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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...

Unemployment rate rises to 4.5 percent

The numbers of Norway's jobless residents swelled to 124,000 in June, according to new seasonally adjusted numbers released Wednesday by state statistics bureau SSB...

More job losses, in shipping and media

Solstad Offshore, based in the picturesque town of Skudeneshavn on Norway's west coast, doesn't see any prospects for improvement in the oil industry and...

Job uncertainty grips Norwegians

After reaping the benefits of a super-strong economy and enormous wealth creation for the past decade, Norwegians now face rising uncertainty as jobs disappear following the sharp...

Labour loses as unemployment rises

While many Norwegian politicians still hesitate to use the word "crisis" when describing the consequences of much lower oil prices for Norway's economy, rising unemployment...

Another 160 jobs lost, at Wärtsila

The Norwegian operations of Wärtsila, a major supplier to the oil and offshore industry, announced Thursday it was cutting so many jobs that as many as 160...

Rolls-Royce Marine to shut down plant

Norway was hit with the prospect of another major round of job losses when Rolls-Royce Marine announced Wednesday it would shut down its plant...

Law firm hosts seminars for foreign workers facing layoff

UPDATED: A law firm in Stavanger, a city hit hard by the ongoing downturn in the oil and offshore industry, decided to host an...

Another 700 oil industry jobs disappear

More than 700 people working in the oil industry have lost their jobs so far this summer, reports DNB Markets. An overview prepared by DNB's...

Coping with the impact of a job loss

There's no denying it, writes Dr Nicola McCaffrey: "Whichever way you look at the figures, the number of people out of work in Norway...
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