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Norway has what's widely viewed as the best sick-pay provisions in the world, along with the highest absentee rate from school and work. Questions have flown over whether Norwegians are really so much sicker than workers in other countries,...
Winds of war blow around Norway - Norway's News in English — …
2 days ago · NEWS ANALYSIS: From its strategic Arctic areas in the far north, to its border to Russia in northeastern Finnmark and vast offshore territory in the west and south: Norway is battening down the hatches. New defense and preparedness plans “will affect every one of us,” declared Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre while rolling out the […]
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Dec 29, 2024 · Norway has what's widely viewed as the best sick-pay provisions in the world, along with the highest absentee rate from school and work. Questions have flown over whether Norwegians are really so much sicker than workers in other countries,...
Norway braces for Trump - www.newsinenglish.no
Jan 10, 2025 · Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre hosted a closed-door summit with eight leaders of Norway’s biggest companies this week, as they all braced for the next four years. Støre’s government has already formed a five-point plan for dealing with Donald J Trump after he once again becomes the US president. Trump was also a major […]
Norwegians urged to prepare for crisis
Nov 3, 2024 · Just as more extreme weather swept over Norway’s west coast last week, a new brochure was landing in Norwegians’ mailboxes. It’s part of further efforts to boost individual preparedness for various disasters, and thereby improve civil defense. The brochures arrived just before another large allied naval force sailed into the Norwegian capital. It illustrated how […]
New storm cuts Norway in two - Norway's News in English
Jan 31, 2024 · Northern- and Southern Norway were cut off from each other Wednesday evening, after yet another extreme storm slammed into the central portions of the country. The E6 highway that runs from the border to Sweden in the south to the border to Russia in the far north was closed over the mountains of Saltfjellet in […]
Security heightened nationwide - Norway's News in English — …
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Employers lost sick pay debate - Norway's News in English — www ...
Jan 10, 2025 · Norway has what’s widely viewed as the best sick-pay provisions in the world, along with the highest absentee rate from school and work. Questions have flown over whether Norwegians are really so much sicker than workers in other countries, but employers have so far failed in their efforts to restrict generous sick-leave benefits. National employers […]
Threat levels highest in decades - Norway's News in English
Feb 12, 2024 · Norway’s national security- and intelligence agencies released their evaluations of threats against Norway on Monday, and they’re the highest and most serious in decades. China and Norway’s neighbouring Russia still pose the biggest threats, they claim, while the threat of terrorist attacks is “moderate.” The evaluations come from Norway’s foreign- and military intelligence agency ...
Norway extends border control - Norway's News in English — …
Oct 22, 2024 · The Norwegian government claimed it was boosting border control earlier this month and announced Tuesday that the stricter control will be extended until November 11. The reason is an ongoing assessment that the threat of a terrorist attack has risen. The government first announced higher threat- and security levels on October 8, mostly because of […]