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Solberg: Transparency is of the essence
Prime Minister Erna Solberg is referring to the open tax declaration system when she promotes Norway’s efforts to combat corruption. For Norway transparency is the core…
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The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
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Solberg: Doesn’t seem strange that base rate was not lowered
Doesn’t seem strange, Prime Minister Erna Solberg says on the unchanged base rate of the Central Bank. Governor Øystein Olsen believes there is reason to expect better…
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April traffic figures – solid growth continues in Northern Norway
The April figures show little change in the total number of passengers compared with the same month last year (+0.1 per cent). The total figures for Avinor’s 46 airports…
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White paper on the future of Svalbard
By strengthening research, tourism and the general businesses the government will develop Svalbard further. This is revealed in the White Paper regarding Svalbard…
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Price rise on petroleum products
The price index of first-hand domestic sales went up 0.6 per cent from March to April, mainly due to higher prices on different petroleum products as gasoline, diesel…
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Government received letter of concern about Telenor subsidiary
The Telenor subsidiary in Bangladesh is fighting to prevent employees from organizing themselves, according to an international trade union that has sent a letter of…
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Economy: Pessimism prevails among Norwegians
Not since the crisis at the beginning 1990s have Norwegians expectations concerning economic developments have been as low as they have been in this quarter and the…
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150-200 million to ease unemployment
The government will provide additional funds for municipalities in the South and Western Norway with high unemployment. Newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad thinks we are…
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Solberg visiting Stavanger on the day of the budget presentation
Prime Minister Erna Solberg will travel to to Rogaland and Stavanger on Wednesday to talk about the revised budget to be presented on the same day. She will be…
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Indian bank manager proposed for position at the Telenor board
Indian Ashok Vaswani is proposed as the third new director of Telenor. The 55-year-old is the CEO of the large bank Barclays UK. Telenor ASA informs of this in a press…
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More expensive food and electricity
The consumer price index has risen by 3.2 percent over the last twelve months. More expensive food is the main cause. The twelve-month growth has slowed by 0.1…
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Companies are reluctant to invest
95 percent of businesses in Western Norway reveal that they have not completed their investments as planned in the past year. The rest of 2016 does not look promising…
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