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Memorial to a walrus draws visitors

It's been just over a year since an orphaned walrus who swam into the hearts of thousands of Norwegians last summer ended up being...

Bird flu threatens Norway’s wildlife

Norway's northern regions of Finnmark and Troms are battling the largest outbreak of bird flu ever seen in the country. More than 10,000 dead...

Cruise crackdown gets underway

Thousands of tourists were once again streaming off a large cruise ship in Oslo on Tuesday, but no longer from prime berthing space in...

State snubs Sami again, protests loom

The Norwegian government has once again snubbed and angered the country's indigenous Sami population, by dragging out any program to reduce or remove wind...

No plans to take down turbines

A majority of Trøndelag residents want to let controversial wind turbines in the Fosen area keep operating, but only if the rights of Sami...

Wind turbines’ future still up in the air

Sami and environmental activists ended their blockades of several Norwegian government ministries on Friday, after securing official promises that huge turbines generating wind power...

From arrests to apology: Government ‘sorry’ it violated Sami human rights

It took a week of protest demonstrations in Oslo, but Sami reindeer herders in central Norway finally received a long-overdue apology from the Norwegian...

Wind turbine protests blow even harder

The Norwegian government is caught in a storm of increasingly angry protests over wind power turbines on the Fosen Peninsula, and over how government...

‘Rat-man’ plagues Bergen

An anonymous activist and self-professed vegan in Bergen has become a target of public condemnation for his campaign in support of rats. He thinks...

Norway ‘lacks political willingness’ to meet its climate goals

Despite all the gas and oil money pouring into Norwegian coffers (or perhaps because of it), Norway hasn't invested enough of it in alternative...
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