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NAV struggles to pay out benefits

Government officials were confident that they'd be able to quickly set up a new system to pay full unemployment benefits to thousands of newly...

Expat workers most vulnerable in crisis

Expatriates in Norway who come from countries outside the European Economic Area have the most to fear during the Corona crisis if they're suddenly...

Unemployment hits new post-war high

Norway's state welfare agency NAV was clobbered again on Monday with 20,400 more applications for unemployment benefits. They've now soared to a stunning 243,000...

NAV overwhelmed by benefits seekers

Norway's state welfare agency NAV has been overwhelmed by an onslaught of applications from laid-off workers seeking temporary unemployment benefits. More than 45,000 have...

Unemployment rises unexpectedly

Norway' state statistics bureau SSB (Statistics Norway) had some more sobering economic news this week, when it announced that its calculations showed a rise...

Immigrant jobless rate declines

The unemployment rate for immigrants in Norway declined last month, but remains three times as high as for Norwegians. State statistics bureau SSB (Statistics...

Jøtul moving production to Poland

Jøtul, which has been making wood-burning Norwegian stoves and ovens for years, is laying off around 100 employees in Norway and another 70 in...

Unemployment keeps falling

The number of Norwegians officially unemployed has fallen by another 20,000 during the past 12 months. That brought Norway's jobless rate down to just...

Technology cuts jobs at Telenor

Norway’s newly expanded conservative government is still promoting job creation and rapid digitalization of Norwegian society, but in many cases the two are distinctly...

Nordea to cut jobs in Norway, too

Nordic finance and banking group Nordea's decision to cut as many as 6,000 jobs is likely to lead to job losses in Norway as...
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