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Norway risks a fall into recession

Analysts and top politicians remain optimistic about Norway's economic prospects, but a leading US investment bank now warns there's an 88 percent chance that...

DNB blasted for closing branches

DNB's announcement on Wednesday that it plans to close more than half its branch offices, and lay off 600 employees, has set off protests from...

Aker Solutions snares big new contract

The crisis-hit modifications and maintenance division of Oslo-based oil service firm Aker Solutions got some welcome news on Monday. It won a major contract...

Norway waits for Putin’s next move

Russian President Vladimir Putin was being widely credited or blamed for the sudden rise in oil prices towards the end of this week. With prices...

BP latest to slash oil jobs in Norway

British oil company BP has become the latest oil industry player to relieve itself of costly staff in Norway, to help offset the impact...

Emigration also hits a new record

Record numbers of asylum seekers and other immigrants arrived in Norway last year, but tens of thousands left the country as well. Never before have so many...

Repatriation: The rocky road home

SPECIAL FEATURE: Tougher economic times in Norway, brought on by the fall in oil prices, mean many expatriates in the country are now dealing with...

Foreign workers told to go home

For years, Norway's oil capital of Stavanger needed and welcomed engineers and other oil industry workers from other countries. Now, with the boom years over...

Economy still ‘robust’, but ‘vulnerable’

The day before Oslo's stock exchange took a dive along with others all over the world on Wednesday, the OECD (Organization of Economic Cooperation...

Norwegian leaders stream into Davos

Many members of Norway's business and political elite, including a couple of royals, were joining other powerful people from all over the world this...

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