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Statoil expands amidst controversy

Norwegian oil company Statoil is barreling ahead with major expansion plans for its oil and gas production, despite ongoing complaints from the country's environmental...

Norway has two of the world’s ‘most expensive’ cities

Oslo has been among the world's most expensive cities for many years, but now another Norwegian city has joined the dubious rankings. The low...

Norway’s oil fund now world’s biggest

Norway's "Government Pension Fund - Global," commonly referred to in the country as the "oil fund," has overtaken the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)...

Statoil bashed over spill preparedness

State pollution authorities have monitored state oil company Statoil's oil spill preparedness at Haltenbanken in the North Sea, and they're not pleased. Statoil was...

Business is booming up north

Exports from long-struggling northern Norway have increased by 38 percent in the last year, compared to an 8 percent rise in the rest of...

Crown prince defies Baku trip critics

Crown Prince Haakon led a Norwegian delegation to an oil industry conference in Baku in Azerbaijan as planned on Monday, despite widespread and unusual...

Center Party hushed up call for oil law changes

Norway's oil and energy ministry, long run by politicians from the small, rural-oriented and anti-EU Center Party (Senterpartiet, Sp), hushed up a two-year conflict...

Even more reason to wave their flag

Norway’s relatively high standard of living, built up over the past few decades with oil and gas revenues, has once again resulted in an...

Crown Prince asked to drop Azerbaijan trip

Several leading human rights organizations are unhappy that Norway's Crown Prince Haakon plans to visit Azerbaijan early next month, part of a Foreign Ministry-arranged...

Norway resists using its oil money

Oil revenues continue to pour into Norway but government officials won't use them to build all the new schools, roads or railways the country...
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