FOR THE RECORD
Norway loses again, coach remains confident
Norway's national football team lost its third Nations League match in a row Sunday night, in competition that can determine seeding in the next European Championships. Head coach Ståle Solbakken remains optimistic, suggesting the other teams are playing extra...
Three ships collided off Ålesund
Police and maritime authorities have launched an investigation after three ships collided off Ålesund on Norway's west coast during the weekend. Ålesund is a popular cruise port, but the collision involved a tanker and two bulk cargo vessels.
It occurred...
Haaland sues Norwegian Air
Norwegian football star Erling Braut Haaland has been making a lot of money in recent years, and clearly wants to maintain control over his name, branding and image for financial gain. He and his lawyers weren't happy when Norwegian...
Football heroes try again
Norway's national football team was heading into another match against Portugal Sunday night, after losing to Portugal at home in Oslo last weekend and then to Wales in Cardiff. The tightly-packed Nations League matches have been exhausting for all...
Bitter loss for Norway’s football team
After months of joy and victory, the Norwegian men's national football team lost to mighty Portugal Sunday night, largely because of a mistake made by its otherwise revered goalkeeper. It could have been worse, though.
Calls were predictably going out...
Glaciers melting at record speed
The warnings of melting sea ice and glaciers have been coming for years. New reports show how 10 glaciers on Svalbard have melted so much that they've retracted back to land just in the past two years.
The report, from...
Norway’s football heroes row on
The Norwegian men's national football team scored again on Thursday night, three times against Denmark and enough to win their first match in Nations League action. Superstar Erling Braut Haaland even kissed the coach who'd trained them on a...
More warnings on airport taxi swindle
Officials at Norway's gateway airport at Gardermoen (OSL) have been posting warnings in baggage claim areas about taxi swindle. That didn't help a woman who landed at OSL this summer, and ended up paying NOK 22,000 (USD 2,200) for...
Calls rise for new royal coin
The dwindling use of cash in Norway may leave the country's new King Haakon VIII as the first Norwegian monarch in a thousand years who's not depicted on a Norwegian coin. The central bank has acknowledged that it has...
Vast majority don’t report digital attacks
Only 12 percent of businesses and organizations that have suffered digital attacks actually report them as data crime, according to a new survey conducted for Norway's business security council NSR (Næringslivets sikkerhetsråd). Now the police are making it easier...
Separate shootings may be connected
Police in Oslo were investigating two separate shootings in the greater metropolitan area during the night. No one was hurt but the search is on for at least one assailant, or more.
The first shooting occurred just before 10pm at...
Strike cancels hundreds of trains
Norwegians and tourists in Norway were suffering through more train trouble this weekend, after locomotive engineers for train company Vy went on strike. Nearly 400 train departures have been cancelled over the next three days.
Worst hit are the lines...
Norwegian runner shocked over own record
Henriette Jæger seemed to be as surprised as everyone else, when she set a new record in London heading into the weekend. She ran 400 meters in just 49 seconds.
After a year in which Norwegian athletes have excelled from...
Princess Astrid’s funeral set
Funeral services for Norway's Princess Astrid, older sister of the late King Harald V, have been set for September 23 at a local if large church near her family's longtime home in Oslo. Since she was not in line...
New records set at Oslo Marathon
More people than ever before were running in the Oslo Marathon on Saturday, and they set records for both participation and, in the women's category, speed.
A total of 29,100 runners had signed up for the race, which sold out...
Court agreed to hear Høiby’s appeal
Another four-week criminal trial will begin next year over the rape and violence charges against Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway's new Queen Mette-Marit. Høiby succeeded in getting Norway's Court of Appeals to hear his objections to the Oslo...
Debate rises over the home office
Several Norwegian companies want their employees to spend more time with colleagues and show up at work, while others remain flexible and still allow their employees to work from home on a regular basis. Home office fans think rigid...
Housing prices rise, but not in Oslo
The latest monthly release of Norwegian housing sales numbers nationwide showed an overall price rise of 2.1 percent from July to August, but only half that in the nation's capital. Oslo's real estate market remains sluggish: There are lots...
UDI became Russian hackers’ latest target
The website for Norway's state immigration agency UDI wasn't functioning on Friday afternoon, after allegedly becoming the latest Norwegian target of a Russian hacker group. The agency's internal systems, however, remained up and running.
"Our website is down for the...
Posten Bring set to slash jobs
The Norwegian postal service is now a shadow of its former self, after closing post offices and curtailing mail delivery all over the country. Now Norway's "Posten" need to cut costs again, this time at its parcel service Posten...
LATEST STORIES
FOR THE RECORD
For more news on Arctic developments.
MOST READ THIS WEEK
CURRENCY RATES