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Record home sales, but prices stable
Record numbers of homes were sold in Norway in June, but prices were relatively stable compared to both last year and to the month...
Trolltunga’s parking fees hiked
Tourists and Norwegians alike face not only a demanding hike after parking at the closest lot to Trolltunga's trailhead this summer. They also face...
Oslo still expensive in world rankings
The latest survey of the world's most expensive cities for companies sending employees abroad places Oslo in ninth place, and Stavanger in 12th. Copenhagen...
Border trade booms again during Easter
Customs officers were prepared this past week for another seasonal burst of Norwegians driving over the border to shop in Sweden. Border trade is...
Center Party wants to reverse sugar tax hike
Taxes on sugar and sugar products were boosted by 83 percent on January 1, and by 42.3 percent on soft drinks and other alcohol-free...
Pigs suffering at Norwegian farms
Agricuture Minister Jon Georg Dale has called the pork industry and its representatives in on the proverbial carpet, after terrible conditions have been revealed...
Housing market starts year with weak prices
Housing prices slid again during the first month of the new year, sliding 2.2 percent in January on a national average. Real estate brokers'...
Meat and egg producer to cut staff, costs
Nortura, Norway's dominant farmer-owned cooperative for meat, poultry and eggs, has launched a cost-cutting program that also will cut 300 jobs over the next...
Housing prices still scare analysts
Housing prices were down another 1.1 percent in November and it hasn't taken so long to sell a home since the finance crisis in...
Housing prices keep sliding, debt rising
State financial authorities at Finanstilsynet report that housing prices are likely to keep falling through 2018 before they start rising again. Prices have fallen...
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