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Job cuts spread to west coast bank

Sparebanken Vest, a regional bank serving customers mostly in western Norway, announced on Tuesday it will be shutting down branches and laying off as many...

Repatriation: The rocky road home

SPECIAL FEATURE: Tougher economic times in Norway, brought on by the fall in oil prices, mean many expatriates in the country are now dealing with...

Foreign workers told to go home

For years, Norway's oil capital of Stavanger needed and welcomed engineers and other oil industry workers from other countries. Now, with the boom years over...

‘Help wanted’ ads fall with oil price

The volume of vacant jobs advertised online in Norway has fallen to its lowest level in at least seven years, according to a website...

Norges Bank: ‘No interest rate cut’

The executive board of Norway's central bank, Norges Bank, has decided against another cut in its key lending rate, at least for now. Despite...

Still ‘no crisis’ as more jobs vanish

A new analysis of Norway's job market warns that as many as 200,000 full-time jobs may disappear over the next five years because of the...

Tougher welfare rules put youth to work

Norway's state welfare agency NAV is seeing some positive results from its current process of toughening rules for obtaining benefits. Demands that young welfare recipients...

Law firm addresses rights of foreign workers

After years of economic growth, downsizing has become alarmingly common among Norwegian businesses reeling from the sharp decline in oil prices. A law firm in...

Laid-off expats get some legal advice

STAVANGER: At least two members of the sombre seminar audience were holding hands, while others sought comfort in some gallows humour. All of them,...

Åhléns to pull out of Norway

The popular Swedish chain of home furnishings stores, Åhléns, is pulling out of Norway after 17 years of good results. It's a rare case...
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