100 new low-cost grocery stores
Kiwi, Rema and Coop Extra to open over 100 new stores The three leading low-cost chains will open 113 new stores during the year. The…
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Norway gets a new Viking era museum
As part of the Granavold Declaration; the Conservative Party, Freedom Party, Liberal Party and KrF have agreed that a new museum will be built for…
SAS airline order new long-haul flight aircraft
SAS has ordered three new aircraft of the type Airbus 321LR. The planes are to be delivered already next year, and are brand new long-haul…
Norwegian airports receive 20 new international routes
Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger, and Trondheim will offer 20 new international routes this year, among them a direct route from Oslo to Beijing. The routes include…
New safe mobile phone battery
Soon you can leave your phone charging safely at night. The Institute of Energy Technology (IFE) has researched a new type of battery that…
Dramatic fall in new car sales
There has been a decline of 16.3 percent of new car sales since July of last year, such low sales has not happened since July…
New migraine medicine gives hope to millions of people
The first drug to prevent migraine was approved in the USA on Thursday. Experts believe it marks a new era in migraine treatment, but…
Sharp downturn in new housing sales
Sales of new homes fell by 17% in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period last year, new figures from the…
Wara stands by the government’s immigration policy
The new justice minister Tor Mikkel Wara (Frp) said during the keynote session at the Ministry of Justice that he will follow the government’s line…
All Hail President Trøen
Today, March 15, Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen of the Conservative Party will be elected President of the Storting, replacing Olemic Thommessen (H) who lost the support…
New American ambassador in place in Oslo
Kenneth J. Braitwhaite delivered his letter of accreditation to King Harald on Thursday, thus embarking on his job as United States ambassador to Norway. …
Norwegian and SAS airlines have new fees
Norwegian passengers can no longer change seats at check-in at the airport without paying for it. At SAS, some customers will lose a luggage advantage….
‘Oktoberbarna’ are entitled to new treatment
Afghan young people who came to Norway in the autumn of 2015, and were temporarily given asylum until their 18th birthday, will have 90 days…
Oslo’s coolest new concert venue opens this Friday
Friday 19 January marks the opening of Røverstaden under Oslo Concert Hall. Røverstaden is a brand new bar, restaurant and venue in Vika. Its three…
5,500 new Red Cross God-parents
Christmas Action on TV 2 on Saturday night created 5,500 new Red Cross God-parents. ‘A wonderful evening’, said President, Robert Mood. The new president…
Milestone reached in the construction of the new Munch Museum
By Christmas, the roof of the new Munch Museum in Oslo will be finished. In the following days, the casting of the characteristic notch at…
Facebook and Google can dominate ‘adwords’ in Norway
Experts predict that a quarter of sales in the Norwegian advertising and media market in 2018 will go to Facebook and Google. According to…
160,000 new HIV cases in Europe last year
160,000 people were diagnosed with the HIV virus in Europe last year, most of them in Eastern Europe. In the EU, over 29,000 people…
New rescue helicopter arrives at Sola
One of the new rescue helicopters ordered by Norway is at Sola to begin testing before it’s put into operation next year. In June,…
Hopefully Oslo will have new university by next autumn
Oslo is ready to have its second university until autumn next year. The University of Oslo and Akershus is an important step forward in its…