After New Year, old driver’s licenses issued before 1979 will be phased out. Now the government wants to make an exception for Norwegians living abroad…
It was wet and humid several places in June, a month that offered 50 percent more rainfall than normal. Most precipitation occurred on Lurøy in…
Tromsø above 20 oC for the 1st time in 2019 Several parts of Norway experience a taste of the upcoming weather. It will be sunny,…
Bergen lets Multiconsult of the hook Ten months after a break in the dam in Munkebotn in Bergen, the municipality has agreed with Multiconsult not…
The Ministry of Justice and Emergency Planning will automate decisions by the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) through automation without the involvement of case officers. Today,…
Several Norwegians need not repay loans due to ID theft Several recent verdicts have established that victims of stolen identity are not liable for bank…
The world’s best restaurants offer Norwegian shellfish on their menu One in four on the list of the 120 best restaurants in the world offer…
When asylum seekers are forcibly expelled, activists have contacted the recipient’s home country to stop the transport. The police say this can be illegal. Activists…
Crushing verdict against Svein Ludvigsen – Guilty on all counts Svein Ludvigsen (72) appeals the sentence to five years in prison. Troms District Court finds…
Woman overboard from MSC Meraviglia in Skagerrak – perished A German woman in her forties has died after she fell overboard from a large cruise…
Jottacloud offers «unlimited storage» – throttles at 5 TB The cloud storage service Jottacloud changes the terms of its subscription for unlimited storage. You may…
Leaders of Fagforbundet dissuade supporting Sp Several county and regional leaders in the LO’s largest federation, Fagforbundet (The Federation of Municipal and General Employees), fear…
Norway stands by our Climate and Forest Agreement with Brazil. From Norway’s point of view, the Amazon fund has worked well until now. It would…
In recent years there has been a decrease in the number of prostitutes in the city center of Oslo. In 2009, there were about 100…
Embassy of Spain to court for social dumping The Norwegian Federation of Civil Servants believes that the Royal Embassy of Spain in Norway is engaged…
The future of the Amazon Fund is in danger “It will be a huge relapse for the Norwegian rainforest investment If the Amazon Fund is…
982 asylum seekers to Norway so far in 2019 982 asylum seekers came to Norway in the first half of this year. Not since 1997…
Norway is increasing its core funding to six UN organisations, to a total of over NOK 3 billion. This is the highest amount of funding…
Customs officers at Oslo Airport have seized cosmetics worth NOK 1.2 million in eight smuggling attempts. In June, they broke what is probably a record….
New EU regulations now require all electric cars to be equipped with a noise system to alert pedestrians that a car is nearby. The regulations…