Tag: construction
Commuters return despite third wave
A sudden sharp rise in Corona infection, not least among workers at some construction sites in Oslo, is prompting Norwegian health officials to brace...
Greater Oslo hits the million mark
More than a million people now live in the greater Oslo metropolitan area, marking the first time Norway can lay claim to an urban...
Thieves raid building sites
Police in Romerike, northeast of Oslo, are investigating several incidents of theft from building sites in the area. Thieves have broken into containers and...
More expansion at OSL Gardermoen
Norway's gateway airport, OSL Gardermoen, is calling in construction crews again. Just a year after opening its new terminal, airport officials see a need...
Chinese get to build new bridge
Norway's state highway department, Statens vegvesen, has decided that a Chinese construction that submitted the lowest bid to build a bridge in Trøndelag will...
Chinese firm wins new stab at bridge
Politicians in Trøndelag have opted to show some "decency" when interpreting their bidding policy. They're now allowing the Chinese company Sichuan Road and Bridge...
Chinese firm fights bridge ‘boycott’
Just six months after top Norwegian politicians mended relations with China, some local ones in the county of Nord-Trøndelag have so angered a Chinese...
Tourists greeted by building projects
Thousands of tourists arriving in Oslo this summer have been greeted by major construction projects, not least around the busiest and most popular spots in town....
Støre accused of double standard
Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre has run into trouble after newspaper Dagbladet revealed last week that his family firm, Femstø AS, invested in two...
Cornerstone finally being laid for new city library
After years of delays, leakage problems and budget overruns, Oslo Mayor Marianne Borgen can finally lay down the cornerstone of the city's new main...
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