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Housing prices stayed surprisingly high

New numbers emerged this week that indicate the housing market is doing better than expected in Norway, even after months of interest rate increases. Many analysts had expected prices would fall through the rest of the year, but they...

Bankruptcies decline before the holidays

A marked decline in bankruptcies last month is being attributed to "pre-Christmas optimism," according to an analyst at Dun & Bradstreet in Norway. After a big jump in October, bankruptcies fell nearly 16 percent in November. "These are exciting numbers...

Plastic bag sales fall by 40 percent

Higher mandatory fees on plastic bags offered by grocery stores and other merchants in Norway have led to a marked decline in their sales. That's also prompted authorities to postpone yet another price hike. Sales of plastic bags at the...

Tengs murder mystery remains unsolved

Police and prosecutors in Western Norway faced tough criticism this week, after an appeals court acquitted the latest suspect in the murder of 17-year-old Birgitte Tengs on Karmøy in 1995. He'd been convicted and sentenced to a lengthy jail...

Unicef scolds Norway over child poverty

Rising prices and higher interest rates have led to a new form of relative poverty in Norway, and now Unicef has accused the country of not doing enough to help children and families since the finance crisis in 2008....

Cold wave leads to new snow warnings

Despite global warming most everywhere else, last month ended as the coldest November in Norway in years. Records were broken in many spots around the country and the bitter cold has continued, with travel warnings now posted for lots of...

Benefits cut for Ukrainian refugees

The Norwegian government is moving forward with cuts in social welfare benefits for Ukrainian refugees. The goal is to make Norway less attractive as a refugee destination, after the country recently has taken in more displaced Ukrainians than Sweden,...

Corona-related deaths rise among elderly

Corona-related deaths doubled during a single week in November, reports Norway's public health institute FHI, but it wasn't unexpected. The virus has been spreading again this autumn, and November is often characterized by respiratory ailments. FHI registered the deaths of...

Deep sea mining swamps protesters

The Norwegian government is defying its own environmental directorate and activists once again, by rolling out plans to move forward with highly controversial deep sea mining in the sensitive Arctic. The paradoxical goal is to search for minerals from...

Norway tries to rein in tax refugees

Norway's left-center government is taking new steps to try to keep wealthy taxpayers from moving their fortunes abroad. Stricter rules are aimed at prohibiting Norwegians from transferring stock holdings, for example, to others in lower-tax countries like Switzerland. "We want...

Norway’s state budget ‘irresponsible’

Norwegian Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum is being accused of locking the country into an "irresponsible" boost in public spending, after his minority Labour-Center government went along with various state budget demands from the Socialist Left Party (SV) during...

Cruiseship’s windows didn’t tolerate deadly wave

A Norwegian probe into the cause of injuries and a fatality on board a Norwegian-registered cruiseship last year has determined that the vessel's windows were "under-dimensioned." That's why they cracked when hit by a powerful wave, allowing frigid Antarctic...

‘War profits’ on gas fuel new debate

Norway earned record profits on gas sales last year, after the price of both gas and oil were pumped up by Russia's war on Ukraine. Now debate is flying over whether Norway has a moral obligation to donate more...

Norway defending its oil, again

Norwegian government officials were back in court on Tuesday, trying to fend off another legal challenge to their refusal to stop searching for more oil and gas. On the eve of the next UN climate summit, they're on the...

New wave of Covid virus fills up vaccination centers

Ever-emerging variants of the Covid virus have infected thousands of Norwegians in recent weeks, filling up vaccination centers that were markedly quiet earlier this autum. Pharmacies also report brisk sales of Corona self-testing kits, although some health officials claim...
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