Since 2016News, finance, culture and everyday life — Norway explained in English.
The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
A company in Bergen has developed a rapid saliva test for detecting the coronavirus. The method is now being tested in Germany, and the goal is to get the test on the…
A reaction test will be mandatory to open Voi’s electric scooters at night during the weekends. The goal is to reduce drunk driving. Figures from the Oslo Emergency…
The national midnight limit for serving alcohol might be replaced by a registration system if the infection pressure allows it, the government announced on Thursday. At…
Two of the men accused of having tricked the top manager in Edison Norway into paying them around NOK 150 million can be extradited from Israel to Norway, an Israeli…
Airline traffic in August fell by almost 60 percent compared with last year. – It will probably take a long time before air traffic is back to 2019 levels, says Avinor.…
The airline Norwegian is laying off another 60 cabin crew in Norway. So far, more than 8,000 have been laid off. “Significantly reduced demand as a result of travel…
Banks must wait to pay out dividends to be better insured against serious financial downturns during the corona crisis, the Minister of Finances said. Well-capitalized…
Bookings for courses, conferences, and hotel rooms for the autumn are at an all-time low. Several hotel chains are planning to close again. – “Unfortunately, we have to…
Equinor enters into an agreement with the companies Jera and J-Power on cooperation to establish offshore wind projects in Japan. “The three companies will work together…
Companies that have had a significant fall in revenue in August can now apply for grants from the business sector compensation scheme. August is the last month of…
In a consultation statement, the Norwegian Environment Agency warns that new oil and gas fields in the Barents Sea may be profitable for the oil companies, but not for…
Equinor has discovered deficiencies in four of the wells in the Martin Linge field and must drill again. The extra cost is estimated at NOK 2 billion. “Four gas wells…
On Tuesday, NAV could register 208,100 unemployed. That is 4,600 fewer than last week. – The positive development continues. More and more people who were laid off are…
Industrial turnover fell by 3.8 percent in the period May-July 2020 compared with three months before, seasonally adjusted figures from Statistics Norway show. From June…
New car sales in August show that almost 6,000 new electric cars were sold, compared to 1,000 diesel cars. Overall, new car sales have fallen by around 10 percent from…