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Radicalized sisters jailed on return from Syria

Two sisters from Bærum who voluntarily joined the IS terror group are now in custody back home in Norway after nearly 10 years in Syria. They were finally allowed to travel back to Oslo out of consideration for their...

National football team ‘under pressure’

The coach of Norway's national men's football team admits that they're "under pressure" after losing a qualifying match for the European Championships against Spain during the weekend, and then tying their next match Tuesday night against Georgia. It left...

Father welcomes ‘killer’s confession’

Odd Petter Magnussen has been seeking justice for the death of his daughter Martine since she was found lifeless in the cellar of a fashionable apartment building in London 15 years ago. Now the wealthy young man she was...

Norway scraps au pair program

Labour Minister Marte Mjøs Persen announced Wednesday that the Norwegian government is moving forward with plans to stop issuing temporary residence permits under its so-called "au pair" program. Persen claims the program has become a loophole in the system...

Battle over Norway’s profits underway

After weeks of arguing in the media, Norway's largest trade union confederation LO and the national employers' organization NHO formally launched wage negotiations this week. At issue now are the huge profits of some of the country's biggest companies,...

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 reindeer herders in the area are respected. That's unlikely, leaving the controversy literally up in...

Prosecutors want to reopen Baneheia case

State prosecutors have formally sought, as expected, a reopening of the case against Jan Helge Andersen, who recently emerged as the sole defendant in the rapes and murders of two little girls at Baneheia in Kristiansand in May 2000. They...

Interest rates keep rising in the worst and the best of times

NEWS ANALYSIS/UPDATED: The rich are getting richer and the poor poorer in Norway, where another rise in interest rates is meant to curb inflation. The higher rates will also raise household costs for many already struggling with big bills, at...

Government leaders drop TikTok and Telegram

Norway's government ministers, state secretaries and their political advisers have all been told to remove the apps TikTok and Telegram from their government-issued telephones and tablets. The order comes after an evaluation by the national security authority NSM (Nasjonal...

Energy issues dominate agendas

Energy prices and supplies have continued to dominate the agendas at some very demonstrative and political meetings lately. The concerns and arguments that arise often center on whether Norway is sending enough or too much of its resources abroad.  Everyone...

High electricity bills may close museums

Fully two-thirds of Norway's museums are struggling with electricity bills that are so high they may need to close during part of the winter. Among them is the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo, which is privately owned and thus lacks...

Still no cure for doctors’ funding

Health Minister Ingvild Kjerkol has rolled out what she calls an "historic" boost in funding for Norway's hard-pressed primary care physicians in the public sector. They weren't impressed, however, and the search for a better cure continues. Kjerkol, who's also...

Norway slips again on UN’s happiness report

A new UN report confirms that money can't always buy happiness: Even though Norway is among the wealthiest countries in the world, its people aren't as happy as they were in earlier years, and experts suspect a rise in...

Man charged with murder and dismembering corpse

A Norwegian man in his 50s from Agder has been arrested and charged with murering his domestic partner, cutting up her corpse and storing it in a freezer at their remote farm in Värmland in Sweden. He has confessed...

Haaland injured, can’t play for Norway

The head coach of Norway's national men's football team was mighty unhappy on Tuesday, after being told that his star player won't be able to take part in two upcoming qualifiers for the next European Championships. Erling Braut Haaland...

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