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PST wins right to store what Norwegians write online
The Norwegian government has decided to allow the police intelligence agency PST to store all comments written on public platforms for five years and...
Publishing companies fined over pricing
Books in Norway have always been expensive, with prices heavily regulated and currently equivalent to at least USD 50 for new releases. Competition authorities...
‘Aftenposten’ to drop its Sunday paper
Norway's largest newspaper, Aftenposten, announced on Wednesday that it will drop its Sunday edition right after New Year. The paper's editor-in-chief, Trine Eilertsen, blamed...
1.2 million saw World Championship thriller
Norway's national women's handball team has a special place in the hearts of Norwegian sports fans. Fully 1.2 million of them, nearly a quarter...
New Nobel Laureate blasts Facebook
Maria Ressa, one of two journalists awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their efforts to protect democracy through freedom of speech and...
NRK’s Emmy set off more debate
Loved abroad but criticized at home in Norway, state broadcaster NRK's TV series Atlantic Crossing's international Emmy award last week has been ridiculed just like the...
NRK’s election ratings soared
More than a million Norwegians were glued to their televisions Monday night when both state broadcaster NRK and the national commercial station TV2 carried...
Changes ahead for NewsInEnglish.no
This is a "Letter from the Editor" of sorts, addressed especially to readers who've followed NewsInEnglish.no since its launch in 2009. I'd like to...
NRK plans to move across town
Norway's state broadcaster NRK will be moving from its iconic but crowded and outdated home of more than 70 years in Oslo's Marienlyst neighbourhood....
‘TIX’ clicked with Eurovision fans
Norwegian singer-songwriter Andreas Haukeland, better known as "TIX," was the first to be named Tuesday night as a finalist in the Eurovision Song Contest...
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