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21. The National Transport Plan and the Railways

A Jaerbane train With a cost of 90 billion kroner, the government wishes to take more traffic off the roads and on to the railways.

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Published on 15th March, 2009 at 11:12pm by Michael Sandelson.

22. 320 billion kroner to be used on transport

Liv Signe Navarsete - Transport Minister Friday 13 March 2009 was a historic day. 2010-2019 will see the most ambitious transport plan ever in Norway realised.

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Published on 15th March, 2009 at 11:10pm by Michael Sandelson.

23. The most corridor-patients in Norway

A hospital sign Stavanger University Hospital puts one of twelve patients in the corridor. Now the Medical Authority’s regional representative says enough is enough.

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Published on 13th March, 2009 at 10:20am by Michael Sandelson.

24. On the buses

A Kolumbus bus The government’s new national transport plan is to be unveiled today. More people will be able to leave their cars at home.

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Published on 12th March, 2009 at 11:31pm by Michael Sandelson.

25. Stolen painting recovered

On Sunday 08 March “Let the small children come to me” was stolen from Larvik church, who couldn’t afford the theft-insurance.

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Published on 12th March, 2009 at 11:23pm by Michael Sandelson.

26. The interest-rate game

Norwegian currency If one thing is certain, it’s uncertainty about the Norwegian interest-rate

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Published on 10th March, 2009 at 12:35am by Michael Sandelson.

27. More route-cuts planned by SAS

SAS aeroplane: Illustration photo After having already decided to cut 13 other routes in Norway, SAS is now dumping a further seven.

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Published on 10th March, 2009 at 12:32am by Michael Sandelson.

28. Rolls-Royce to cut over 200 jobs

Bergen K-G4. Reprod. with permission Yet another company feels the impact of the economic downturn. Rolls-Royce’s decision to downsize their workforce in Bergen was announced to employees today.

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Published on 10th March, 2009 at 12:30am by Michael Sandelson.

29. 08 March: International women’s day

A calender There were many events and discussions around the country yesterday. Here is a summary of some of the most important.

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Published on 8th March, 2009 at 12:18am by Michael Sandelson.

30. Valuable painting stolen

A portrait of Lucas Cranach The Elder A painting worth 20 million kroner was stolen from Larvik church on Saturday night. It was not insured.

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Published on 8th March, 2009 at 12:15am by Michael Sandelson.

31. Busy weekend for police

A Roundabout sign In several unrelated incidents, police have been kept occupied with different types of driving over the weekend.

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Published on 8th March, 2009 at 12:11am by Michael Sandelson.

32. Police arrest 29 youths for drug-possession

Close-up of amphetamines (Illustration) In an action involving seven councils, Stavanger police arrested the youths yesterday.

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Published on 6th March, 2009 at 3:24pm by Michael Sandelson.

33. New guidelines announced for mobile content

A mobile phone The Consumer Ombudsman has revised the guidelines for mobile content. It now expects the content providers to follow them.

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Published on 5th March, 2009 at 12:01am by Michael Sandelson.

34. Abattoirs receive cleaner cows

Cows in a field Farmers had their delivery-prices reduced on a total of 12,762 beef cattle in 2008 because they were too dirty. In 2007 it was higher.

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Published on 5th March, 2009 at 11:58pm by Michael Sandelson.

35. Economic rights of parents threatened

A group of toddlers Politicians are looking to reform the system of social benefit payouts to parents of newborn children in Norway next year.

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Published on 5th March, 2009 at 11:55pm by Michael Sandelson.

36. Risky to park under Stavanger post-office

No-Parking sign Concrete from the 60s is starting to show its age. If you don’t want your parcels delivered through the sunroof, then park somewhere else.

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Published on 4th March, 2009 at 8:16am by Michael Sandelson.

37. Norwegian roads in a state of disrepair

Norwegian mountain road High taxes on transport have done nothing to improve road-standards. In this parliamentary election year, the politicians want to do something about it.

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Published on 4th March, 2009 at 8:14am by Michael Sandelson.

38. Oslo stock-exchange over-priced

Oslo Stock-exchange Investor Riulf Rustad believes 200 points is too high for the market. He thinks it’s more sensible if it falls to 130.

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Published on 4th March, 2009 at 8:03am by Michael Sandelson.

39. Asteroid “just misses” Earth

Supernova remnant in Gemini At 14:30 this afternoon, an asteroid flew past the Earth at a distance of 75,000 kilometres. This is nearer than the moon.

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Published on 2nd March, 2009 at 10:19pm by Michael Sandelson.

40. The weekend papers: Money in a time of financial crisis

A hot cross bun Some of this weekend’s papers have advice about how to save money. Others have reported the opposite.

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Published on 1st March, 2009 at 10:37pm by Michael Sandelson.


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