Tine takes up the fight against cheese imports – builds out the dairy at Dovre
Tine invests NOK 50 million and doubles the production capacity at the Dovre dairy. Now the dairy giant will take up the fight against imported…
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Fewer exposed to ID theft
More than 100,000 Norwegians have been exposed to ID theft over the past two years. However, this is a decline compared to previous years. The…
Facts on the spread of the Wuhan virus
Sunday 02/02/2020 — * A new strand of the coronavirus was detected in Wuhan city in Hubei Province, China in December 2019. In China, more…
The Norwegian Medicines Agency fears a lack of medicine in Norway following the outbreak of the Wuhan virus
If the Wuhan virus spreads to Norway, the Norwegian Medicines Agency (Legemiddelverket) fears that there may be a lack of antibiotics and anesthetics. Authorities are…
Norway grants asylum to Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses
Several Russian citizens have sought asylum in Norway due to religious persecution. Norwegian authorities confirm that they have accepted applications from Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses. “Yes,…
Labour party leader Jonas Gahr Støre caught at ticket control
Arbeiderpartiet (AP) leader Jonas Gahr Støre was caught at ticket control for not having a valid ticket at the Stortinget Metro station in Oslo on Thursday…
Eleven virus tests tested in Norway – none positive
So far, the Institute of Public Health has analyzed eleven samples, none of which have given positive results of the Wuhan virus. The samples are…
The price of electricity in Norway has not been this low since 2007
The average electricity price for January is the lowest in 13 years according to the Nord Pool power exchange. The electricity price for Oslo in…
New rules make it easier to expel foreigners
Minister of Justice and Public Security Monica Maeland (H) gives the police new instructions that makes it easier to expel foreigners for disturbances of the…
Europris stops the sales of shoe dryers after fire
Europris has stopped the sale of a shoe dryer following the fire in Ytrebygda in Bergen on January 4, where four people perished. Police have…
Record high wind power production in Norway last year
Wind power production is increasing, but hydropower still dominates completely and accounted for 93.4 percent of total Norwegian power production last year. Last year, wind…
Norwegians shopped online for NOK 128 billion in 2018
In 2018, Norwegians bought for NOK 60 billion at foreign online stores and 68 billion in Norwegian. This is stated in Statistics Norway’s recent report…
Norwegians drank less milk last year
Each Norwegian drank two liters less milk in 2019 than in 2018. Sales have been steadily declining over the last ten years. Figures from Melk.no…
Nav stops work training at XXL
For the time being, Nav will no longer send its users to work placements at the XXL sports chain. Nav requires “necessary measures and routines”…
Romanian gang accused of stealing tools worth millions in Norway
Four Romanians are accused of stealing hundreds of tools in Eastern Norway, worth several million kroner. In Romania, police have found a large amount of…
Norwegians to be evacuated from Wuhan, but avoid quarantine
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) is working to bring in a small number of Norwegian citizens located in Hubei Province in China. They will…
The politicians in Bergen will limit cruise traffic
The Bergen City Council is in favour of reducing the number of cruiseship visits to the city and asks the City Council Board to propose…
881 charged for social security fraud in 2019
881 persons were charged for social security abuse of NOK 139 million in 2019. This is a clear decline from the previous years. Five of…
Telenor withdraws billion dividend from subsidiary in Bangladesh
On Tuesday morning, the quarterly report from Telenor’s subsidiary in Bangladesh, Grameenphone, was presented. Telenor receives more than NOK 1 billion in dividends. The quarterly…
The Wuhan virus affects Northern Norway’s tourism industry
Travel companies in Northern Norway have received the first cancellations from Chinese tourists following the outbreak of the Wuhan virus.This is because those who have…
