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Minister gets tough on grocery chains

The Norwegian government is finally cracking down on grocery retailers and wholesalers who dominate the market and thus, it's believed, limit competition. Torbjørn Røe...

Thousands of farmers apply for compensation

More than 14,000 farmers are seeking state taxpayer-funded compensation for crop losses following last summer's drought. The number compares to 890 last year, reports...

Farmers secure more taxpayer aid

Norway's two major farmers' organizations have accepted a so-called "crisis package" for those hit hard by the summer drought that dried up fields and...

Wolf supporters join meat boycott

The ongoing battle between those trying to preserve Norway's wolf population and farmers wanting to preserve free-grazing traditions for their sheep and lambs has...

Government rejects more farm crisis aid

Agriculture Minister Jon Georg Dale has turned down farmers' demands for more crisis aid after this summer's drought, at least for now. The farmers...

Farmers appeal to Solberg for help

Apparently not satisfied with the public assistance already offered by Norway's agriculture minister, the country's two largest farming organizations have now "invited" Prime Minister...

Farmers demand more crisis help

The state agriculture ministry has rolled out 11 new measures to further help farmers tackle Norway's worst drought in more than 50 years. Farmers'...

Drought-induced slaughters begin

Amidst fears it will set off a shortage of milk and dairy products, farmers lacking enough food for their cattle have started slaughtering some...

Norway hasn’t been so dry since 1947

Even though some welcome rain fell in and around the Oslo area on Monday, it wasn't nearly enough to end a drought that's now...

Heat cuts strawberry season short

Norwegians tend to be immensely proud of their locally grown strawberries, which usually ripen slowly under the near constant daylight of May and June...
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