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Mediator tries to end oil service strike

A national mediator has called in those involved in a strike that's disrupted or halted production at several oil platforms in the North Sea...

Rapid growth hits housing market

It took Norway a few thousand years to reach a population of just 5 million. Another  million, though, is expected just 17 years from...

New strike shuts Norwegian oil rigs

Around 700 North Sea oil rig workers went on strike Sunday, demanding early and full retirement benefits from the age of 62. The strike...

Borrowers avoid interest rate hike

Norway's central bank board has ignored some economists' calls for a hike in interest rates. Just a day after even Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg...

Air traffic controllers threaten strike

Norwegian airports may once again be hit by disruption if air traffic controllers go through with a threatened strike late next week. A strike...

Tourism faces new Chinese boycott

Norwegian tourism officials have received reports from Chinese tour operators that they've been told by local authorities not to promote Norway as a tourism...

Post offices face major shutdown

The Norwegian postal service (Posten Norge) announced Tuesday that it will shut down 149 post offices by 2014, with only 29 surviving the massive...

Strikes set off state-led shake-up

This year's wave of strikes, the worst of which finally ended over the weekend, has unleashed a rash of criticism from all sides. Prime...

Airports spared more strike action

UPDATED: Security guards headed back to work on Saturday and Norway's airports and airlines, braced for more possible disruption next week, were spared. A...

State workers head back to work

The last of Norway's striking public sector workers have finally agreed to go back to work, but not happily. Their lead negotiator, viewed as...
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