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More Corona aid for a ‘fragile’ economy

NEWS ANALYSIS: Government ministers handed out more packages of Corona crisis aid this week, in an effort to avoid bankruptcies and preserve jobs. The...

‘Krone’ sinks along with oil business

Norway's currency has weakened once again this week, in line with the North Sea oil price that still fuels the country's economy. What's more...

More companies report heavy losses

Norwegian newspapers are suddenly full of stories about losses being posted by local companies in the second quarter and first half of the year....

Historic dive in industrial production

Norwegian industrial production continued to fall during the second quarter, down 5.6 percent compared to the same quarter last year. State statistics bureau SSB...

‘Krone’ strengthens amid Corona chaos

Norway's krone was trading at less than NOK 9 against the US dollar on Thursday, its strongest level since January. Currency analysts linked the...

Wind power set to blow less fiercely

The Norwegian government is proposing what it calls an "historic tightening" of regulations around wind power projects on land. The goal is to reduce...

Norwegians go shopping again

Debit- and credit card use among Nordea bank customers in the first week of June was higher than it was before the crisis began...

New wind power protests turn ugly

UPDATED: Another rash of angry demonstrations against wind energy projects has spread over Norway recently. Some protesters targeted Norway's Oil & Energy Minister Tina Bru...

‘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....

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...
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