Tag: borders
Border trade hits beverage industry
New numbers confirm that Norwegians are still heading over the border in droves, to do their grocery shopping and buy other items in countries,...
Cross-border trade rises again
Norwegians are still streaming over the border to Sweden to go shopping, even though they're not getting much of a currency exchange advantage anymore....
Cross-border trade rises again
A weaker currency means Norwegians aren't saving quite as much money as they did a year ago by driving over the border to shop...
Tough liquor laws retain support
Even though Norwegians crowd into the tax-free shops at local airports and flock over the border to buy cheaper wine and liquor in Sweden,...
Heads roll as grocery store drama goes on
The bosses for both the Rimi and ICA Supermarked chains have been fired after their local parent ICA Norge was hit with more heavy...
Customs seeks more border patrol
Norwegian customs authorities, faced with a big increase in smuggling and other border crimes, want to expand a new automatic video surveillance system that's...
Customs seizes a record haul
Customs officials made a record number of seizures last year involving drugs, alcohol and cigarettes that were smuggled into Norway. Smuggling remains an enormous...
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