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Battle begins over finance ministry

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's small, conservative Christian Democrats party (Kristelig Folkeparti, KrF) may end up with control over the country's powerful finance ministry in a...

Dairy giant’s ad full of mistakes

Tine, Norway's dominant dairy cooperative that plunged the country into its embarrassing "butter crisis" two years ago, embarrassed itself again this week. A jubilee...

Housing starts dive, prices ‘top’

Costs and prices for new housing units have risen so high in Oslo that sales of new units on the drawing board have plummeted...

Homeowners seek ‘brave’ lawyer

Norway's national association representing homeowners (Huseiernes Landsforbund) has been advertising that it wants to hire "Norway's bravest lawyer" to take on the country's biggest...

Grocery chain ICA wins a reprieve

The Norwegian government has temporarily approved a controversial purchasing agreement between struggling grocery store chain ICA Norge and the rival NorgesGruppen, which dominates the...

Minister ‘arrogant,’ farmers ‘spoiled’

Norway's Agriculture Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum is "unbelievably arrogant" and Norwegian farmers are "spoiled," according to elected representatives from member countries of the European...

EU blasts Norway’s protectionism

The EU Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a measure calling for the Norwegian government to cut its new, high import tariffs on cheese, meat and...

Tough liquor laws retain support

Even though Norwegians crowd into the tax-free shops at local airports and flock over the border to buy cheaper wine and liquor in Sweden,...

Airline ticket prices take off

Just as Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is promoting its orders for new jets for long-haul routes comes news that neither SAS nor its rival carriers...

Oslo is world’s costliest for expats

Oslo has overtaken Tokyo as the world's most expensive city for expatriate workers, a survey by international human resources organization ECA has found. Stavanger holds...
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