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Norway’s Green Party demands 174 billion kroner more for railways
The Green Party (MDG) wants to spend half of the funds in the National Transport Plan on trains. That means that the sum from the government's proposal must be increased…
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The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
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Norway’s Financial Supervisory Authority: Banks avoided corona losses, but they’re vulnerable
Norway's Financial Supervisory Authority's (Finanstilsynet) stress test shows that Norwegian banks would suffer during a monetary policy crisis with a sharp rise in…
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House prices in Norway rose in May – they are now 11.3% higher than last year
House prices rose by 1% in May, Eiendom Norge announced on Thursday. House prices are now 11.3% higher than a year ago.
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Nakstad: I think Norwegians will be able to go cross-border shopping in June
Espen Nakstad believes it will be possible for Norwegians to travel to Sweden to shop already this month.
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Equinor joins partners in 66 billion kroner investment in oil fields in Brasil
Equinor and partners ExxonMobil, Petrogal Brasil, and Pré-sal Petróleo SA have decided to develop phase one of the Bacalhau field in Brazil.
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The oil tax cut package could cost the Norwegian state 10 billion kroner
The bill for the oil tax package that the Norwegian parliament approved (Storting) last year is growing.
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SSB: Many immigrants in Norway lost their job due to the corona pandemic
Many immigrants lost their jobs last year due to the fact that they work in occupations that were hard hit by the corona measures.
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Norwegian out of bankruptcy protection: “We saved the airline”
Corona-stricken Norwegian announced on Wednesday that they are leaving bankruptcy protection. “We saved the airline,” the CEO said. “Today, we have written history, not…
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Report: A lot of people with an immigrant background or low education among long-term unemployed in Norway
There are more people with low education and people with an immigrant background among the long-term unemployed in Norway than before the pandemic, a report from…
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Number of unemployment benefit recipients in Norway increased fivefold last year compared to 2019
Three million Norwegians were paid a total of NOK 500 billion in benefits and pensions in 2020. The number of unemployment benefit recipients is five times as high as in…
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Error in Norwegian house price statistics for April – more homes sold than reported
Significantly more homes were sold and put on the market in April than Eiendom Norge reported on May 5.
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There is a large shortage of health and construction workers in Norway
At the same time as 200,000 are looking for jobs in Norway, Norwegian companies are experiencing a shortage of 46,000 employees - almost half of them in health and…
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Hospitality Association: Norway’s tourism industry is still in a serious crisis
Nearly six out of ten tourism companies in Norway believe it will take more than a year to return to normal. The Norwegian Hospitality Association (NHO Reiseliv)…
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Export price for fresh Norwegian salmon increased by 9.3% last week
The export price for fresh salmon was NOK 71.08 per kg in week 19, up 9.3% from the week before. Furthermore, 5.1% more fresh salmon was exported, a total of 14,863…
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On average, every Norwegian ate almost 20 kilos of seafood last year
Last year, each person in Norway ate an average of 19.6 kilos of seafood. The figure is at the same level as the last two years.
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Norway’s Center Party wants a VAT cut for the rest of the year
The Center Party believes that tourism and restaurants should have VAT reduced throughout 2021, with a halving of the tourism VAT to 6% throughout the year and a…
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SSB: Electricity prices in Norway in the first quarter of 2021 were 37% higher than in the same quarter of last year
The price of electricity in the first quarter of this year was very high compared with last year's extra low prices. The peak was reached in the cold months of January…
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Vinmonopolet sets daily record by selling almost 1 million liters of alcohol on Wednesday
Norwegians bought 960,000 liters of alcoholic beverages on Wednesday. In the run-up to May 17, Vinmonopolet thus set a preliminary daily record for 2021.
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Norway’s Yara International accused of funding Belarus dictatorship: “Can you live knowing you helped murderers and rapists?”
Is Norway's Yara International funding a dictatorship in Belarus? These are the stories told by Norwegian authorities and Belarussian organizations.