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Package dispensers by Posten
Post Norge will be launching package dispensers in a thousand locations across the country next year. This means that customers could be able to retrieve their packages…
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The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
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Unemployed people enroll for further education
In the first quarter of this year, 8 percent of the population aged 22–59 years enrolled for formal further education. The share was the highest among the unemployed and…
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The Coronavirus crisis sent bicycle sales sky high
The sale of bicycles has seen a strong upswing due to the Coronavirus pandemic, which closed both fitness centers and national borders. In addition, fewer available…
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Possibility of longer opening hours in the capital
Oslo is now the only city in Norway that has reduced opening hours for nightspots due to the corona measures. Restaurants and pubs in the capital can currently only…
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Norwegian salmon is not to blame for new Coronavirus infections in Beijing
This is stated by Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen (H) at a conference in Bergen on Wednesday, according to E24. According to Reuters,…
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Statkraft starts construction of floating solar power plants in Albania
Statkraft and the Norwegian supplier Ocean Sun are ready to start construction of the planned floating solar power pilot plant in Albania. The pilot project has an…
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Virus fear removes Norwegian salmon from the shelves in Beijing
Several supermarkets in the Chinese capital Beijing have removed salmon from the shelves after coronavirus was found on a cutting board for imported salmon. According to…
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Corona’s quiet summer hits the bus industry
NHO Transport estimates that 1,800 of the nearly 1,900 tour buses have been stationary since March due to Corona restrictions, and the summer is considered lost to the…
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Swedes and Danes in Oslo hardest hit by Corona unemployment
While Swedes and Danes struggled in the labour market when the Corona crisis hit Norway, Somalis managed best, figures from Nav show. When the Corona restrictions were…
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Norwegian Air sued by American passengers
A group of American passengers who have not been reimbursed for cancelled flights is suing Norwegian in Riverside, California. It is estimated that Norwegian owes…
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The Consumer Council believes that airlines are making it too difficult to claim a refund
The Consumer Council believes that airlines are still making it unnecessarily difficult to get money back after canceled flights. Consumers have a statutory right to…
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Two in three want to eat more seafood
According to a large international study by the Norwegian Seafood Council, 76 percent of consumers say they want to eat more seafood than they do today. The Seafood…
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SAS and Norwegian owe customers about 10 billion NOK
SAS has sold travel for almost 6.8 billion NOK, which cannot be completed. For Norwegian, the figure is between two and four billion, experts believe. Canceled journeys…
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87 per cent less traffic at Avinor
There were 597,536 flights to and from Avinor’s airports in May, which is a reduction of 87.2 per cent compared with the previous year. Nonetheless, traffic is picking…
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State Educational Loan Fund lowers fixed interest rates
The State Educational Loan Fund (Lånekassen) lowers fixed interest rates significantly from 1 July. Most three-year rates fall, which goes down just over 0.7 percentage…
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Hurtigruten will employ up to 300 Norwegian seafarers
From 2021, Hurtigruten will deploy three ships on expedition cruises along the Norwegian coast. Among other things, this means hiring between 250 and 300 new Norwegian…