Report: More than 2500 more nurses needed in Norway
Last year there was a great shortfall of nurses in Norway, 2,350 nurses and 200 specialist nurses less than what is really needed, according to…
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Statoil head collapsed at 3.000 meters altitude in France
President of Statoil John Knight collapsed on a mountaintop in France Easter Saturday and had to be flown down by a helicopter. Knight writes in…
Cheapest gasoline in many years in Oslo
Customers in Oslo are greeted by diesel to under 10 kroner per liter, and gasoline to just over 11 kroner per liter at Easter. Prices…
1,750 pilots applied for jobs in SAS
Airline SAS increases their traffic and has announced 220 permanent positions as pilots. This has led to an inrush of applications from the employees of…
Proposes new initiatives: This is what Nav wants to do get more people into work
Unemployed people having to move, cuts in benefits for young people and stricter CVs requirements are among the contents in the proposals made by Nav to…
Marine Harvest accepts fine for salmon escapes
Marine Harvest has accepted a fine of 360,000 kroner for a salmon escape in Kvænangen in Troms.The Directorate of Fisheries calls the incident a serious…
Giant Ships with shale gas from the US to Norway
Cheap American shale gas arrives in Norway – and Europe – for the first time on Wednesday. The petrochemicals company INEOS will get weekly deliveries…
Optimism in the food industry
Despite the turbulent times in the Norwegian economy, at least one industry is marked by optimism – the food industry. 66 percent of the leaders…
Young people loses battle for jobs
While employment falls among youth, there as an increase in the amount of people employed among the oldest in the workplace, according to the Labour…
547 000 employed in local authorities
Preliminary figures show a total of 498 000 employees in local authorities and 49 000 in county authorities. A new data source has led to a break…
Sales of duty free liquor at the airports plunges
Sales of duty-free liquor at Avinor airports fell by 220,000 liters last year. The decline is three times as large as that of Vinmonopolet. This…
70 employees will lose their jobs in Maersk Drilling
70 people will lose their jobs in Maersk Drilling Norway when the rig Reacher is done with its mission for BP in September. The press…
Norwegian adds two more Dreamliners to its fleet
Norwegian has signed an agreement to lease an additional two new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, enabling the company to launch even more intercontinental routes. Both aircraft…
Motoristss must pay 3,700 kroner at the toll bars on the “ferryless” E39
The duty that motorists have to pay when travelling between Kristiansand and Trondheim can come to 3.700 kroner in total when E39 is to be…
Nordic cooperation on water will provide jobs
At least 663 million people in the world lack access to water and 2.4 billion have poor sanitation. Norway and the Nordic region want to…
Oil fund increases its investments in Israel
The Norwegian oil fund has increased its investments in Israel and in banks criticized for contributing to the occupation of Palestine, according to the newspaper…
Nortura breaking old egg record
There is an old Norwegian saying “ha det som plommen i egget”, which means the same thing as the saying “be in clover” but where…
Ryanair’s future at Rygge still not settled
Ryanair mantains there still may be fewer flights from Rygge, although the company has made tickets available from the airport in Østfold County for the upcoming…
Statoil launches Batwind: Battery storage for offshore wind
A new battery storage solution for offshore wind energy will be piloted in the world’s first floating wind farm, the Hywind pilot park off the…
Elkem received 1,700 applications for 70 positions
Elkem Solar will start the production of silicon blocks in Porsgrunn this spring.The job advertisements led to 1,700 applications, up to 300 of those came…