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Jan 2024
49m 56s

Norway

Bbc World Service
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World Questions focusses on the future of Norway. What next for this oil rich country which is experiencing a cost of living crisis and debate over its high levels of public spending? Jonny Dymond is joined online by a panel of leading Norwegian politicians and activists taking questions from the public across the country.

The panel: Hadia Tajik: Labour MP Henrik Asheim: Conservative MP Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen: Sami musician and environmental campaigner Nils August Andresen: Economist and historian

Producer: Helen Towner

(Photo: Norway flag in front of Oslo city hall and marina. Credit: Didier Marti/Getty Images)

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