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End of an era on Norway’s Svalbard

The Arctic territory of Svalbard has long been administered by Norway, with coal mining as its major source of income. Now Norway's government has...

EU claims rights to Svalbard’s bounty

The European Union claims that vessels from member nations have a right to catch just as much of the crabs found on the seafloor...

Chinese firm wins new stab at bridge

Politicians in Trøndelag have opted to show some "decency" when interpreting their bidding policy. They're now allowing the Chinese company Sichuan Road and Bridge...

New fighter jets due to arrive

Norway can finally expect delivery of the first of its new F35 fighter jets from the US later this week. Three of the F35s...

Static over statistics sets off a storm

Heated conflicts are currently swirling in and around an unlikely target: Norway's state statistics bureau SSB. Pending transfers of several of its top researchers,...

Prime ministers make new history

Six of Norway's prime ministers over the past 36 years are making history once again. Several were formerly bitter political foes, but now they...

Income tax revenues hit NOK 620 billion

When Norwegian tax authorities released the results of the most recent tax year on Friday, the annual media frenzy concentrated on individuals. Countless stories...

Indian costumes sell out for Halloween

Many Norwegians have embraced the Halloween holiday long popular in the US, along with the opportunity it presents to dress up in costumes and...

Chinese firm fights bridge ‘boycott’

Just six months after top Norwegian politicians mended relations with China, some local ones in the county of Nord-Trøndelag have so angered a Chinese...

Oil Fund caught in a power struggle

The head of Norway's central bank, Øystein Olsen, and the man running the central bank's unit in charge of managing Norway's huge Oil Fund,...
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