Finance






Unemployment at 4.7 per cent

Unemployment at 4.7 per cent

Adjusted for seasonal variations, there were 130 000 unemployed persons in March 2016, which is on a par with December 2015. The Labour Force Survey (LFS)…



The airline Norwegian

No guarantee against having to pay the passenger fee twice for one trip

Norwegians traveling with different airlines on the same trip, may have to pay the passenger fee twice – if the companies do not find a…




Construction site

The police will catch thieves with micro marking

Oslo police hope to catch construction site thieves using so-called micro marking technology, on selected construction sites in the capital. As many as 90 percent…


Confidence in the country's economy is rising

Confidence in the country’s economy is rising

Confidence in the country’s economy and the job market is now at its highest level since April last year, new figures show. The Consumer confidence…








Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien ( Progress Party )

Millions for research on environmentally friendly energy

The Norwegian Research Council has allocated 160 million to the creation of eight new research centers for environmentally friendly energy (FME). A total of 1.3 billion…


North Sea

North Sea oil at over 50 dollars a barrel

At Thursday the price for a barrel of North Sea oil was once more at more than 50 dollars. The price of oil for delivery…