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Cheers and unrest over wind power plant in Trøndelag, Norway
The plan to add Europe’s largest onshore wind power plants to the pristine coastal scenery in Central Norway evokes both jubilation and worry. The six wind farms will be…
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The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
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NOK 11 billion will be invested in wind power project in Central Norway
The Statkraft, TronderEnergi and Nordic Windpower DA join forces to build Europe’s largest onshore wind farm in central Norway. About NOK 11 billion will be invested in…
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Telenor has discovered the cause of the problems with the mobile coverage
Misinterpretation of data from another international operator lead to about 1 million Telenor customers being without mobile coverage for several hours Friday, the…
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Norwegian considering making a complaint to ESA on the flight tax
Norwegian believes the proposed airplane fee favors SAS and Widerøe. The company will bring the tax to the EFTA Surveillance Authority if it’s implemented. This is no…
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More unemployed from the oil sector get sick
Many former employees of oil and gas from the southernmost part of Norway get a sick leave as soon as they become unemployed. A number of people employed doing…
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Lower wage growth last year
Wage growth was 2.5 percent in the industry last year, well below the level of 2014 at 3.3 percent. NHO believes figures show that employers and employees of Norway…
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Four per cent increase in new enterprises
A total of 14 264 new enterprises were registered during the fourth quarter of 2015. This is an increase of 4 per cent compared with the same period in 2014. One in five…
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Visits to the doctor costs society billions
Traveling to and waiting at the doctor costs society and the individual both time and money, calculations shows that the time lost amounts to a loss of profits that…
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Controversial airline tax may be changed
Despite criticism from several of the bodies consulted, the air passenger tax is expected to be introduced as planned on April the 1. But in the Parliament Progress…
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More than 300,000 were unemployed last year
302,700 people signed up as unemployed with NAV last year. This is the highest number of unemployed people in Norway since 2005. On average 80,600 persons were…
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Cash flows between Norway and abroad
Increase in settlement flows – Both incoming and outgoing bank settlement flows increased from the third quarter of 2015 to the fourth quarter of 2015. Bank settlements…
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Big revenue jump for forest owners
Large volume and high prices led to an overall revenue jump for Norwegian forest owners of 102 million in 2014. On average Norwegian forest owners made 41.000 NOK from…
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Tine record brings record bonus for dairy farmers
Tine dairies has made a new performance record, and now it also has made a record in bonus payments to the farmers who make the milk, 870 million NOK is to be…
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Olsen: New global crisis may threaten the Norwegian economy
If the world gets hit by a new financial crisis, the timing couldn’t be worse for the Norwegian economy, the Head of the Central Bank Øystein Olsen warns. We are facing…
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Brandenburg police chose command system developed in Norway
The Norwegian software company Teleplan Globe has delivered a mobile command and control system to the police in the German state of Brandenburg. In light of the events…
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Gardermoen is the only Avinor airport which experiences growth
Despite a decrease in passengers for domestic flights and reduced traffic in the North Sea due to the oil crisis, Avinor made good money in the fourth quarter of 2015.…