AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoU.S. Row: Norway pushed back after Donald Trump insulted the country over his Nobel Peace Prize snub. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide stressed that the prize committee is independent of the government. Hungary Funding: Norway agreed to resume financial cooperation with Hungary, providing €254.1 million to support democratic reforms, rule of law and media freedom. Ferry Industry: Sweden’s Stena Line agreed to buy Norwegian operator Color Line, which carried nearly 3.6 million passengers last year; the price was not disclosed. Housing: A University of Oslo study found the homeownership gap between young people with wealthy and less-wealthy parents widened from 10 percentage points in 2005 to 18 in 2017. Storm Disruptions: Rough weather has forced cruise ship Ambition to cancel planned calls in Ålesund and Stavanger. Viking History: Archaeologists identified an exceptionally rare coin of King Olaf II in Norway’s largest Viking-age hoard, which contains about 5,500 silver coins.
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