Elsevier’s Norway U-turn seen as attempt to stem cancellations

I do not share the author's optimism.I may not have read correctly but for 9 000 000 Euros Norwegian have the right to publish IN 1,850 open access PAPERS in Elsevier journals.If i'm not mistaken that's 4864 euros a PAPER !!! I don't see where is the (big) " deal " ? In addition , there is 3% hike compared to last year's price.I see it as (again) another back down from academic institutions in front of this behemoth.If i got wrong , please correct me

As I understand it, the deal is that the work of Norwegian researchers is made openly accessible AND researchers at Norwegian institutions get access to all the non-open access content as well, i.e. the 9 million is paying for both things, not just the open access.

That is 100% correct, mjwolf. Many commentators in Norway have fallen into the same trap as sam_hac1. The deal is for access to millions of articles in Elsevier's subscription journals AND the open access publication of up to 1,850 articles from Norwegian authors. It is a read-and-publish deal. That's READ-and-publish.