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The number of Labor Party members (AP) fell by as much as 10% last year. Party secretary Kjersti Stenseng blames the coronavirus crisis.
US President Donald Trump's decision to list Cuba as a sponsor of terrorism is unreasonable and regrettable, Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide (H) believes.
This weekend, the Norwegian government will re-evaluate the national coronavirus measures.
The man who fell over the side of a ship that was on its way into the Ofotfjord to Narvik on Saturday was a stowaway from Syria, the police announced.
On Monday, one year passed since the world's first known COVID-19 death in Wuhan, China. But little is still known about where the deadly virus actually came from.
In a few days, Norway will be receiving the first shipment of the coronavirus vaccine from Moderna.
Hundreds of children in Sweden have been hit hard by inflammatory reactions after having the coronavirus. In Lund, the children's intensive care unit is now full.
The coronavirus situation in Norway is so serious that FHI leader Camilla Stoltenberg ended up canceling her own New Year's party.
2020 was a really bad year, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said in her New Year's speech.
The Finance Minister's main concerns for 2021? The high unemployment that is taking hold, a wave of bankruptcies in vulnerable industries, and young people sitting in…
67-year-old Svein Andersen was the first person to receive the coronavirus vaccine in Norway. He compared the historical moment to the lunar landing.
Seven municipalities have received the coronavirus vaccines before the others, and vaccinations will begin in their nursing homes on Monday. The rest of the country’s…
Christmas services are an important tradition for many Norwegians. Across the country, churches are trying to make it easier for people to experience them despite the…
The British fear food shortages at Christmas, and the government has been summoned to an emergency meeting.
A survey on unwanted sexual attention showed that 904 employees in the Norwegian police experienced sexual harassment in the past year.
Immigrants in Norway are the hardest-hit demographic in the job market characterized by the pandemic.
At the end of November, 105,000 were charged with aggressive driving, compared to 94,000 at the same time last year.
The Norwegian Post no longer operates with a deadline for when to send Christmas packages. It now offers customers an app to check whether there is a queue at the post…
The Norwegian government has put in place a comprehensive apparatus to ensure that foreign guest workers can come to Norway during the fishing season in Lofoten.
Christmas is more important this year due to the coronavirus situation, according to one in three Norwegians in DNB's Christmas survey. For more than half, a Christmas…
European Travel Insurance is experiencing an increasing influx of customers who are planning next year's holiday.
The number of debt collection cases in Norway is increasing for smaller bills such as goods, electricity, and telephone costs.
Women should be allowed to decide over their own bodies and not have to appear before the abortion committee until the 18th week, according to a unanimous program…
According to the director of the Norwegian Institute for Human Rights, at least two of the measures during the coronavirus pandemic may have lacked a legal basis.
So far this year, the police in Norway have started investigating 27 murder cases with 30 victims. Here’s what we know about the cases. January 10: Just before midnight,…
Since the turn of the millennium, Norwegians' sugar intake has almost halved, while their vegetable consumption has skyrocketed, according to a new report from the…
Within a couple of weeks, it will be possible to buy a corona test kit at pharmacies in Spain. People will then be able to test themselves at home.
The Norwegian Church is not attractive enough as a workplace, a new report states
Researchers have developed a blood sample analysis that can predict which patients will develop Alzheimer's disease with almost 90% certainty.
For the first time since Kantar started doing political opinion polls in Norway in 1964, the Center Party (SP) is larger than the Labor Party (AP) and the Conservatives…
The number of domestic trips between July and September more than doubled compared to last year. Travel abroad fell dramatically.
Following a successful pilot project, it has been decided that all police districts in Norway will be allowed to start using drones in their work.
Both Norwegians’ rights in the United Kingdom and British rights in Norway are secured in separate agreements after the transition period expires at New Year. The…
Last week, for the first time since the first half of October, fewer new infections were reported than the week before. The infection reproduction number (R) has fallen…
The Norwegian government is introducing voluntary school choice throughout the country. The opposition parties call it coercion - and want to stop it.