Tag: Corona crisis
Norway reopens but pandemic not over
Eighteen months after she had to shut down Norway, Prime Minister Erna Solberg could finally give her health minister Bent Høie a hug. Solberg...
Norway is getting ‘back to normal’
NEWS ANALYSIS: Interest rates have started to rise, oil and gas exports have more than doubled and Norway will soon even have a Labour...
Warnings against more airline aid
Norway's competition authority is warning against more financial aid to the country's three established airlines: SAS, Norwegian Air and Widerøe. The warning comes despite...
Labour open to re-investing in SAS
The Norwegian government declined last year to take a new ownership stake in Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), but now a new Labour-led government is open...
Unemployment rate falls again
More signs have emerged that Norway's economy has recovered quickly after the worst of the Corona pandemic. Unemployment numbers for August show the jobless...
Bonuses spoil the ‘New Norwegian Air’s’ take-off
NEWS ANALYSIS: Long-troubled Norwegian Air's plans for a triumphant return to the skies landed in an embarrassing mess this week. Large bonuses secretly paid...
More turbulence at Norwegian Air
Less than a month after emerging from bankruptcy and being cleared for a fresh take-off, the new board of long-struggling Norwegian Air decided to...
Rates to rise as economy rebounds
Norwegian economists are predicting brighter days ahead and Norway's central bank is following through with predictions of its own: Interest rates will probably rise...
‘State of emergency soon over’ in Oslo
Raymond Johansen, known for being a strict leader of Oslo's city government, is finally opting to remove most of the remaining Corona restrictions in...
MPs quarrel over vaccination priority
NEWS ANALYSIS: A government decision late last week to give priority in the vaccination queue to Members of Parliament, judges and a few hundred...
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