Norway released one tenth of all inmates because of Corona
One in ten Norwegian prison inmates were released early to the Corona pandemic, according to a new study commissioned by the Council of Europe. The…
Articles by Solrun F. Faull
Norway has become more competitive
Norway and Scandinavia have strengthened their competitiveness, according to a Swiss survey. The US falls seven places in the ranking. It is the Swiss Business…
SAS increases their capacity to 40 aircraft in July
SAS increases its capacity by ten aircraft in July, but this is still only 30 per cent compared to the same month last year. The…
Corona’s quiet summer hits the bus industry
NHO Transport estimates that 1,800 of the nearly 1,900 tour buses have been stationary since March due to Corona restrictions, and the summer is considered…
Cyclists in Oslo will get green light first
It will be easier for cyclists to get ahead in the Oslo traffic. Cyclists will be allowed to cycle through the traffic lights ahead of…
Swedes and Danes in Oslo hardest hit by Corona unemployment
While Swedes and Danes struggled in the labour market when the Corona crisis hit Norway, Somalis managed best, figures from Nav show. When the Corona…
Telenor stops 200,000 telephone fraud attempts daily
Despite the fact that Telenor blocks around 200,000 attempts at telephone fraud every day, there are some who do succeed. The so-called “Olga scams” are…
Bleak prospects for the Norwegian labour market
Norwegian employers expect staff reductions to continue as a result of the Corona crisis. Today’s record high unemployment figure seems to be continuing throughout the…
Microsoft cuts 27 menu languages in their Outlook app
Urdu and Nynorsk will disappear as menu language in the Outlook app for Iphone users. Fakhra Salimi at the Mira Center believes it will hit…
Norway wants to produce their own important antibiotics
The Norwegian authorities are considering whether Norway should invest in its own production of antibiotics. The government wants better preparedness in a crises. Norwegian production…
No excess mortality in Norway this year
Preliminary figures from FHI show that no more deaths have occurred this year than normal, despite the corona epidemic. – A few weeks back there…
Norwegians cut their holiday budget by NOK 16,000
The average household in Norway plans to spend just over NOK 27,000 on their holiday in 2020, according to Virke Reiseliv’s recent survey. The amount…
Less than ten people have received an SMS about the risk of infection from the Infection Stop app
After a month and a half, the Infection Stop app is still being tested in three cities, and fewer than ten people have received an…
The Prime Minister visited the Summer Park on its first opening day
From Monday, amusement parks could open after Corona closures. Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) marked it by visiting Oslo Summer Park at Tryvann. There she…
No deal between TV 2 and Get by midnight deadline
There was no concensus on a new agreement between Get and TV 2 by midnight Sunday, Telia Norway reports. As a result, 480,000 Get customers…
Eight people convicted of NAV scams, employment crimes and money laundering
Seven family members and one accountant have been convicted of serious NAV fraud and money laundering. The case is among the largest of its kind…
The downturn in the housing market may be over
More people are now expecting higher house prices, and the decline in the market as a result of the Corona crisis may be over. This…
A sharp decline in the number of journeys during the Corona eruption
Holiday cabin bans, local quarantine rules and digital meetings led to the lowest number of trips measured by Statistics Norway since they started their travel…
Heated cottage market in Southern Norway
With low interest rates on loans and the risk that a holiday abroad can be cancelled and possibly not refunded, the holiday cottage market in…
Travel insurance for Spain this summer
While a travel insurance from e.g. IF and European Travel Insurance in practice are worthless with the present recommendations from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…