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The airline Norwegian on top again
Norwegian once again named ‘World’s Best Low-Cost Long-Haul Airline’ and ‘Best Low-Cost Airline in Europe’ Norwegian was yesterday named the ‘World’s Best Low-Cost…
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The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
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World’s largest hybrid ferry built by Rolls-Royce
World’s largest hybrid ferry powered by Rolls-Royce engines – built in Bergen Rolls-Royce has received an order for four diesel engines to be included in the propulsion…
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Reduced labour immigration
A total of 50 500 persons with non-Nordic citizenship immigrated to Norway in 2016. Immigration due to refuge showed the highest increase, while labour immigration…
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A million kroner fine handed to Telenor’s payment service
The payment service, Strex, must pay 1 million kroner in order for its case, which the Consumer Ombudsman says are illegal user agreements, to be concluded. – The…
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Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise fears Brexit will hit Norway hard
The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) fears that Norway will become one of the countries most affected by Brexit, especially if transitional arrangements…
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Goal: safer Internet for four million children
Aiming to create a safer Internet for four million children Our ambition is clear: a total of four million children will receive education in safe Internet use by 2020.…
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Finally, the Norwegian strawberries have arrived!
Coop yesterday received the first boxes of Norwegian strawberries, and the weather forecast is good for the weekend. ‘Coop stores in Eastern Norway received the first…
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South American tomato moth can wreak havoc among Norwegian tomato crops
A new report, prepared by the Swedish Food Safety Committee (VKM) for the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, said that initiatives should be launched against tomato moths.…
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Facebook increases the ‘fight against terrorism’
Facebook is striving to fight terror-related content on its platform. Use of both artificial intelligence, and human expertise has increased. – Recently, artificial…
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Asylum seekers maybe allowed to find work faster
The Ministry of Justice proposes that the law be amended so that asylum seekers who are likely to stay in Norway can work before they are interviewed by the Directorate…
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Significant E-commerce growth this year
E-commerce outlets in Norway sold almost NOK 3 billion worth of goods in the first two months of 2017, a 9.9% growth from the same period in 2016. Particularly, sales of…
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Nav paid 7.1 billion to abroad last year
Last year, more than 80,000 people living abroad received a total of NOK 7.1 billion from Nav. More than half of the money went to retirement pensioners. 1.7 percent of…
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Mobile operators must improve information on free roaming
Mobile operators must improve information given about the expenses incurred by free roaming Even though you can now use your mobile telephone while traveling in European…
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Increased turnover for land transport
Preliminary figures show that turnover in the division “land transport” increased by 3.4 per cent from first quarter of 2016 to the same quarter this year. The group…