National Museum set to finally reopen
Norway's new consolidated Museum of Art, Architecture and Design will finally open its doors in exactly one year, on June 11, 2022, after repeated delays and snafus. It's been seven years since site preparation … [READ MORE]
‘Embarrassing’ energy plan unveiled
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Norwegian government worked hard this week to put the best possible spin on its oil and energy plans for the future, while also learning that Norway's carbon emissions have actually been … [READ MORE]
Farmers seek help to care for animals
UPDATED: Shamed Norwegian farmers and the huge meat producer and market regulator they collectively own, Nortura, now admit that far too many animals are suffering under terrible conditions in barns around the … [READ MORE]
Strike shutdowns incite union fury
Norway's conservative government acted again this week to shut down remaining strikes by thousands of nurses, teachers and other public sector workers around Norway. They claimed the strikes put life and health … [READ MORE]
Horrific conditions at more pork farms
Animal rights activists have once again revealed what's now being called "systematic failure and animal abuse" at a wide range of Norwegian pork farms. Promises from Norwegian meat producers that their animals … [READ MORE]
Refugee toddler’s remains confirmed
A mystery around the remains of a little boy found washed up on the coast at Karmøy, western Norway last winter was finally solved on Monday. The Sør-Vest Police District identified him, after a five-month … [READ MORE]
Voters likely to opt for new government
NEWS ANALYSIS: Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, often branded as a populist leader of his rural-oriented Center Party, finally confirmed his ambitions to be Norway's new prime minister over the weekend. That still may … [READ MORE]
UK free trade deal wins muted support
There was little if any customary outrage when Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg presented a new free trade deal on Friday, this time with the UK. She called the agreement "historic," criticism was largely … [READ MORE]
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Spy scandal soils Parliament’s leader
UPDATED: The president of the Norwegian Parliament, Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen, has … [READ MORE...]
‘TIX’ clicked with Eurovision fans
Norwegian singer-songwriter Andreas Haukeland, better known as "TIX," was the … [READ MORE...]
Carew heads into crime comedy
Former Norwegian football star John Carew has joined a new team: He'll break … [READ MORE...]
Billionaire art patron laid to rest
Tributes have been rolling in for weeks after Hans Rasmus Astrup, the shipping … [READ MORE...]
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‘Norway can’t afford Nobel Peace Prize’
That's the ironic headline Berit Reiss-Andersen, leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, jokes about seeing after newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) revealed financial problems at the Nobel Foundation in … [READ MORE]
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