Record Year For Consumer Complaints
Last year was a record year for complaints to the Consumer Inspectorate, with over 13,000 written complaints. Electricity providers, newspapers, and the telecommunucation industry are…
Articles by Danica Grace
NOK 160 Billion Surplus in Foreign Trade in 2017
In 2017, Norway imported and exported NOK 683 and 843 billion respectively. It gives a Norwegian surplus of 160 billion. European countries, and the…
Jail Sentence for One Meter Drunk Driving
Jail Sentence for Drunk Driving of one meter A man in his 40s was sentenced to 21 days in prison by the Bergen District Court…
Statoil CEO Gave Tips to Trump
During a dinner with the American President, Donald Trump, Statoil CEO, Eldar Sætre, expressed the wish for simpler regulations. Sætre was one of 14…
Driver Followed GPS – Ended at Bottom of Lake
Three friends on a drive in Vermont, USA, got an unpleasant surprise when the GPS led them into an ice-lined lake. The GPS instructed…
Man Threatened Health Worker with Knife at Asylum Center
A man at an asylum center in Østfold threatened the ambulance staff with a knife when they came to treat him on Thursday night. …
Netflix Worth 785 Billion Kroner
Netflix has reached a milestone after delivering favorable quarterly results. During the first quarter, the stock value of the company was tipping a bit over…
Norwegian Actress Won Swedish Award For Best Female Lead in “Sameblod”
The Norwegian actress, Lene Cecilia Sparrok, was awarded the Swedish film prize Guldbaggen for Best Female Lead in the film “Sameblod”. “Sameblod” has previously…
Norwegian Municipalities Struggling to Recruit School Rectors
Increasingly fewer qualified candidates are applying for rector positions in Norwegian schools. “It may weaken the school system,” according to the Department of Education….
Pope Held Mass For 1.3 Million in Peru
Pope Francis finished his Latin America tour by holding a mass for 1.3 million believers in Peru’s capital, Lima. This gave a nice completion to…
Influenza Outbreak Reaching Near-Peak Levels
The winter flu outbreak seems to have peaked in the first week of the year. However, monitoring data from The Norwegian Institute of Public Health…
Accused of Murder — Pleads Guilty
An alleged Portuguese gunman pleads guilty as the trial for the murder of Aqeel Shahzad starts in the Oslo District Court. The gunman and…
Smart Watches for Children did not meet Norwegian Requirements
National Communications Authority (Nkom) has tested 18 smart watches for children, and none of them satisfied the requirements for sale in Norway. The results…
Heavy Snowfall Boosts Sales in Sports Industry
Snowy weather does not necessarily mean chaos. Not for the sports industry, at least. There, a good winter, is worth millions. Heavy snowfall down…
Blue-Green Promises a Representative for the Elderly
Right, Frp, and Left, in accordance with the Government Platform, agrees to assign a National Representative to take up cases concerning the elderly, and put…