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Interest rates to ‘remain low longer’

Norway's central bank decided on Thursday, as expected, to keep its key lending rate unchanged at 1.5 percent. The bank's executive board saw no...

More media cuts loom

Norwegian newspapers are losing readers at a more alarming rate, as the media crisis finally seems to be reaching Norway with full force. Several...

Confidence high, but jobs falling

New figures show the number of vacant jobs dropped dramatically in Norway over the past year, making competition more fierce and signalling tougher times....

Champagne consumption bubbles over

Corks were popping during the weekend, and new figures show how Norwegians increasingly turn to champagne, cava and other bubbly beverages to toast good...

Interest rates to stay steady

Norway's central bank (Norges Bank) will leave interest rates unchanged at 1.5 percent, and does not anticipate a rate rise until the summer of...

Retirees face losing their discounts

Thousands of Norwegian seniors are starting to lose their traditional discounts on everything from cinema tickets to public transportation, or at least see them...

Stronger krone can prod wage talks

Norway's currency, the krone, has been building up strength again in recent weeks, just as the country's trade union and employer organizations sat down...

Unemployment to rise as wages fall

An expected slowdown in oil investments over the next few years will lead to a sharp rise in unemployment in Norway, predict both analysts...

Criticism spills over Oil Fund

Norway's oil revenues that are pumped into the state's huge Oil Fund are suddenly a source of concern, with a rising chorus of critics...

Budget talks set stage for Jensen

NEWS ANALYSIS: Siv Jensen was making her debut this week as her party's first-ever finance minister at the government's deceptively festive annual launch of...
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