Marine Harvest changes name to MOWI
Marine Harvest changes its name to MOWI Marine Harvest launches a new global brand strategy and changes its name to MOWI. MOWI will reflect the…
Norway
Learning Norwegian at work
Learning the Norwegian language at work In some workplaces in Norway, you can make do with little or no command of the language. Most, however,…
US Carrier, USS Iwo Jima, arrives in Oslo
US warship, USS Iwo Jima, arrives in Oslo The 257-metre-long US warship, USS Iwo Jima, arrived on Tuesday afternoon in Oslofjord, where it will spend…
43,000 more persons earning wages in Norway
43,000 more people earning wages in Norway In the third quarter of this year, there were almost 2.7 million wage earners in Norway. That is…
2,100 more were paid disability insurance in the third quarter
Over 334,000 people were paid disability insurance at the end of September.This is an increase of 2,100 people, but the proportion of social security payments…
No vetting of interpreters in violence cases
Violent interpreters are allowed to work in violence-related litigation An interpreter – sentenced for violence – was allowed to work with violence-related litigation by a…
Polar Institute in search of the world’s oldest ice
Two researchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute are looking for the world’s oldest ice. They travel while it’s summer in Antarctica and “only” 45 minus…
More rain than June and July combined
Eastern Norway gained more rain over the weekend than the total in June and July Throughout June and July, a total of 78.1 millimetres of…
Liam Fox wants to liberalise trade with Norway
The UK’s Minister for Trade, Liam Fox, wants even more liberalism when Norway and Britain negotiate a new free trade agreement after Brexit. The…
Ap with NOK 2.7 billion to municipalities
Arbeiderpartiet (Ap) to strengthen the municipal economy by 2.7 billion Arbeiderpartiet (Ap) entered its alternative state budget to allocate almost 3.5 billion more to the…
Local soda producer must stop sales after fight with Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola was in Oslo District Court, and the soda producer,O. Mathisen, must temporarily suspend the sale of the Jalla XXXXXX. The district court is…
One in ten churches are hardly used – the smallest ones are used the least
A recent survey shows that every tenth church in Norway is used less often than once a month. Typical for the unused churches is that…
Unethical to refuse abortion
Unethical to refuse abortion to those with handicapped foetus’ Berge Solberg teaches medical ethics at NTNU. He believes it is wrong to refuse any abortion…
The Frigate is sinking
The Frigate is sinking lower into the water The Frigate KNM «Helge Ingstad» is significantly lower in the water than it was yesterday, the Norwegian…
Mohyeldeen Mohammad arrested at home
Violence indicted Mohyeldeen Mohammad arrested Norwegian Police have arrested violence indicted Mohyeldeen Mohammad in Oslo, according to the National newspaper VG. Mohyeldeen Mohammad was…
Innovation Norway opens office in Dubai
Innovation Norway opens office in Dubai In order to assist more Norwegian companies operating in the Middle East, Innovation Norway has opened an office in…
Amnesty withdraws award to Suu Kyi
Amnesty withdraws award to Suu Kyi Myanmar’s political leader, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Aung San Suu Kyi, is deprived of the honorary…
Widerøe deploys more planes
Widerøe deploys more planes due to cancellations Widerøe will add two planes to their fleet as of 2019, after harsh criticism for frequent cancellations in…
Post robot up and running
Norway post starts to test its self-driving mailbox at Kongsberg on Friday. The combined letter and package bus will be tested in densely populated…
Immigrants live in the most cramped conditions
Somalian Immigrants have the least living space Immigrants from Africa have the smallest homes, and the most urgent lack of space is that of immigrant…