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Rules tighten for entering Norway

Norway is tightening border control but also loosening the rules for the country's controversial "quarantine hotels." Travelers from abroad won't have to spend their...

Grocers may win border trade battle

Norwegian grocery stores have been thriving during the Corona crisis, after closed borders and Covid-19 restrictions prevented Norwegians from driving over the border to...

Border control remains strict

Traffic over the border to Sweden increased by 18,000 vehicles over the weekend, after Norwegians finally were allowed to drive to the neighbouring region...

Shopping in Sweden can be punished

The Norwegian government went ahead with imposing new regulations on Friday that can crack down hard on Norwegians who drive over the border to...

Scores go defiantly shopping in Sweden

Police and customs agents at Norway's biggest border crossing point say they were surprised and disgusted that so many Norwegians defied government advice and...

Norwegian extremist blocked from UK

A 35-year-old Norwegian man was denied entry into the UK when his flight from Austria landed in London late last week. Tore Rasmussen was...

Concerns rise over border control

Alleged understaffing at Norway's border patrol stations is raising concerns over border control. Members of Parliament, police and officers at the customs agency itself (Tolletaten)...

Customs agents score huge drug bust

A large truck from the Netherlands that was stopped in a routine border control was found to be carrying narcotics valued at around NOK...

Center Party wants to reverse sugar tax hike

Taxes on sugar and sugar products were boosted by 83 percent on January 1, and by 42.3 percent on soft drinks and other alcohol-free...

Grocery stores lose out to border trade

It shouldn't come as any surprise, but large grocery stores located just over the border in Sweden are cutting into the revenues of Norway's...
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