News
Rain in waiting – flood danger in eastern Norway
Umbrella and rubber boots are recommended in Eastern Norway on Tuesday. There is a forecast of 20 millimeters of rain per hour and a danger of flooding. The Norwegian…
News
Politics, society, crime and the stories that set the Norwegian agenda.
News
A new political landscape in Norway
The big parties are the big losers – in favor of green and radical parties on the left. The election leaves a new political landscape, researchers believe. The election…
News
661 bus passengers were charged for having dropped their belt
661 passengers were charged for failure to use their seat belt when the National Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen) carried out a nationwide inspection last week. A…
News
Greenpeace shocked over Parliament’s plane travels
The environmental organisation Greenpeace has gained access to Parliament’s air travel, which shows that the representatives fly an average of 18 domestic flights each…
News
Three new F-35s to Norway
On Thursday, three new Norwegian F-35s will arrive at Ørland Air Station. Norway will then have received 22 fighter aircraft and will have an initial operational…
News
The police order research of online perpetrators
Men who abuse children online often do so in real life, as well. Now the government will have more research on these type of perpetrators “Crime is changing. Child abuse…
News
Party leaders cast their votes when the first election day kicked off
Both AP (Labour Party) leader Jonas Gahr Støre and FrP (Progress Party) leader Siv Jensen cast their votes when the first of the two election days kicked off on Sunday…
News
Jury named Green Party the winner of the election campaign
The Green Party (MDG) has been nominated by Kampanje’s Electoral Jury as the winner of the election campaign. The party has emerged clearly in the most messy election…
News
Already wetter September than normal in Oslo
Just one week into September, more rain has come than normal for the month in Oslo. Over the last 24 hours, 18.1 millimeters of precipitation was measured at the…
News
A total of 25 dogs have died after bloody diarrhea
There are 25 dogs that have died after having bloody diarrhea recently, the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (Veterinærinstitut) reports. The number of dogs affected by an…
News
PST fears right-wing extremists will carry out terror in Norway
The PST (Norwegian Police Security Service) says they have observed a negative trend in the threat from the right-wing extremists and does not rule out that extremists…
News
The ‘Festnings’ tunnel in Oslo will be closed for over a year
The Fortress Tunnel, part of the Oslo Opera Tunnel, will be closed overnight for over a year due to rehabilitation. From Monday, the tunnel will be closed in one…
News
665,000 have voted in advance
The number of advance votes received has reached 665,000, figures from the Election Directorate updated Thursday morning At the same time in the municipal council and…
News
Snow chaos created trouble at several mountain passes
Large amounts of snow created demanding driving conditions at several mountain crossings Tuesday morning. The Sognefjellet, Northern Europe’s highest mountain crossing,…
News
NATO with new major exercise in the Baltic Sea
NATO will launch a major exercise on Friday in the Baltic Sea, involving nearly 50 naval vessels, as well as aircraft and helicopters from 18 countries, including…
News
Asylum bill cut by 5.5 billion
The annual cost of asylum reception has plummeted by 5.5 billion from 2016 to 2020, projections show in next year’s budget. Now another “super reception/supermottak” is…
News
A lot of rain in Norway in August
The monthly rainfall in the country was 120 percent of normal in August. Several stations, mostly in Western Norway, received 200-250 per cent of normal rainfall. At the…