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  • Oil and Gaz - Norway
    Business

    Norway will continue to drill for oil and gas, the prime minister has insisted, ahead of a re-election campaign in which the future of the fossil fuel industry will be debated intensely.

  • Norway Central Bank
    Business

    Norway’s central bank is likely to raise interest rates in September, it said yesterday, a move which would make it the first large western nation to increase the official cost of borrowing after the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Norway hills
    Society

    The authorities in Norway did not have much to go on when they found the body on the shore on New Year’s Day. However, the baby boy was wearing a jacket – navy blue with white stitching. Moreover, that helped them solve the mystery of what had happened to 15-monthold Artin Iran Nezhad, who had last been seen weeks before and hundreds of miles away.

  • COVID in Norway
    Society

    The Covid-19 pandemic is over in Norway, according to one of the doctors leading the response against coronavirus in the Scandinavian country.

  • Norway hiking tour national tour
    Sport

    A new participant record was set when more than 60,000 people attended the Norwegian Touring Association’s national tour on Sunday. “We have had a fantastic day of activities, trips and bonfires all over the country,” says DNT general secretary Dag Terje Solvang. He says there is no doubt that interest in outdoor activities is great and indicates that they have had a 10 percent increase in the number of family members so far this year.

  • Norway restricting foreign marriages
    Society

    Minister of Justice and Immigration Jøran Kallmyr (Frp) will consider making it more difficult for Norwegian men to bring women from abroad to Norway.
    In order to prevent foreign women from being exploited by Norwegian men, the government will consider specific measures that will help the relevant group to wait long before they can fetch new women from abroad, NRK reports.

  • Norway skiing World Cup in 2025
    Sport

    The Government will provide NOK 180 million for the development of the Granåsen ski centre if the Ski World Cup 2025 is awarded to Trondheim. Trondheim has not been formally appointed as the organiser of the World Cup in the Nordic branches in 2025, but the trønder-capital is the only applicant.

  • Norway best pensions system
    Society

    An international analysis has concluded that Norway’s pensions system is one of the six best in the world – but there is room for improvement. The annual Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index placed the Norwegian pensions system behind the Netherlands, Scandinavian neighbours Denmark and Sweden, Australia and Finland.

  • New foodie festival in Oslo
    Lifestyle

    The weekend of 11–13 October, the Tjuvholmen neighbourhood in Oslo transforms into a festival area for foodies of all ages. This is the first time the neighbourhood hosts a food and drink festival, and the organisers have worked hard to ensure a great first edition of what will hopefully turn into an annual happening.

  • Norway Oslo knitting capital
    Lifestyle

    If you’re commuting through Oslo by tram, buss or subway, if you take a break at a café, or sit on the train on your way in our out of the city, there’s a high chance you’ll spot someone knitting. When the temperature falls and the long nights of autumn sets in, big parts of Oslo’s population wrap themselves into homemade garments. We explored how the knitting phenomenon unfolds in the city.

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