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Tremendous growth in sales of fruit and vegetables
The sales of fruit and vegetables increased by 1.5 billion last year. In particular, this applies to the sale of bananas, tomatoes, strawberries and avocados. Figures…
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The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
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May need a billion to resume work at a Svalbard mine
Store Norske mining company may need as much as a billion in order to to commence with the work in Lunckefjell mine on Svalbard , after the recent stop in activity ,…
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Fuel and a weak krone brought losses for Norwegian
Norwegian had a pretax loss of around NOK 700 million in the last quarter. The stated reason for this is a weak krone and expenses of securing fuel for 2016. At the same…
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Fall in kindergarten fees
Fees in public kindergartens in Norway fell by 0.5 per cent in total from January 2015 to January 2016. The fall is mostly due to the new national minimum requirement…
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EU: – We will need as much gas in 2030 as we do today
EU will need about as much gas in 2030 as today, notifies the European Commission Vice-President. Tord Lien is overjoyed. Tuesday next week, the EU Commission will…
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Burdened Aker Solutions repeats cut plans
The industrial group Aker Solutions earned less and had losses of 278 million NOK before taxes in the fourth quarter of 2015. 900 employees will probably lose their jobs…
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Telenor spent 230 million more on consultants than they normally do
Last fall Telenor spent NOK 230 million more than they normally do on advisers, consultants and lawyers . Strategy work and Vimpelcom being accused of widespread…
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Aker Solutions Takes More Steps to Boost MMO Competitiveness
Aker Solutions today notified employees of additional tough but necessary measures to raise competitiveness and win more work for its Norwegian maintenance,…
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Billion losses for Telenor after the budget impairment in Denmark
Telenor reported a profit after tax of minus 2.125 billion in the fourth quarter of 2015. The Company has made an impairment of 2.1 billion in Denmark. The outlook for…
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Varying traffic growth in January
The number of passengers travelling to and from Avinor’s 46 airports increased by 1.6 per cent compared with January 2016. There are substantial local variations. Growth…
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Statoil chooses Nexans to supply cables for the world’s first floating wind farm
Statoil has awarded Nexans the contract to supply static and dynamic cabling and associated accessories for the world’s first floating wind farm, following a successful…
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31.7 million guest nights in 2015
The number of guest nights in Norwegian accommodation establishments reached 31.7 million in 2015. This is an increase of 1.3 million or 4.4 per cent compared with 2014.…
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Number of farmers halved in 20 years
The number of farmers in Hordaland is almost halved during the past 20 years. The worst-hit sectors are dairy farmers, who are 70 percent fewer. In the 1970s, Bergen was…
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Passenger growth for Norwegian in January
Over 1.75 million passengers flew with Norwegian in January, 9 percent more than the same month last year. New domestic flights in Spain and flights between the…