Tag: politics

Officials’ tip: ‘Fill tank on Sundays’

State officials in charge of regulating competition in Norway are urging motorists to buy gasoline (petrol) on Sundays, when the price usually dips before being jacked...

Hospitals slow to offer circumcision

The Norwegian medical community's strong opposition to circumcision of baby boys has kept Norway's state-funded hospitals from offering the controversial operations under a new law allowing them. The government...

Minister blasts local US trade group

Norwegian Health Minister Bent Høie is not at all happy that the American Chamber of Commerce in Norway opposes a government proposal aimed at further...

Food prices jump as stores merge

A carton of eggs was priced at NOK 49.90 (USD 6.10) this week at one of the large stores in Oslo run by ICA, soon to be...

Money ran out for mushroom control, over protests

There's a long tradition in Norway for heading into the forests at the end of the summer and early autumn to "sanke sopp," or pick...

Opposition grows to fjord dumping

More than 200 young environmental activists and some top politicians gathered along the scenic Førde Fjord in the mountains of western Norway earlier this week,...

State campaigns ‘a waste of money’

Every year the state spends millions of kroner on public information campaigns, on topics as diverse as urging Norwegians to eat more vegetables to...

North Pole claims can take years to sort out

Russia's latest claim to the North Pole this week has been viewed as everything from an attention-grabbing stunt to an attempt to secure potentially...

Krone falls again along with oil prices

Norway's krone has weakened once again in line with another fall in oil prices. The new signals of economic unrest also set off a...

Norway Cup’s boss moves on

After 39 years as the widely acclaimed "general" of Norway Cup, the world's biggest youth football tournament that ended over the weekend, Frode Kyvåg...
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