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State workers get big pay rise

Government employees at the national and local authority level have received 4 and 4.3 percent wage increases respectively after the close of the annual...

Farmers want 18 percent subsidy rise

Norwegian farmers' organizations are demanding a NOK 45,000 (over USD 8,500) increase in income for the average farmer from the state next year, an...

Norway ‘earns from Libya conflict’

The Norwegian state has earned large amounts of money since the beginning of the UN-backed international military operations in Libya because of the effect...

State unions to demand higher wages

Trade unions representing 130,000 state employees and 338,500 workers in local authorities have indicated that they will not accept a lower pay rise than...

Leak closes Statoil’s Njord field

The discovery on Easter Sunday of a gas leak at the Njord oil and gas field, operated by Norwegian part state-owned company Statoil, has...

Few aware of oil revenue rule

Norway's so-called "handlingsregelen," the rule that limits use of oil revenues, may well be the most important monetary regulation in the county. Few Norwegians,...

Statoil rated as world’s best

Norway's part state-owned oil and gas enterprise Statoil often gets a lot of criticism at home, but internationally,  it has achieved a top spot...

Oslo becoming ‘like Manhattan’

The leader of the Oslo City Council has expressed concern that the center of Norway's capital city is "becoming like Manhattan" where "only the...

Statoil wins licenses for new oil fields

The Norwegian part state-owned gas and oil giant Statoil is the big winner in the latest licensing round for new areas of the Barents...

Average work hours decline

Norwegians are spending less time than ever on the job. They worked an average of just 30 hours per week last year, on an...
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