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Conflict lingers over last year’s prize

A new Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in Oslo on Friday but Norway is still feeling the ill effects of last year's prize to...

Budget more expansive than expected

The senior economist at Norway's biggest bank, Kyrre Aamdal, said the state budget presented to Parliament by the left-center government on Thursday held "no...

Oil discovery just keeps growing

The size of the oil discovery made at the Avaldsnes field in the North Sea earlier this year has grown once again and now...

Stoltenberg braces for budget bashing

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has no doubt that his government's state budget, set to be released next week, will meet lots of opposition. He...

Household debt hits record high

As Norway's central bank board prepared for its latest evaluation of interest rate levels Wednesday afternoon came a report that likely won't surprise anyone...

Central bank tackles strong currency

Signals from Norway's central bank boss Øystein Olsen that the bank may even cut interest rates rather than raise them have boosted hopes for...

New state budget due to be tight

Norwegian Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen oversees one of the strongest national economies in the world right now, but still warns that he intends to...

Immigrants come looking for work

Immigrants from the European Union (EU), the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand made up fully two-thirds of the roughly 50,000 persons who arrived...

Oil fund expert exports his expertise

Martin Skancke, long known as the brains behind much of the success of Norway's so-called "oil fund," has resigned from his top post in...

Analysts predict new oil ‘bonanza’

News of a major oil discovery and a huge drilling rig deal this week has fueled expectations that Norway's oil and offshore industries are...
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