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Eagle attacks set off alarm
At least five Norwegians were attacked by eagles in the space of just five days last week. Now an eagle expert thinks the attacks can all be blamed on one young eagle who simply "lost its mind."
The highly unusual...
Police don’t think white whale was shot
Autopsy results after the sudden death of the popular white whale called Hvaldimir, who swam from Russia into the hearts of Norwegians five years ago, indicate he wasn't shot. Bloody injuries on his carcass were not bullet holes, report...
Heavy rain causes more trouble
Roads were closed, train service disrupted and homes flooded after more heavy rain swept through much of central Norway this week. A landslide Tuesday spread mud, rocks and floodwaters over the main E6 highway near Ringebu, closing it in...
Inflation rate lands at 2.6 percent
Norway's state statistics bureau SSB reported Tuesday that prices in general are up 2.6 percent since September last year. Food prices, meanwhile, have risen another 4.5 percent, but were slightly down from August.
Food prices usually fall in September, when...
Palestinian medical students won support
A group of 10 young Palestinians finally won support to finish their medical school studies in Norway, after they were brutally interrupted by the war in Gaza. Now in Oslo, they've also been granted passes for free local transport...
Crown princess’ son hit with restraining order
Police have issued a restraining order against Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a relationship before she married Crown Prince Haakon. He's no longer allowed to contact his latest girlfriend after assaulting her and trashing...
Farmers complain over bounty of plums
Sunshine and warm weather in May led to the biggest harvest of Norwegian plums ever, and farmers initially seemed delighted with both the quantity and quality of their fruit this year. Now they're complaining bitterly, because the market is...
Maps redrawn again
Norwegians driving around Norway this summer, and not least foreign tourists, may have found themselves with outdated maps once again. After a massive merger of several counties and municipalities, several have been split up, and new road signs are...
Stavanger mayor resigns under a cloud
The Conservative Party's mayor in Stavanger, Sissel Knutsen Hegdal, has resigned after using party funds for her own personal use. The party has turned the case over to the police and Hegdal has done what many Norwegian officials do...
Norway finally wins gold at Paralympics
Tommy Urhaug from Hordaland now seems bound for Los Angeles in 2028, after winning Norway's first gold medal at the Paralympics in Paris. He beat his rival from Taiwan in table tennis with his family and Crown Prince Haakon...
Charges expanded against royal son
Police in Oslo confirmed Friday that they've expanded the criminal charges against Marius Borg Høiby, son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit. He's already charged with assaulting a female partner and trashing her home, and now he's also accused of making...
Sisters indicted for ties to IS terror
Two sisters from the Oslo suburb of Bærum who traveled to Syria in 2013 have now been indicted for their alleged participation in the Islamic terrorist organization IS. Prosecutors claim the younger of the two sisters, who were age...
Airport projects boost costs
Avinor, the state-owned company in charge of running Norway's airports, faces higher costs for technology improvement projects that have left it with budget overruns. It thus needs more money from airport users and the state.
Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) has...
Man indicted for serial assaults
An Oslo man in his late 30s has been indicted for a series of sexual assaults against as many as 26 children under the age of 14. He also took video of several of the assaults, most of which...
Stars galore in new ‘Harry Hole’ series
Many of Norway's most prominent actors will be playing parts in a new Netflix series based on Norwegian author Jo Nesbø's crime character Harry Hole. The streaming service revealed more of the series' cast this week, three months after...
‘Weak krone can be good for the economy’
Norway's weak currency, the krone, has made it much more expensive for Norwegians to travel abroad and boosted the price of imports. The chief economist for Norway's largest trade federation LO, however, doesn't think it's all that bad.
"It means...
Widerøe allies itself with Lufthansa
Widerøe, Norway's short-haul airline that serves many small airports around the country, has signed a new agreement with the large German airline Lufthansa. It will allow Widerøe passengers to fly on to Lufthansa's international destinations on one ticket.
The so-called...
Trump wrong about Norwegian schools
Norwegian media have reported another false claim by the American millionaire and presidential candidate Donald Trump during his highly publicized "conversation" with tycoon Elon Musk. Trump claimed that Norwegian schools rank higher than American schools, but he was wrong.
Newspapers...
Strike threat looms at SAS
Flight attendants at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) are threatening to go out on strike later this week, if their demands for better pay and working conditions aren't met. The airline and the flight attendants' union were heading into mediation on...
No change in interest rates, for now
Norway's central bank (Norges Bank) announced on Thursday that it had decided keep its policy rate unchanged at 4.5 percent, and that it's likely to stay there "for some time ahead." That was in line with most economists' expectations,...
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