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Inflation and energy constraints are providing the usual squeeze. Consumer prices rose 3.6 percent in October, driven by food costs and interest rates that have reached levels the public is finding difficult to ignore. The government has also moved to require licenses for data centers; in response, the grid operator Statnett has halted power allocations to the sector, much to the alarm of business lobbies who had expected the electricity to keep flowing.
The health directorate is attempting to draft new clinical guidelines after the number of children under ten receiving support for autism tripled. Elsewhere, the state’s financial crime unit, Økokrim, admitted it received the same hacked data on criminal networks that led to convictions in Sweden, but found itself unable to use the material in a Norwegian court.
A long-running compensation dispute has reached a stalemate at the labor and welfare agency. A former worker claims his job caused incurable cancer, but the state has denied his claim for support based on the specific classification of his former role.