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Unemployment rose slightly

Labour Ministry officials say they're uneasy over unemployment figures that have been showing a slight rise in recent months. The overall unemployment rate in...

Norway’s emerging Arctic capital

Norway's northern city of Tromsø has been called "The Paris of the North" for years, but now it's taking on entirely new significance as...

Rise in car sales signals continued confidence

Norwegians bought more cars last month than they did in July of last year. Economists view the rise as a sign  that consumer confidence...

Stoltenberg repeats euro concerns

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has getting more widespread media coverage, during Norway's summer doldrums, over his ongoing concern about economic turbulence in...

Norwegian parents ‘spoil’ their kids

Young Norwegians are so privileged and demanding that relatively few have been working in hotels, restaurants, fish factories or warehouses this summer. Frustrated Norwegian...

More cuts loom at Norsk Hydro

One of Norway's largest industrial firms, Norsk Hydro, is feeling the pain of the euro crisis after suffering major losses in the second quarter....

Euro sinks to new low against krone

More bad economic news from Spain sent the value of the Euro to its lowest levels against the Norwegian krone for nearly 10 years...

Trade surplus hits new high

Norway's trade surplus was higher than ever before during the first half of this year, even though the price of oil and the amount...

Another boat builder bails out

Norwegian boat builder Windy Boats has become the latest Scandinavian manufacturer of pleasure craft to move production abroad, to combat high costs. Around 50...

Norwegian workers work a lot

Most Norwegians enjoy relatively short workdays, at least five paid weeks of holiday a year and generous provisions for paid leave because of illness,...
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