Tag: Corona virus

Hurtigruten heads back to Svalbard

Norway's venerable coastal passenger and cargo shipping line Hurtigruten has won government approval to sail around Svalbard again this summer. Justice Minister Monica Mæland...

Airlines can fill all their seats again

Transport Minister Knut Arild Hareide confirmed Thursday afternoon that Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Norwegian Air and Widerøe are now once again able to sell tickets...

State may cover travellers’ losses

Around 200,00o Norwegians still haven't been reimbursed for airline tickets and holiday tour packages they purchased before the Corona virus cancelled most all travel...

‘Bloody day’ for workers at SAS

Already laid-off employees at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) in Norway faced a tough choice this week. SAS management is asking them to either quit immediately,...

Oil companies win some tax relief

The leaders of Norway's three largest opposition parties in Parliament finally struck a compromise with the government on Monday that offers some tax relief...

‘From Corona crisis to a new jobs crisis’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg is clearly proud of how Norwegians have withstood the Corona crisis, but now she worries that a new crisis looms....

Holiday restrictions spur ‘boat bonanza’

Another sign of Norway's fundamentally stong economy has sailed into local headlines lately: Norwegians are buying boats like never before. Sales of both new...

Great start to wild salmon fishing season

Norwegian rivers, swelled by record snowmelt, have already yielded some huge wild salmon and trout, and this year, Norwegian sportsfishers have the rivers to...

Economy picks up, krone strengthens

Norway is once again being branded as fundamentally different from the rest of the world, as it emerges from the Corona darkness. While its...

More billions behind new crisis package

Prime Minister Erna Solberg and her Conservatives-led government rolled out yet another crisis package Friday, funded with an extra NOK 27 billion from the...
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