British man imprisoned after a violent episode in Bergen
A 21-year-old British sailor has been remanded in custody for four weeks in Bergen District Court, following a violent episode in Bergen city center on Friday night.The…
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400 study places for police this autumn
Before Christmas, the Storting (Parliament) decided that by 2020, 400 students will be admitted to the Bachelor’s program at the Police College. The decision came through the…
Online candy store closes
The online store Maxgodis is closing down after the government removed the VAT exemption on e-commerce below NOK 350, reports E24. The store tried to…
1 million new jobs in Norway in three years
One million new jobs in Norway have been created since 2016 while 815,000 have disappeared. The transition is going according to plan, said the Minister…
Nearly 4.1 million cruise passengers in Norway last year
Last year, there were 2,759 cruise calls in Norway with almost 4.1 million passengers. This is an increase of 360,000 passengers from the previous year….
A small probability of many falling seriously ill in Norway
“There is no reason why Norwegians should panic for the coronavirus from China,” says Professor Ørjan Olsvik at UiT. To the NRK, the professor of…
Most Norwegians do not think Donald Trump will continue
Nearly half of Norway’s population does not believe Donald Trump will be re-elected as President of the United States. Norwegians are split in the middle…
UDI granted more than 13,000 Norwegian citizenship last year
Almost 13,200 foreigners were granted Norwegian citizenship in 2019. That is 3,000 more than the previous year. The vast majority of those who got Norwegian…
Norwegian-owned ship rescued over 90 people in the Mediterranean
The Norwegian-owned ship Ocean Viking has rescued 92 migrants from an inflatable boat in the Mediterranean, MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) reports.The rescue operation happened on Friday morning about 30…
New bank solution for immediate money transfers
A new banking solution is being rolled out to ensure that customers can transfer and receive money immediately, without the delays of today’s system. Currently,…
The Doomsday Clock moves to 100 seconds to midnight
The iconic clock symbolizes how close humanity is to doomsday, and we are closer to midnight than ever since the clock was created in 1947,…
Fewer Norwegians believe in reincarnation
Seven out of ten Norwegians do not believe that humans have lived past lives and are to be born again into new lives here on…
Unemployment up 4 per cent
There were 113,000 unemployed in Norway in November 2019, meaning that the unemployment rate was 4 per cent. This is up 0.2 percentage points from…
DNB warns against fraud on Finn.no
A new DNB report shows that the number of fraud attempts against the bank and their customers increased by 23 percent from 2018 to 2019….
Nybø will hand-pick foreign students to Norway
“Norway should have a plan for which countries foreign students should be recruited from,” states Minister Iselin Nybø (V). Germany and France are high on…
Norway doubles it contribution to the UN Climate Fund
On Thursday, Norway signed an agreement to support the Green Climate Fund (GCF) with NOK 3.2 billion from 2020 to 2023. Norway’s support for the…
The Norwegian Navy is invited to the Russian Naval parade
Two Norwegian ships are invited to take part in the Russian naval parade at St. Petersburg. It is unclear how the Armed Forces will respond…
Vaccine alliance with headquarters in Norway will develop vaccine against new coronavirus
The Coalition for Vaccine Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), which is headquartered in Oslo, has started work on developing a vaccine against the new coronavirus.CEPI has launched three vaccine…
India tops immigrants’list
India is the country outside the EEA where most immigrants to Norway come from. ‘’People are often surprised when I say that Indians are is…
King Harald back to good health
King Harald is back to good health and will chair the Cabinet on Friday. This is stated in the King’s program at kongehuset.no.The King was admitted to the Rikshospitalet…