Rygge:No passengers will lose money and flights because of Rygge closing down
Customers who have bought tickets to flights from Rygge with a departure date after 1 November will get help and are not to be at…
Finance
Opera Software is sold to China
The Norwegian software company Opera Software is likely to be sold to China for over 10 billion Norwegian kroner. The Chinese takeover bid had as…
Fastest rising unemployment for the over 60
Unemployment is growing most rapidly amongst those over 60. In April 5565 people over 60 registered as unemployed with Nav. That’s an increase of 20…
Nexans cables to connect Beatrice Offshore Windfarm to the Scottish grid
Nexans partners with Siemens to supply 220 Kv subsea and land cables to connect the wind farm to the grid in northern Scotland. Beatrice Offshore…
Norwegian adds two additional Dreamliners to its fleet
Norwegian has signed an agreement to lease two new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners to be delivered in spring 2018. With this new agreement, the company’s long-haul…
Decrease in bank transfers abroad
Less money was transferred both to and from Norway from Q4 last year to the first quarter of this year, according to new figures. The…
Gardermoen might get a low price terminal
The manager of the Oslo airport on Gardermoen is open to creating an own terminal for low-price companies and would like to have operators like…
Solberg: – We will not allow ourselves to be pressured by Ryanair
Prime Minister Erna Solberg defends the air passenger duty, and states that the government will not allow themselves to be pressured by Ryanair. – No…
Norges Bank: Banks lacks monetary contingency
The banks do not have their contingency in order to ensure that people get access to cash in an emergency situation, Norges Bank believes. There…
Rygge airport to close down
The board of Rygge airport has decided that the airport will be closed down after November 1st this year if the anticipated volume from Ryan…
Bank employees paid illegal renumerations by estate agents
For years, the bank employee was paid remuneration from agencies for referral of mortgage customers. This is illegal, according to the Financial Supervisory Authority. Across…
TV negotiations can lead to TV2 going off the air for a while
In about a week the negotiation deadline for a new agreement between TV2 and the distributors Canal Digital and Altibox expires. The Consumer Ombudsman demands…
Billion Imports of oil from disreputable countries
In 2015, Norway imported oil for NOK 3.5 billion. The oil comes from countries that Norway would rather not compare themselves with, and Statoil and…
One in three would sacrifice salary for interesting job
Every third respondents could imagine going down in salary in exchange for more interesting work. This is according to a job study done by Finn….
Water damages every ten minutes
Every nine minutes an instance of damage by water is uncovered in apartments, houses and cottages in Norway, according to the water damage statistics of Finans…
Two out of three do not want more stores to stay open on Sundays
In a new survey 63 percent of the respondents say that they do not want the laws to be changed to allow more stores to…
Warnings of sharp increase in electricity prices
Electricity prices will double in the next 15 years in Norway, and diesel and the ‘petrol car park’ will almost be gone by 2050, according…
Small hotels struggling after strike
The hotel strike is over, but many of the affected hotels are struggling to rise again. Somes small hotels are unsure whether or not they…
Hillary Clinton wants to stop Norwegian Air
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has asked President Barack Obama to reject Norwegian Air’s flying permit in the United States. Clinton has joined the many critics…
Hotel is open after nearly 4 weeks of strike
Saturday afternoon, a happy hotel manager was able to receive the first guests at the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in Oslo after it had been…