The Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (NAV) claims that current social benefit payments are too low, and hardly give people the strength to survive. Now they are asking Parliament to increase rates.
This year, the public sector will hire another 200 communication consultants. Still, the Parliament has become the most important client at many PR-agencies, according to Finansavisen.
Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro and the Powerhouse alliance are planning to retrofit old offices outside Oslo, turning them into the world's northernmost energy-positive buildings.
Norway's energy distributor Statnett has signed a joint declaration with key environmental groups on a European agreement on environmentally-friendly grid development.
Despite a long lasting controversy, it now looks as if Parliament (Storting) will not suggest shutting down the fur industry in Norway, the newspaper Nationen reports.According to the newspaper, there is no mention of a shut-down in the coalition government's upcoming white paper on agriculture, in spite of both the Socialist Left Party (SV) and the Labor Party (AP) voting for closure. It therefore looks like the third coalition party, the Centre Party (SP) will have their way in the question about whether or not the fur industry in Norway should continue to operate, despite animal activists and protesters having unveiled both illegal and shocking conditions at fur farms across the country.
The Virke federation of enterprises in Norway predicts that Norwegians will spend NOK 48.8 billion on Christmas shopping in December this year, a 3 per cent increase over December last year.
Production in manufacturing in Norway decreased by 0. 3 per cent in the third quarter compared with the second quarter of 2011, according to seasonally-adjusted figures.
The Norwegian unemplyment rate remained low in the first half of this year, and was in July 3.2 per cent of the total work force, a marginal decrease, according to Statistics Norway.
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