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Airbnb revenues increased by 30 percent last year
More people used Airbnb to spend the night in Norway last year and revenue increased by 30 percent to 2.7 billion. There is an analysis conducted by the Capa agency that…
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The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
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Telenor provided Danish police with teledata
Telenor has systematically provided personal data to the police in Denmark, presumably in violation of the law, reports Politiken. The disclosure of personal data has…
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Norwegian shopping industry will cut 100 million plastic shopping bags
Half of the population believes that recycling plastic bags is among the most useful environmental measures. Now, Norwegian trade will cut 100 million plastic shopping…
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Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein want joint negotiations with the UK
Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) believes that Norway should collaborate with Iceland and Liechtenstein in the negotiations for an agreement with the UK after Brexit.…
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Count on those who do not have A4 background
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Torbjørn Røe Isaksen (Høyre/Conservative Party) wants more people who are not “A4,” to work. On Monday, the government meets for an…
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Tine takes up the fight against cheese imports – builds out the dairy at Dovre
Tine invests NOK 50 million and doubles the production capacity at the Dovre dairy. Now the dairy giant will take up the fight against imported white mold cheese. Today,…
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The price of electricity in Norway has not been this low since 2007
The average electricity price for January is the lowest in 13 years according to the Nord Pool power exchange. The electricity price for Oslo in January was calculated…
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Labour party leader Jonas Gahr Støre caught at ticket control
Arbeiderpartiet (AP) leader Jonas Gahr Støre was caught at ticket control for not having a valid ticket at the Stortinget Metro station in Oslo on Thursday morning. “My…
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Record high wind power production in Norway last year
Wind power production is increasing, but hydropower still dominates completely and accounted for 93.4 percent of total Norwegian power production last year. Last year,…
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Norwegians shopped online for NOK 128 billion in 2018
In 2018, Norwegians bought for NOK 60 billion at foreign online stores and 68 billion in Norwegian. This is stated in Statistics Norway’s recent report “Online shopping…
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Norwegians drank less milk last year
Each Norwegian drank two liters less milk in 2019 than in 2018. Sales have been steadily declining over the last ten years. Figures from Melk.no published in the Nation…
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Norwegian companies in China are suffering crisis losses
Large Norwegian companies in China are suffering crisis losses in connection with the virus outbreak in Wuhan and Hubei Province. Chairman of the Board Morten Sten…
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Nav stops work training at XXL
For the time being, Nav will no longer send its users to work placements at the XXL sports chain. Nav requires “necessary measures and routines” to resume practice. The…
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Telenor withdraws billion dividend from subsidiary in Bangladesh
On Tuesday morning, the quarterly report from Telenor’s subsidiary in Bangladesh, Grameenphone, was presented. Telenor receives more than NOK 1 billion in dividends. The…
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Scottish fishermen warns Norwegian counterparts about wind farms
While Norway plans for its first floating sea wind farm in 2022, Scotland opened its first two years ago. However, commercial fishermen could face the loss of fishing…
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881 charged for social security fraud in 2019
881 persons were charged for social security abuse of NOK 139 million in 2019. This is a clear decline from the previous years. Five of the cases concern victims of the…
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Many people have bought their first home
Last year, 48,526 first-time buyers entered the housing market. It is the highest recorded number in the last decade, writes Dagens Næringsliv and refers to a report…