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Crises force changes in foreign policy

NEWS ANALYSIS: Foreign Minister Børge Brende got right to the point when he recently delivered the government's annual foreign policy address to the Norwegian...

Solberg calls in political troops

UPDATED: After a friendly dinner at her residence Monday night, Prime Minister Erna Solberg gathered the leaders of the parties supporting her minority government...

Harder times don’t halt holidays

Norwegians aren't letting an economic downturn get in the way of their summer holidays. New figures from employers' association Virke, which has many members in...

Unions brace for lower pay growth

Norway's most powerful unions were gathering Tuesday to agree on their demands for collective bargaining this spring, amidst reports that wage growth in the country has...

‘Winter is coming,’ warns bank chief

Norway's central bank chief Øystein Olsen engaged in what one local commentator dubbed as his own "Game of Krones" on Thursday evening, when he...

Lawyers accused of hiking their fees

Some major law firms in Oslo reportedly have raised their fees to as much as NOK 5,200 (USD 611) per hour since New Year,...

Central banker draws the elite

Øystein Olsen, governor of Norway's central bank, was once again drawing the country's financial and politial elite to the headquarters of Norges Bank Thursday...

Hydro stock flies as pilot rolls out

Norway's large industrial company Hydro, now mostly an aluminum and metals producer, won kudos from both investors and the prime minister on Wednesday when...

Layoffs and paycuts hit more companies

Norwegian workers in the oil and offshore industry are facing more trauma, while the country's economic growth is slowing to a crawl. Several companies are now...

Commission warns of 65% tax rates

Norway's economic party of the past decade is over, declares a government-appointed commission charged with finding ways to boost productivity. Without a more efficient...
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