Tag: prices
Dominant dairy draws more flak
Several grocery store owners claim Norway's dairy conglomerate Tine, which regulates and controls the national market, still isn't managing to produce enough butter to...
Property prices skyrocket in Oslo
Not only are prices high for houses and apartments in Oslo, the price of vacant residential lots has nearly doubled in the past two...
Norwegians buying more time
New studies show that many Norwegians, armed with a big increase in purchasing power in recent years, are opting to spend their disposable income...
Norwegians visit the dentist abroad
More and more Norwegians are rebelling against jaw-droppingly high dental fees in their home country, and hopping on a plane to Budapest or other...
Butter supplies remain uncertain
Norway's embattled dairy monopoly Tine is still struggling to supply enough butter to meet demand, and has asked for more reductions in the country's...
Cross-border shoppers unite
Thousands of Norwegians who regularly travel over the border to shop in Sweden are now banding together through an online organization aimed at getting...
Danes concede to ‘cheese war’ truce
Denmark's trade minister remains unhappy over the Norwegian government's decision to boost import tariffs on cheese and meat, to protect domestic producers, but she's...
Norwegians invest in border trade
As increasing numbers of Norwegians head over the border to do their grocery shopping in Sweden, where prices are lower and selection is greater, fellow...
Brekk defends pork dumping
Lars Peder Brekk, former agriculture minister for the farmer-friendly Center Party, isn't at all bothered that Norwegian pork growers are producing more meat than...
Protests rise over meat and cheese
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg claimed that angry opponents of his government's move to boost income for Norwegian farmers, by dramatically raising import tariffs, would...
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