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Norway Post to shut down almost all post offices

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Norway Post to shut down almost all post offices

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Norway Post was given the green light by lawmakers yesterday to make standalone post offices virtually extinct.

The Post said government proposals to convert a final 149 post offices into postal counters offered within partner-run retail stores has now been approved by Norway’s Parliament.

The move will see around 1,400 in-store postal counters provided across the country, but will leave only about 30 post offices remaining.

Norway Post said the process should take place in 2013 and 2014, and will likely affect around 1,000 post office staff....

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Re: Norway Post to shut down almost all post offices

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"30 post offices remaining" - same here too a few years after privatisation. :sad: