Norway government abandons right to sell Telenor stake
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OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's centre-right government will give up its right to sell a 20% stake in telecoms operator Telenor , it said in a statement on Friday.Parliament authorised a plan in 2015 to allow the government to reduce its ownership in the group to 34% from the current 54%, but no action was taken to proceed with a sale.Telenor is Norway's third-largest listed firm after oil firm Equinor and bank DNB . At its current share price, a 20% stake in Telenor is worth 47.8 billion Norwegian..