The Directorate of Health fears that drunk people will buy beer from self-service tills
The Directorate of Health has emphasised to the grocery industry that it is forbidden to sell beer to drunk people who use self-service tills. The…
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Virus fear is bad news for the Norwegian krone
The krone has depreciated 0.6 percent against the Euro since Friday. The reason is oil price declines and fears in the Chinese coronavirus markets, according…
Ocean Viking has picked up over 220 migrants from the Mediterranean
The Norwegian-owned rescue vessel Ocean Viking has picked up 223 people from fragile vessels in the Mediterranean over the past 24 hours. On Saturday night,…
Approaching a snow-free record in Oslo
Oslo is approaching a snow-free record. The capital has not had snow in January. “Climate changes are here,” says the Meteorological Institute. January is associated…
Foreign Ministry discourages travel to Hubei Province in China
The Foreign Ministry is advising Norwegians against travelling to Hubei Province in China because of the spread of the coronavirus, which has so far claimed…
Listhaug: – Feels like we escaped from prison
FrP Deputy Leader Sylvi Listhaug says she is looking forward to running with pure FrP policy at the Storting.“We will drive FrP policies forward, and I think everyone…
Scientist believes scabies lives longer than previously thought
Stavanger University Hospital has found living scabies on mobile phones. They think it could mean it lives longer than previously thought.The Norwegian Medicines Agency has…
A large number of government ministers have served in the Solberg government
46 ministers have served Erna Solberg’s (H) government in just over six years. That’s more than in the eight red-green years. In Jens Stoltenberg’s (Ap)…
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…
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…
