Unemployment rate steady
Publisert: 12:37 22-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Unemployment in Norway remains historically low, based on new figures from the state statistics bureau SSB. |
 
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New major strike looms
Publisert: 11:54 22-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway was bracing for another major strike, after public sector workers threatened to walk off the job Friday morning unless higher pay demands were met. The strike would affect after-school programs, day care centers and scores of other local government services. |
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Crackdown urged on worker exploitation
Publisert: 11:24 22-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Both union and business leaders in Norway are urging the state to impose much tougher fines on firms that exploit foreign workers, after another appalling case was revealed in Oslo this week. |
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Three young Norwegians jailed in Bolivia
Publisert: 10:27 22-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Three Norwegian women aged 17 to 22 have been arrested in Bolivia, charged with trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country. One of the women has her two-year-old daughter with her. |
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Norway moves into finals of the Eurovision Song Contest
Publisert: 16:08 21-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Maria Haukaas Storeng, Norway´s representative in the annual Eurovision Song Contest, squeaked her way into the finals after belting out her contribution in Belgrade Wednesday night. |
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Authorities raid hotel project
Publisert: 15:17 21-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Police and state labour authorities raided a hotel renovation project in Oslo Wednesday, worried that workers there were being paid substandard wages. The hotel is set to be operated by Choice Hotels Scandinavia, a firm owned by high-profile activist Petter Stordalen. |
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New soccer uniforms don´t sport the flag
Publisert: 11:53 21-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Top soccer players tapped for the national teams for both men and women will be wearing new uniforms next season, without the Norwegian flag on their chests. |
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King awards Abel Prize
Publisert: 11:20 21-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Two of the world’s leading mathematicians were in Oslo this week to receive the annual Abel Prize awarded by King Harald himself. |
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Moose on the loose at Kristiansand´s airport
Publisert: 10:13 21-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The airport serving the southern coastal city of Kristiansand wasn´t among those hit by Norway´s recent airport strike, but it was nonetheless disrupted on Tuesday - by a moose running along the runway. |
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Pay raises end airport strike
Publisert: 08:57 21-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Flights could start taking off again at 12 airports around Norway Wednesday morning. A strike by airport workers that had forced the grounding of much of the country´s domestic air traffic ended during the night with a new pay pact. |
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SAS ordered to pay rival
Publisert: 15:49 20-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A Norwegian court has ordered Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to pay NOK 132 million (USD 26 million) in damages to rival Norwegian Air. SAS was earlier found guilty of industrial espionage against its competitor. |
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Popular NRK sports commentator dead at 63
Publisert: 15:00 20-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Sports fans and colleagues at Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) were paying tribute on Tuesday to Kjell Kristian Rike, a veteran sports commentator who died Monday after a short illness. |
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Telenor boss saves his job
Publisert: 12:45 20-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Jon Fredrik Baksaas, caught in an embarrassing labour scandal at his company´s operations in Bangladesh, has managed to emerge from the fray with his job as Telenor´s chief executive intact. |
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Royals buy coastal hideaway
Publisert: 11:05 20-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Crown Prince Haakon and his wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, have finally found a summer retreat of their own on an island off Norway´s southern coast. |
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More airports shut down
Publisert: 10:15 20-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A strike by employees of Norway´s civil aviation authority Avinor spread further on Tuesday, shutting down more airports including the one serving the country´s oil capital of Stavanger. That means the strike now threatens operation of offshore installations, in addition to disrupting travel plans for tens of thousands. |
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Construction chaos, and drug addicts, greet tourists
Publisert: 16:27 19-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
No matter which way they enter Norway´s capital, visitors these days are running right into construction projects and other challenges as they make their way into the city. |
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SAS saves by slowing down
Publisert: 15:55 19-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Scandinavian Airlines´ Norwegian division (SAS Norge) has cut both its costs and its carbon emissions substantially, simply by slowing down its cruising speed by about 80 kilometers an hour. |
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Day care centers urged to teach English
Publisert: 14:57 19-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian toddlers in publicly funded day care centers may be able to start learning English along with their nursery rhymes from this autumn. |
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Gamemaker shares leap
Publisert: 12:47 19-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A Norwegian firm that makes computer games was living up to its name on Monday, having lots of fun on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Its new "Age of Conan" was ushering in the firm´s most exciting week ever. |
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Major fire threatened homes
Publisert: 11:11 19-05-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Oslo´s fire chief said Monday that a rope factory hit by a major fire on Sunday was located much too close to nearby homes and should have been better shielded. |
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