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29 people lost their lives at work last year
29 people died on land based jobs in Norway in 2018, shows preliminary figures from the Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority. That is two deaths more than in 2017 and…
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The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
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All car ferries will be electric by 2025
The government wants to end the use of diesel fuel ferries. By 2025, all car ferries will be electric, and several ferry companies are well on their way to achieving the…
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2.6% of population unemployed in January
There were 1,200 more completely unemployed people in November, according to seasonally adjusted Nav numbers. That is lower unemployment than one year ago. At the end of…
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WWF critical of record oil production licenses
WWF Møre Tromsø Fishing Grounds Government Production Licenses Oil & Gas Environment Norway WWF critical of record oil production licenses Norway Today
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Prices on the resale of OBOS housing is increasing
Prices on the resale of OBOS housing is increasing “The prices on resale of OBOS housing in the Oslo area jumped 3.3 per cent from December to January. The year opens…
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Many women save for their own pensions
Many Norwegian women save for their own pensions Last year, around NOK 1.8 billion was paid in the new pension savings scheme, IPS. Finans Norge is pleasantly surprised…
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Decrease in child benefit recipients in 2018
Decrease in the number of child benefit recipients in 2018 For the first time in 20 years, the number of recipients of child benefits went down in 2018. The reason is…
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1,800 fewer employees in Telenor in 2018
Last year, Telenor had 1,800 staff globally. In Norway, 300 positions were cut. Particularly, increasing digitalization is the cause. ‘’We said that we should cut 2,000…
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Price war on petrol. Below NOK 13/l in Oslo
Price war on petrol as it hits under NOK 13 per litre in Oslo The petrol price in several parts of the country is at its lowest since the end of April last year. The big…
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Predicts wage growth of 3.7 % next year
Nordea predicts wage growth of 3.7 % in Norway next year Wage growth will accelerate this year – in parallel with unemployment falling further. Next year, wage growth…
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Continued decline in milk consumption in Norway
Last year, each Norwegian bought just over 82 liters of Norwegian milk. In total, however, we consumed 5.6 million liters less milk in 2018 than the year before. In…
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Oslo tax office reveals cheats in 8 out of 10 checks
Oslo tax auditors have scored highly over the past five years, where their inspectors have uncovered fraud of more than NOK 1.5 billion, writes Dagsavisen. Since 2014,…
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More people receive cash benefits
In recent years, the share of people using cash support has increased according to an analysis from Statistics Norway (SSB). The schemes are used most frequently by…
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Norwegian airline lost several billions toward end of 2018
Norwegian lost NOK 4 billion over the last three months of 2018 woite E24 news, who referred to the airline’s preliminary figures for the fourth quarter of 2018.…
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Drought resulted the worst grain harvest for almost 50 years
The grain harvest after the summer of 2018 was halved from the previous year. We have to go all the way back to 1969 to find an equally poor harvest. This is shown by…
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100 new low-cost grocery stores
Kiwi, Rema and Coop Extra to open over 100 new stores The three leading low-cost chains will open 113 new stores during the year. The establishment race could lead to an…
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The poorest soda sale in ten years in 2018
In 2018, 460 million liters of soda were sold, showing figures from the Brewery and Beverage Association. It’s the lowest sales in ten years. The figures show a sales…
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Electric car association points out challenges for charging stations
In 2025, the electric car association estimates that Norway will have a car fleet of about one million electric cars. In an interview with Bergens Tidende newspaper,…
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Wine Monopoly increasingly sells alcohol-free
The sale of non-alcoholic drinks has been on the rise. A huge trend that is only getting stronger said press contact, Hege-Lill Hagen Asp of Vinmonopolet. Many started…