Reykjavik to vote over new aid cuts

A new government that is more sceptical about aid took office in late May after an election paved the way for a Center-right coalition consisting of the Progressive Party and the Independence Party.

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Since resigning as Norway’s Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg has pushed in parliament for an increase in World Bank funding as a way of fulfilling promises his government made to World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.

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The Finnish advocate of the rights of the deaf and of women with disabilities received the prestigious award on International Human Rights Day.

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