New Leadership to be Elected in January Government Reshuffle Likely Lilletun or Sanner for the MPE?
N174	Saturday, 8 November, 2003 The Fundamentalists' Squeeze	Hydropower Reserves as Poor as Last Year General Fears of New Power Crisis Majority for Minor, But Insufficient Power Tax Break Green Fundamentalism Physical Obstacle MoF's Fundamentalism Fiscal Obstacle Distribution Paradigms Political Obstacle
N173	Thursday, 30 October, 2003 Non-Innovative On Innovation	Government Presents Innovation Plan Insufficient on Tax and Capital Markets Ignores Role of Major Clusters Evades Conflicting Theories
N172	Friday, 10 October, 2003, 2003 Rerun	Rerun of Last Year's Budget Oil Money Spending Accelerating Virtually No Tax Cuts Progress Party: No Growth Policy Labour: Nothing for the Unemployed Government Will Force Opposition's Hands What's the Outlook for 2005 Tax Cuts, and Beyond?
N171	Tuesday, 23 September, 2003 The Liberator Vs the Good Helpers	Budget Deal or Government Crisis? Progress Party Negative, Likely to Remain So Labour Negative For Now Socialist Left Party Wants to Negotiate Government/Labour Deal Most Likely
N170	Thursday, 18 September, 2003 Suicidal Christians	Left Socialists, Progress Party Win Local Election Natural Toll on Government Parties - But More Christian People's Party Main Loser Labour at Historic Low For Local Elections Participation Lowest Since 1922 The Outlook For 2005
N169	Saturday, 13 September, 2003 Looking Out from Inside the Forest	Power Commission Says Politicians Lose Power; Democracy Eroded Ignores Power of Consensus Culture Ignores the Powerless Value Creators
N168	Tuesday, 2 September, 2003 Coalition Tax Policy	Low Interest in Dull Election Campaign Conservatives, Christians Disagree on Tax Coalition Agrees about Reduced Capital Tax for Businesses Maybe Tax Reform Won't Be So Bad
N167	Thursday, 14 August, 2003 Political Sex	Sex Accusations Against Second Christian Politician Sexual Libel as Political Weapon
N166	Monday, 4 August, 2003 Railroad Privatisation	Minister Wants Bidding Over Railroad Services Primitive Debate For/Against Privatisation Unconvincing Bureaucrats' Report Proposes Exclusive Rights Risky Unless Consumers are Empowered Others Solutions Should Have Been Investigated
N165	Monday, 28 July, 2003 Marrying for Knowledge	Danish Companies Internationalise for Innovation & Markets Few Norwegian Companies on Danes' Partner List
N164	Monday, 16 June, 2003 Important Warning	NHO Warns About Power Rationing Serious Fiscal Hurdles for Hydropower Gas Power Required Soonest Possible CO2 Sequestration Requires Kyoto II Will there be a Kyoto II?
N163	Tuesday, 10 June, 2003 Lex Hafslund	Majority Strikes Hole in Competition Act
N162	Monday, 26 May, 2003 Purism Vs Opportunism	TBL Presents Report on Spanish State Aid Extreme Creativity in Legal Grey Zones Røkke Gets Finnish State Backing for Masa
N161	Thursday, 15 May, 2003 Shameful	Revised Budget Still Tight Opposition Demands Increased Expenses
N160	Thursday, 8 May, 2003 Here We Go Again	Oslo Politicians May Turn Down Non-Norwegian Hafslund Buyer Stoltenberg Openly Uses Symbolism as Argument Nationalism Scares Away Investors Interference Counter-Productive to Politicians' Concerns "Isachsen Funds" a Good Solution
N159	Monday, 5 May, 2003 Ultimatum	Progress Party Wants to Use State as Industrial Locomotive Socialist Left Party Blocks Majority for Hagen's Structure Fund Majority Wants Hafslund Take-Over, But Doesn't Know How
N158	Tuesday, 22 April, 2003 Kinderbarters	Media Warning About Possible Government Crisis No Solution Seen to Kindergarten Conflict
N157	Monday, 14 April, 2003 New Frontrunner	Socialist Left Party Takes Lead on Opinion Survey
N156	Tuesday, 11 March, 2003 Growing Tensions	Foss Backs Down From Tax Cut Commitment, Treating Tax Cuts as Luxury Progress Party Warns it Could Withdraw Support Christians With Ultimatum to Government Labour Woos Christians on Local Government Economy Labour/LO Present "New Solidarity Option" Against Unemployment LO Invites Socialist Left to Closer Cooperation
N155	Thursday, 6 March, 2003 Talk to Atlas	Statoil, Hydro, DnB CEOs Rewarded Minister Threatens Boards Who is Setting a Bad Example? How Long Will Trade Union Members Carry Society on Their Shoulders? Incentives Should Be For Everybody
N154	Friday, 28 February, 2003 The Tempting Gas Pedal	Progress Party As Protagonist for the Unemployed Dangerous Situation Emerging as Labour Needs to Respond Can Keynes be Selectively Applied? What Caused the Strong NOK? And Why is it Falling Again? Opposition Demands Tax Refunds for Offshore Vessels
N153	Friday, 7 February, 2003 New Fences for Old	Tax Commission Submits Report Good Intentions: Priority to Value Creation Old Fences Torn, New Erected Lots of Loose Ends Politicians Attacking From All Directions Why Not Going to the Root of the Problem?
N152	Thursday, 6 February, 2003 New Tool for the Green	New Act Gives Anybody Right to Demand Information About Environmental Effects
N151	Monday, 27 January, 2003 KAF is Back	Many Leaks from Tax Commission Reduced Capital Tax & Personal Top Tax? Top Tax on Dividends Received by Shareholders?
N150	Friday, 24 January, 2003 It Is Happening Now	Two of Three Voters Say "Yes to EU" Labour Opens Internal Debate Owners of Fishing Vessels Aim at Acceptable EU Terms Socialist Left Party Allows Open EU Split Environmentalists Discovering the Green EU WTO May Neutralize Farming Issues PM Bondevik "Understands EEA Challenges" A Tentative Guess: Membership From 1 January 2007
N149	Monday, 13 January, 2003 Powerless	The Power Crisis: "Somebody Has to Do Something" Politicians Presenting Their Pet Policies as "Something" Labour Demands Gas Power Initiative Progress Party, Labour Likely to Gain Statoil/Statkraft to Construct Temporary Gas Power Plants What Really Happened - and What Should Really be Done?
N148	Wednesday, 1 January, 2003 Global Solidarity	What Should Be Done About Poverty and Disease? The Medicine Controversy Malaria and DDT The Compassionate - Caring for Whom?