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The EU Commission has given its support to the so-called Baltic Pipe, a new gas pipeline from Norway to Denmark and Poland. The EU Commission’s blessing involves EUR…
Cross-border shopping during Easter is set to be a record-breaking year. This worries the industry organization Virke Handel. “We do not like to say that, but it seems…
The Government’s new taxi reform will also lead to more tax breaks according to a report from the Swedish Transport Economics Institute (TØI). TØI has, on behalf of…
Avinor will cut costs by between 400 and 600 million NOK by 2021. This will lead to downsizing, state government says. As part of the cost reduction project, a new…
The Oil Fund may have stakes in 400 weapons companies The Norwegian Pension Fund Global (Oil Fund) may hold stakes in as many as 400 weapons companies. The majority of…
March sales of newly built homes were 3% higher this year than last year, and so far this year, 9% are above new housing sales from the same period last year. ‘’Sales of…
Salmon Farm Renewable Solar Panel Wind turbine Fish Farm Rogaland Grieg Seafood Salmon Norway Salmon farm relies on renewable energy Norway Today
40 employees at Ringnes in Trondheim were told on Wednesday that the warehouse is being moved, and that their workplace will be gone. The warehouse is located on E.C.…
Telenor is raising NOK 14.4 billion for 54 percent of the shares the Finnish telecom operator DNA. The Norwegian telecom group thus becomes the majority owner of the…
Last year, Nav paid out NOK 430 billion to people living in Norway. Almost half of the population receives a benefit from Nav at least once a year. Old-age pensions…
The so-called A-crimes center in Oslo investigated 863 companies last year to uncover work life crime. It ended with 41 police reviews. The center is a collaboration…
If you want to buy or sell a car this spring, there are several new rules you should be aware of. From April 29, the re-registration fee can no longer be paid at a…
Financing Extraordinary Government Helge Ingstad Solberg Government quarter Oil Norway Norway scraps «below the line» financing Norway Today
Last year, Norwegians shopped organic food for almost NOK 2.9 billion. This is an increase of 8% from the previous year. A report presented by the Ministry of…
Scammers attempted to drain 26,000 DNB bank cards for small krone amounts. According to the bank, no one had suffered financial losses. ‘’We can confirm that a card…
The tax report is ready. 2.9 million Norwegians are likely get money back, while 800,000 probably have to pay arrears. This was shown in a preliminary tax calculation…
Iceland, Switzerland and Norway had the highest prices in Europe in 2017according to the European purchasing power survey. Albania and Northern Macedonia were the…
A factory that will produce lithium batteries can provide work to several thousand people in Rana municipality if everything goes according to plan. The factory, which…