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The Government has decided to enter into negotiations with Widerøe, SAS, and Norwegian to extend the agreement on the state purchase of air routes from 1 October. “Today…
When Norway first closed, we hoarded sustainable food, started baking, and changed to our eating patterns and shopping habits. Recent figures suggest that not all new…
The Norwegian Directorate of Health has no objections to employees in shops, bars, and nightclubs receiving free beer testers – as long as it is the correct people who…
After a summer of record-breaking electricity, prices are now rising, but they are lower than at the same time last year. Figures from Nord Pool show that electricity…
The police in Møre og Romsdal believe that Hurtigruten is breaking the law by having Filipino crew on board the company’s expedition ship Fridtjof Nansen. According to…
Color Line AS, one of Europe’s leading shipping companies, has been hit hard by the corona pandemic and is forced to cut costs. From 2021, 300 man-years will disappear,…
With a near complete stop in cross-border trade, sales of alcohol in Norway have skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year. In the second quarter of this year,…
August saw 33% fewer bankruptcies than in the same month last year. There were 184 bankruptcies in August, compared to 274 in August 2019. A total of 2,282 bankruptcies…
Norwegian’s traffic figures for August are heavily influenced by the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent travel restrictions and drop in demand. In August, capacity was…
Four out of ten Norwegians say they want to fly less even after the pandemic is over. One insurance company thinks that our travel habits are shifting. The finding is…
The number of passes through the toll stations in Oslo and Bærum decreased by 3.1% in August, but the morning traffic is increasing, says Fjellinjen. The total number of…
Covid-19 is now one of the diseases that can be approved as an occupational disease and give the right to compensation. Writes Utdanningsnytt. So far, the Norwegian…
Ruter reports that the number of passengers on the metro in Oslo is now up to 90 percent of last year’s level. In these Coronavirus times, the advice is still to avoid…
After several years of excess pork production, COVID-19 has led to the shortage in stock and the need for imports of meat. But the Christmas ribs are not in danger. The…
Norwegian seafood exports fell by 14 per cent in August. Seafood exports totalled NOK 7.3 billion. This is NOK 1.2 billion lower than in August 2019. So far this year,…
Norwegian airlines is in dialogue with the Norwegian authorities about potential new support for the airline. This was stated by CFO Geir Karlsen during DNB Markets’…
Norway falls one place on the UN organization WIPO’s annual ranking of the world’s most innovative countries. Norway is now down to 20th place. Switzerland tops the…