The World Bank has clued in to the fact that many Eastern Europeans prefer to work in the "shadow economy" — that is, off the books and out of sight of tax men, inspectors and other assorted bureaucrats. This has the World Bank very concerned, for a variety of reasons — some convincing, and others, not so much. By the way, World Bank Employees are exempt from income taxes.

Norwegian of the Year deported to Russia.
Salamova arrived in Norway in 2002 and is considered an integration success story: she has completed a Masters degree, although she had to use a fake name and has had to live in hiding.

"Most people think I am Norwegian. I speak Norwegian, I think Norwegian, I dream in Norwegian,''

"We should not reward people who choose to go into hiding and to live illegally for a long time in this country,'' Stoltenberg insisted to parliament last week, adding "everyone is equal before the law.''