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Five Norwegians charged in NATO swindle
Five Norwegians have been charged in an alleged swindle of NATO that's been unraveling around Europe this week. Those arrested in Bergen are suspected of over-billing for work done on NATO vessels in Norwegian harbours between 2021 and 2025.
The...
Norway logs another football triumph
Norwegian football players are on a roll. Another of the country's teams good enough to be playing in the Champions' League, Bodø/Glimt, beat another top German team, just a day after Stavanger's Vikings did the same.
Football commentators were as...
New Oslo prison to be priciest of all
Norway is known for "caring" for those sentenced to prison instead of simply punishing them. A new prison in downtown Oslo will feature not only individual cells. They'll all be equipped with private toilets and showers.
The new prison will...
More tobacco restrictions loom
A new public health advisory council in Norway is calling for higher taxes and new age limits on the purchase of tobacco products, plus a ban on tax-free sales of tobacco and nicotine products at Norwegian airports. Those are...
Train strike heads into mandatory arbitration
After nearly a month of disruption on various train lines in Southern Norway, striking locomotive engineers were ordered into compulsory mediation this week. On Friday they'll likely have to settle their differences with state-owned train operator Vy.
The strike began...
More Vikings score in top league action
Another Norwegian football team has made its mark in the top leagues, and it's even called Viking. The Stavanger-based team scored three goals against powerhouse Bayern Munchen during their first match in the Champions League, and Bayern Munchen failed...
Inflation rate rises again
Norway's state statistics bureau SSB reported on Friday that the country's consumer price index rose to 3.4 percent from September of last year to September this year. SSB blamed most of the rise on higher fuel prices.
They've since dipped,...
Telenor in trouble again
Norway's state-owned telecoms firm Telenor was back on the defense Thursday after problems with its mobile phone network ended up shutting down the country's entire train system. It took Telenor more than two hours to fix the problems, stranding...
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...
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