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‘Underclass’ emerges as jobs dry up

Lines have been forming every day outside the offices of the Norwegian Red Cross in Oslo,  with unemployed people waiting for hours to secure...

Oil era extended as debate flows

Norway's oldest oil field, Ekofisk, got a new lease on life this week, just as news broke that a conflict over the Snorre field...

Oslo stocks hit new all-time high

The Oslo Stock Exchange ended its trading day on Monday at its highest level ever, with its main index (Oslo Børs Hovedindeks) closing at...

Housing market’s highs and lows

More economists are predicting that Norway's high prices for homes and apartments will fall, after the first signs of a dip emerged in September....

‘Cautious’ budget ‘for folks’ lives’

Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen of Norway's outgoing left-center government coalition presented his last state budget on Monday, and it wasn't nearly as tight as...

Rates to stay low, industry relieved

Norwegian borrowers, businesses and industry could heave a sigh of relief Thursday when the country's central bank decided not to raise interest rates and...

Competitiveness improves

Norway ranks 11th in the world in terms of competitiveness, according to a new survey from the World Economic Forum. That's up from 15th...

Oil prices soar over Syrian crisis

Norwegians woke up to a sharp rise in oil prices on Wednesday, after traders reacted to the potential for a western military strike on...

Housing starts dive, prices ‘top’

Costs and prices for new housing units have risen so high in Oslo that sales of new units on the drawing board have plummeted...

Many support cuts in state welfare

A majority of Norwegians say they're willing to accept reductions in the country's state welfare programs, from less sick leave pay to cuts in...
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