Meat consumption down for first time since 2010
After several years of increase in meat consumption,it is now falling. Last year, each Norwegian ate 53.3 kilos of meat on average. There was…
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Population growth is on its way down in Norway
There is a decline in population growth in Norway that in the long term, a population decline can not be avoided. Fertility is also on…
Unemployment at 4.2 per cent
Adjusted for seasonal variations, there were 116 000 unemployed persons in July. This corresponded to 4.2 per cent of the labour force, down 0.3 percentage…
Decreased labour force participation among men
Labour force participation among men decreased from the 2nd quarter of 2016 to the 2nd quarter of 2017. The decrease applied for most of the…
Unemployment rate down to 4.3%
From April to May, 6,000 fewer people were unemployed. According to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) from Statistics Norway (SSB), in May, 120,000 were registered…
Thursday morning several of DNB services are not working
Thursday morning at 5:30 am, several of DNB services are down – again. The error is identified, and the bank hopes that DNB services soon…
SSB: Unemployment down to 4.2 percent
In January 2017, there were 115,000 unemployed in Norway, according to adjusted figures from Statistics Norway (SSB). This corresponds to 4.2 percent of the workforce,…
Lånekassen lays down in Bergen and Tromso
Lånekassen (Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund) is reducing their number of offices from six to four. Bergen and Tromsø will be sacrificed, while the offices…
Alcohol sales are down to the same level as 1980
More wine was sold in cartons, but otherwise, figures continued to drop in alcohol sales. Alcohol consumption is back to the same level it was…
School burned down in Evenes
The Junior Wing at Liland school in Evenes municipality in Nordland was completely destroyed in a fire on Tuesday. No one was injured in the…
DNB’s online banking was down
DNB apologize to customers after there were problems logging into online banking during the weekend. Sunday night DNB’s online banking was inoperative for the second…
UDI to close down almost 1,000 asylum places
The Directorate of Immigration (UDI) will close down additional 930 places in its reception centers. Since much fewer asylum seekers came to Norway, six reception…
UDI shut down a further 3,800 places in reception centers
Immigration sheds a further 3,800 places in reception centers because fewer asylum seekers are coming to Norway. The Directorate of Immigration (UDI) reported in August…
Unemployment will go slightly down in 2017
Slightly higher economic growth in the future will contribute to the unemployment rate probably peaking by the end of the year. Then unemployment rate will…
Rygge airport to close down
The board of Rygge airport has decided that the airport will be closed down after November 1st this year if the anticipated volume from Ryan…
Salmon Prices Down 6 Percent
The export price of fresh Norwegian salmon dropped 5.9 percent last week. The price of frozen salmon, however, increased by 8 percent. The export price…
After 20 years of growth, pension payments decrease
The average pension payment from Nav decreased in 2015, after over 20 years of increase. The probable reason is that more people are taking out…