Finance
Poles won wage war in Bergen
Six Polish workers in Bergen won on all points after suing their employer for lack of salary payments. The six are employed by the staffing agency Clockwork Staffing and…
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The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
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One and a Half a billion towards new airport in Helgeland
Helgeland get a new airport in Mo i Rana after a consensus between the Government and supporting parties the Liberals and the Christian Democrats. The construction work…
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Marked decline in layoffs and dismissals in February
In February NAV received alerts about 1,450 layoffs and dismissals. It is the lowest figure since December 2014. Of the total NAV received downsizing that affect 1,300…
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Jobs disappearing in the public sector
Even if one has dealt with procedural the last 20 years does not mean that you should do the same for the next 20. – There is nothing new in jobs disappearing. Over the…
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The Government provides NOK 100 million towards plastic removal
The Government allocates NOK 100 million for cleaning up the oceans and launches a separate ocean strategy in its foreign policy. Prime Minister Erna Solberg was Friday…
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Rygge behind schedule with fundraising for airport
14 of 18 municipalities in Østfold have granted an application for a project to gain funding to reopen Moss Airport Rygge. Rygge Airport AS (RA) is working to reopen…
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Norwegian germ research receives close to 22 million from the European Union (EU)
The European Research Council (ERC) supports researchers at the University of Oslo with large sums in hope of finding medicines against multiresistant bacteria. The…
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NHO wants an end to the hiring of agency personnel to replace permanent employees
NHO does not like it when the hiring of temporary agency personnel are replacing permanent employees. In addition, the Fellesforbundet (Union) wants to tighten the…
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Fewer employees in state ministries
Ministries of State have had fewer employees in recent years, and the growth of directorates has slowed down. In the period 2013 to 2016, the ministries had 50 fewer…
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Statoil awarded 13 leases in US Gulf of Mexico
Statoil resets its exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and was today deemed high bidder on 13 leases in the 2017 Central Lease Sale. Statoil successfully bid on 13 leases…
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Upper Romerike in Akershus grows the most
Gjerdrum in Akershus grew most of all municipalities in the country last year. Along with several other municipalities growing on the outskirts of Oslo, making Upper…
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SSB: Unemployment down to 4.2 percent
In January 2017, there were 115,000 unemployed in Norway, according to adjusted figures from Statistics Norway (SSB). This corresponds to 4.2 percent of the workforce,…
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The price of new homes increased
Prices of flats and small houses were in the fourth quarter of last year 15 percent more expensive compared to the same quarter in 2015, this is according to new figures…
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Oslo is the world’s eleventh most expensive city
Singapore is the world’s most expensive city to live in, with Hong Kong and Zurich as runners up. Oslo is in eleventh place, according to The Economist. The British…
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Some nutritional results are more favourable in farmed salmon than in those fished in the wild
The levels of dioxins and pesticides, such as DDT and brominated flame retardants, are higher in wild salmon than in salmon bred from fish farms. These conclusions are…
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NOK 100 000 in toll road debt
Several cannot pay for using toll roads. The Bailiff in Sandefjord has had people who owe NOK 100,000 in tolls. – We have several new toll plazas in Vestfold. We are…