Tourism slowed in 2017
After several years of record high tourism, the tourist flow slowed considerably in 2017. However, the main reason there is a standstill is to Norwegian…
After several years of record high tourism, the tourist flow slowed considerably in 2017. However, the main reason there is a standstill is to Norwegian…
2017 could be another record year for borreliosis due to tick bites The number of registered cases of severe borreliosis after tick bites is currently 430…
Fall in housing prices continued in December Housing prices dropped by 0.5 per cent in December, adjusted for seasonal variations. For 2017 as a whole,…
125 children were adopted from abroad into Norway in 2017. This is one less than the year before. This is shown from the numbers from…
In 2017, at least 199 asylum seekers who had been granted residency in Norway have been found to have lied. TV 2 has obtained the…
During 2017, 13 people died in aircraft accidents in Norway. In 2016, the figure was 14, which is significantly higher than during previous years. …
So far this year, at least 80 journalists have been killed while doing their job, the international journalist organization IFJ states. The organization International…
Five people became millionaires after the last lottery draw in 2017. In total, 284 people have become lotteries in the course of this year. …
In two weeks, the figures for seafood exports will be presented for 2017. If exports of fish in December follow the rest of the year,…
The flu outbreak has started in all regions of the country and the flu vaccine that was administered will have a low to moderate effect,…
Karsten Warholm was awarded the prize of Norway’s largest sports star by VG newspaper after winning the World Championship 400m hurdles. Last year he was…
The number of people receiving residence permits in Sweden is still at a very high level, reports SVT Nyheter. The red-green Swedish government sharpened…
Suggestions for things to do in Oslo from 25 December to 1 January. The week of Christmas is admittedly an unusually quiet time in Oslo,…
Germany 2017: Title holders unstoppable against 2015 runners-up. Just under 12,000 fans witnessed a handball masterclass from Thorir Hergeirsson’s Norwegian team as they ripped…
The police transported 417 people from the country in November. 146 of them were involved in one or more criminal proceedings. So far this…
Norway exported 286,000 tonnes of seafood worth NOK 9 billion in November. Volume increased by 25 per cent, while export values remained on par…
Peace Prize Winners ICAN leader Beatrice Fihn and Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow were hailed with torch lights in Oslo Sunday. In excess of 2,000…
Your Majesties, Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Esteemed guests, Today, it is a great honour to accept the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf…
Today, Setsuko Thurlow receives Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of ICAN. She was 13 years old when the Americans dropped the atom bomb over Hiroshima.Since…
92 people have died in drowning accidents so far this year So far this year, 78 men, twelve women and two children under seven have…