Stricter rules and more lobster preservation areas in the waters around Norway have raised hopes for more lobsters in the traps allowed this year. The season got underway October 1 and trappers have reason to be optimistic. Lobsters are called...

PHOTO FEATURE: The annual and highly ceremonial opening of Norway's new parliamentary session took on historic dimensions on Friday. Norway's new monarch was in place for the first time, as was the country's first female heir to the throne. It...

It's being called everything from "embarrassing and tragic" to simply "very serious" for Norway's foreign- and foreign aid ministries: All their top political leaders over the past 20 years were being questioned by the Norwegian Parliament's disciplinary committee this...

Former Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen apologized earlier this week for the close ties he had for many years to the late billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The apology came in a rare interview with Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK),...

Norwegian government ministers just had a busy week at the United Nations, and share concerns that it's caught in crisis. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide urged reforms when he addressed the UN's 81st General Assembly during the weekend. Eide, who...

UPDATED: Norway's train system has been plagued by problems for years, much of it caused by inadequate maintenance of railroad infrastructure and the challenges that poses for various train operators. Passengers suffered through another summer of delays and cancellations,...

A need for "a somewhat tighter monetary policy stance" prompted Norway's central bank to boost its key policy rate by another quarter-point on Thursday. It's the second rise in recent months, and brings the country's policy rate up to...

UPDATED: Norway had to conduct its second royal funeral in just two weeks on Wednesday. The late King Harald's older sister, Princess Astrid, was laid to rest in a public ceremony at her large local church in Oslo, and...