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Updated 8/30/10
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Norwegian gas less worth than expected
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The Norwegian petroleum production is falling rapidly, and many experts now believe that the Norwegian oil and gas adventure may be history in just a few years.
The Norwegian oil production has fallen 40 per cent over the past 10 years, and this year the production of gas is for the first time higher than the production of oil.
Econ analysts have estimated that Norway will earn NOK 1000 billion less on the production of gas than first expected.
This might among other things mean cuts in Norway's welfare services, they say.
- Income from gas drops far more dramatc than the Government had expected in this year's National Budget, says senior Econ analyst Kent Vincent Pedersen to NRK.
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Conservatives top August poll
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The Conservative Party (Hoyre) tops yet another August poll, and is clearly Norway's largest political party, supported by 29.6 per cent of those asked, up 2.3 points from last month. (Photo: Hoyre leader Erna Solberg)
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's Labour Party (AP) drops 1.9 points, to 26.1 per cent, according to the same poll, made by Synovates for Dagbladet.
The right-wing Progress Party (FrP) drops 0.7 points, to 22.3 per cent, and is still the third largest party.
If this had been a general election, Hoyre and FrP together would have received 91 of the 169 seats in Parliament (Stortinget).
The red-green government three-party coalition would have a total of 68 seats. Prime Minister Stoltenberg is not satisfied, but says to Dagbladet that it ispossible to turn disappointing polls through hard political work.
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Football: Carew uncertain for Norway
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Norway international John Carew was central in the scoring when his club Aston Villa beat Everton 1-0 on Sunday, but it is still uncertain if he will be fit for Norway's upcoming Euro qualifiers.
Carew has been plagued with a knee injury for some time, and he left the field on Sunday after 68 minutes.
- I am playing with just one-and-a-half knee at the moment, but I am much better than I was a couple of weeks ago, Carew said to TV2.
Norway meets Iceland away in the first qualifier on Friday, and Portugal at home in Oslo four days later.
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Attacks on central Norwegian data systems
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Norwegian institutions have been exposed to computer attacks aimed at taking control of important data systems which control central Norwegian community services, Aftenposten reports.
These are data systems which provide the population with secure supplies of water and electricity.
Such attacks were first discovered in Norway by the Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM) this summer, the newspaper writes.
Earlier such attacks by data criminals have been aimed at institutions like the police, the Government House, health institutions and banks.
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