New check-in procedure for SAS travellers at Oslo airport
This autumn, Oslo Gardermoen’s check-in desks will be shuffled about. SAS passengers will be moved to check-in areas 5-7, airport operator Avinor writes.
Luggage drops for SAS would also be tweaked as passengers would use drop-off boxes rather than the traditional belts.
“The biggest difference is that you put your luggage in a box rather than on a conveyor belt. You scan the luggage tag in exactly the same way as before, and then it disappears into the facility on a tray that will follow the luggage all the way to the luggage trolleys,” Hans Petter Stensjøen, from Oslo Airport Gardermoen said.
Other airlines will also be moving to the new area during the autumn.
A large number of Norway’s richest now living abroad
All three of the richest Norwegians now live abroad, the financial magazine Kapital reports in its list of the 400 richest Norwegians.
John Fredriksen, worth more than a quarter of a trillion kroner, resides in Cyprus. Torstein Hagen has a fortune of 92 billion kroner and lives in Switzerland. Hedge fund manager Ole Andreas Halvorsen had assets of around 76 billion kroner and lived in America.
“Of the 50 richest Norwegians, approximately half have moved abroad, and if we look at the entire list of all 400 richest, approximately half of all their assets are either wholly or partially controlled from abroad. There is a dramatic development in Norwegian ownership,” Kapital editor Vibeke Holth said.
DNB calls for measures against organised crime
Norway’s largest bank has called for measures against organised crime. DNB believes the current measures are outdated.
“We see a growing need to strengthen cooperation between the public and private sectors, and we need to improve the sharing of information between us and the police, also within the current regulations,” Kjerstin Braathen, CEO of the bank, told the business broadsheet Dagens Næringsliv (DN).
Bergen’s art scene upset at proposed grant cuts
Bergen City Council plans to cut most of its artists grants this year, citing tight budgets.
Some 2.7 million kroner of the 3.9 million kroner’s worth of grants would be withheld.
“I fight every day for the best possible conditions for culture, business and sport in this city, but when the municipality is about to go several hundred million in the red, we have to take action in all areas,” culture councillor Reidar Digranes said.
The newspaper Klassekampen reports that a protest was held outside the town hall.
“Here they simply do a lot of damage for very little money,” Sandra Lillebø, a writer, said.
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