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‘Toll Roads’ Party (FNB) wants to go national
FNB wants to go national and can steal voters from FrP ‘People against more Toll Roads ’ (FNB) has ambitions to become a national party. This may be bad news for…
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The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
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Telenor boss says Europe is the backwater
Telenor’s chief executive, Sigve Brekke, wants the EU to be a top team when the giants from China and the United States come to full size. “Europe is facing a struggle…
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Price rise of billions for transport project in Rogaland
The price of the new road and collective projects in northern Jæren have increased by almost 5 billion in just over three months. The costs estimated for collective and…
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Norway bought less alcohol last year
Each Norwegian bought an average figure of 6 litres of pure alcohol last year. This is a 0.5% decrease from the previous year, and a decline of 9.1% in the past ten…
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Higher surplus in current account balance
A high surplus on both the goods and service account and the income and current transfers account led to a higher surplus on the BOP current account from the 3rd to the…
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Decline on Oslo Stock Exchange
Decline on the Oslo Stock Exchange (Oslo Børs) After two days of recovery, the main index on the Oslo Stock Exchange experienced a downturn on the third day of trading…
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Statoil enters offshore wind in Poland
Statoil has signed an agreement with Polenergia to acquire a 50 % interest in the two early phase offshore wind development projects in Poland, Bałtyk Środkowy III…
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Real estate prices in Norway rose by 0.4 percent in February
The trend in the Norwegian housing market is more stable than last year. Nominally, house prices rose by 1.1 percent from January to February. Housing prices are now 2.3…
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Norwegian beer increasing in popularity abroad
Norway exported almost three million litres of Norwegian beer abroad last year. That is twice as much as three years ago. In 2014, 1.5 million litres of beer were…
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Government increases whale fisheries quota
Fisheries Minister Per Sandberg will back the whaling industry.He has set a catch quota of 1,278 whales in 2018. Last year’s quota was 999 whales, while the catch was…
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Stena Line launches ‘battery power’ initiative
The next step in Stena Line’s ongoing sustainability strategy is to test new environmentally friendly energy options for the propulsion of its vessels. Stena Line…
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Insurance fraud for over 400 million revealed last year
Last year, insurance fraud was revealed at a total of NOK 428 million, according to FinansNorg’s fraud report for 2017. This is more than ever before, and a solid…
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Hydro switches area manager to solve ‘Alunorte crisis’
Hydro switches Area Manager in Brazil to solve their challenging situation.The Alunorte refinery has been subject to production cuts following accusations of…
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Man acknowledges guilt in married couple detention case
The 42 year old man who widely used illegal labour from Mongolia in the cleaning company he was running has been detained for a week. The man acknowledged a sentence of…
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The decline in unemployment continues in February
The number of people registered as fully unemployed decreased by 500 in February, according to seasonally adjusted numbers from Nav. Unemployment has thus decreased from…
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