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Norwegian carried more than 3.5 million passengers in August. The unit revenue increased by three percent and the load factor was 90 percent, up 0.4 percentage points. A…
A few days before the election, Oslo Høyre proposes to remove all property tax on housing in the capital. Efficiency should cover the loss, according to the party. Oslo…
Avinor estimates that 15,000 domestic flights a year can disappear if VAT on passenger transport is increased from 12 to 25 percent. Today, there are three rates – 12,…
Norway exported 182,000 tonnes of seafood with a total value of NOK 8.6 billion in August. Volume decreased by 4 percent, while export value increased by NOK 678 million…
The government is proposing stricter requirements for registering customer information to set up or change a mobile phone agreement. The goal is to stop phone theft. The…
Posten moves all letter sorting and so-called route preparation in southern Norway to the Eastern terminal at Lørenskog. Thus, 300 employees lose their jobs. “Many…
Several banks in the country are reporting an increase in the number of mortgage customers who want fixed interest rates. Storebrand, KLP, Danske Bank, Nordea and DNB…
Trine Skei Grande (V) believes that Norway needs more female entrepreneurs who create green jobs. On Friday, she visited the dress rental shop Fjong. The clothing rental…
Enova has decided to grant Equinor, along with its partners, NOK 2.3 billion in a funding commitment for what could turn out to be the world’s largest floating offshore…
Necessary maintenance of water and wastewater treatment in Norwegian municipalities in amounts close to 280 billion kroner can dramatically increase bills in the future,…
The Ministry of Finance has received assessments from Norges Bank on the composition of the equity benchmark for the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG). The…
Of the 3,200 advertised permanent job positions as health care workers, only 500 were full-time positions. Two out of ten had part time hours below 20 percent. This is…
The summer was better than expected for SAS, but the company believes it may be difficult to deliver profits for the year 2019 and announces new cost cuts. The company…
The car industry and the NHO (Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise) feel that the county municipalities do not adapt the school supply to the needs of the business…
The Government Pension Global Fund (the oil fund) should invest more in American equities and less in European than it does today, Norges Bank believes. This is stated…
Veidekke reorganizes and reduces staffing in the construction business by around 50 employees in order to cut costs. “Some employees will be transferred to our…
The government is proposing several measures to make everyday life a little easier for small and medium-sized businesses in this country. The measures include…