Norway’s new ID card will cost over NOK 700 million
In 2007, a new national ID card was estimated to cost NOK 14 million. Today, the project’s total costs is estimated to reach over…
In 2007, a new national ID card was estimated to cost NOK 14 million. Today, the project’s total costs is estimated to reach over…
Although unemployment in Norway is at 4%, approximately 50% of Norwegian students fear being without work after they’ve completed their studies. The figure is…
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier promises to ponder over how the rights of Norwegians in Britain can be safeguarded when the British leave the EU….
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed diplomat, Atle Leikvoll, to lead a new Brexit working group. The new working group will follow negotiations…
Unlikely to cause a Rennebu gold rush, but nevertheless, Norway’s biggest ever nugget. Arne Sevaldsen has been digging for gold in the river Gisna in…
Erna Solberg once again named as Norway’s most influential woman Prime Minister Erna Solberg ranked again at the top of the list as the country’s…
Norwegian restaurant chain ‘Egon’ is headed for Britain Sweden’s Egon restaurant has done surprisingly well, say the owners, who are looking at possibilities of opening…
Hurray! It’s the 17th of May – Marching bands, parades, traditional costumes and ice cream. A lot of ice cream. The celebration of the national day…
Prime Minister Erna Solberg is now Norwegians most popular prime minister candidate. Labor leader Jonas Gahr Støre takes a step back in the polls. In…
Norwegian top managers earn eleven times the salary of the ordinary average salary. For Norwegian top managers, it takes just 23 days to earn what…
Norwegian consumers’ confidence in the economy has been considerably strengthened over the past year. In January, for the eighth consecutive month, optimists outnumbered pessimists. 2017…
Norway’s oldest person, Elisabeth Julie Ekenæs, become 112 years old this Christmas, before she died on January 4th. Ekenæs died at Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital in…
At the year’s end, Norway will have 5,257,000 inhabitants. Population growth this year is estimated at 43,000, constituting 0.83%. It is, historically, a high figure,…
Øverbø has declined all media inquiries about photography and interviews, also local, mostly because he has some problem to see and hear and is not…
It was called historical when four former CEOs in the fertilizer company Yara were sentenced to several years in prison for gross corruption last summer….
Norway’s Oldest man, Carl W. Falck is dead at 109 years old. Falck was born on the 27th of May 1907 in Tønsberg. In recent…
Thousands of people showed up to slip and slide in a 300-meter outdoor waterslide in Oslo Saturday. According to the organizer, between 3,000 and 4,000…
Hurray! It’s the 17th of May – Marching bands, parades, traditional costumes and ice cream. A lot of ice cream. The celebration of the national day…
Hotels strike is terribly negative for Norway’s reputation, says Vibeke Raddum European chief of the major Asian tour operator Tumlaren, to the newspaper Dagens Næringsliv….
Statkraft has been ranked as the sixth most attractive employer among engineering students and was awarded the price as “Best in Industry” within Power and…