Fewer golden eagle chicks this year
Among the golden eagles in Norway this year was less successful for nesting with fewer chicks than in 2015, according to a new survey. Rovdata…
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Five convicted of offenses against teen burglars
A female shopkeeper in Vanse Vest-Agder, with three men sentenced to between six and eight months in jail for threats, coercion and aggravated assault against…
DNB will employ 100 new IT professionals
DNB has 800 IT staff but need 100 to cover the need for the financial group called future bankers. – The world is digital and…
Increase in Christmas shopping last week
Christmas sales are up over 30 percent from week 49 to week 50, according to Virke. Profits in week 50 (12.-18. December) increased by 34.4…
Queen visited addicts in Marcus Thrane House
Queen Sonja visited Marcus Thrane House in Oslo. There she met with drug users in the capital for a Christmas lunch. Marcus Thrane Homes Torshov…
Christmas and New Year celebrations threatened by fever and cough
It may be the most runny and feverish Christmas for many Norwegians in years. The Flu has arrived earlier than usual, and Public Health (FHI)…
Q Dairy is recalling skimmed milk
Q Dairy is recalling a batch of Q Milk Skimmed in 1 liter cartons. The cartons in question are marked with the date 1/2/17 and…
Solberg and Santos have discussed the peace process in Colombia
Prime Minister Erna Solberg has discussed the process to peace with Nobel laureate Juan Manuel Santos, and she promised that Norway will continue to contribute…
The world’s longest train tunnel opened in Switzerland
The first train ran Sunday through the world’s longest train tunnel, the 57.1 km long Gotthard tunnel runs under the Swiss Alps. The train drove…
Kissinger met by protesters in Oslo
“Kissinger a war criminal,” it said on a banner which faced the controversial Henry Kissinger when he was in Oslo to give the lecture “World…
Christmas gifts stolen from Cathedral Square in Stavanger
Several packages people have put under the Christmas tree on Cathedral Square in Stavanger, has been stolen. The gifts were to be collected by the…
Increased cash for care support and lump sum in 2017
Cash and lump sum in 2017 As pushed for by the Christian Party there will be increased cash benefits for one-year olds up to 7,500…
More Norwegians are spending the Christmas holidays abroad
More Norwegians want to spend all or part of the Christmas holidays abroad, shows population surveys of Norwegians’ travel habits. – Even more will travel…
Healthcare feedback system to be created soon
It takes a lot for patients choose to complain about health care. Now the Consumer Council is making it easier to do. – Patients need…
Record number of missions for the Red Cross
The Red Cross has had 1,500 rescue missions so far this year, compared with 984 in all of 2015. Never before has the Agency recorded…
Government removes requirement for quarterly reports by bussinesses
The Finance Ministry has removed the requirement for reporting and publication of quarterly results of listed companies. The decision is related to the EU changes…
Canadian woman seriously injured in a climbing accident at Lyngen
A 38-year-old Canadian woman suffered serious injuries when she fell during ice climbing at Lyngen in Troms on Saturday morning. She was flown by air…
Payment app Vipps not working
On one of the year’s busiest shopping days the popular payment application Vipps stopped operating. Over two million users were affected by technical problems with…
Half a million searches in the tax lists in just over three days
After tax lists were posted on Thursday night there has been 509,498 searches. More than 90,000 people checked who have applied for them. 149,772 unique…
Norwegian Application in Washington delayed again
Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen has been in Washington to help Norwegian airlines with the application for traffic rights in the United States. Presidential elections are…