Category: Defense / Security
The Norwegian government continues to give priority to the defence sector in its annual budget proposal through a NOK 3 billion increase in 2018. It shows the government’s commitment to increase defence spending every year to meet the ambitions set out in the Long Term Plan “Capable and sustainable” for the defence sector for the […]
Source: Regjeringen
Category: Airline / Travel
Siden ingen amerikanske flyselskaper har rute til USA fra Gardermoen, er det foreløpig helt utelukket å få til en forenklet innreiseordning til USA. Norge og Sverige har i flere år jobbet med å få på plass en ordning med såkalt preclearance for flyreisende til USA. Ordningen innebærer at amerikanske tjenestemenn fra US Customs and Border […]
Source: Dagbladet
Category: Accounting / Financial
Norway’s government raised its economic growth forecasts for 2017 and 2018 on Thursday and said it would keep a lid on the proportion of oil revenues it spends in next year’s budget. Norway has increasingly relied on the sovereign oil fund, now worth a record $1 trillion, to boost state revenues during a two-year slowdown […]
Source: Reuters
Category: Entertainment & Lifestyle
Dette betyr at nordmenn i utlandet vil nå beholde sitt norske statsborgerskap og de rettighetene det medfører, uansett hvor i verden de bor. I tillegg kan personer som ønsker norsk statsborgerskap få stemmerett ved stortingsvalg, samtidig som de kan beholde sitt opprinnelige statsborgerskap. – Det er bra at regjeringen kommer med dette nå. Høyres mener […]
Source: hoyre.no
Category: Energy
Statoil has already achieved its 2015 target of reducing the annual CO2 emissions from the Norwegian continental shelf by 1.2 million tonnes from 2008 to 2020. The reduction equals the emissions from some 600 000 private cars annually, or almost every fourth car on Norwegian roads. “It is essential that we take strong and effective […]
Source: Statoil