The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro is based on the controversial play “e mariage de Figaro” by Pierre Beaumarchais, which in its time was banned for asserting that…
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The Minister of Justice will have an anonymous tip scheme to reveal false asylum seekers
Justice Minister Jøran Kallmyr (Frp) wants to introduce an anonymous tip system to expose asylum seekers who people believe are cheating. “We are now preparing…
Three new F-35s to Norway
On Thursday, three new Norwegian F-35s will arrive at Ørland Air Station. Norway will then have received 22 fighter aircraft and will have an initial…
Electricity prices have gone down
After very high electricity prices in the previous three quarters, the price has now fallen in the second quarter. Compared to the second quarter of…
Logging moratorium in Indonesia’s forests made permanent
Indonesia is making the logging moratorium in primary forest and carbon-rich peatlands permanent. The ban covers 66 million hectares, which is larger than the combined…
Siv Jensen thinks the ‘shame of flying’ is “socialism in new clothes”
FRP leader Siv Jensen takes a jab at the concepts such as shaming people for flying and eating meat. She thinks it is the Left’s…
New type of glass repairs itself
Danish researchers have developed a new type of glass that repairs itself, which can make problems with scratches on mobile phones or stone-cracks on cars…
Norwegian citizen arrested in Turkey for terrorist activities
A man with Norwegian citizenship was arrested in July for affiliation with the banned Kurdish organization PKK. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is assisting the…
Five men suspected of raping a Norwegian woman in Spain
Five men under 20 are suspected of gang-raping a Norwegian woman in her 20s in the Spanish city of Benidorm. The five are all French…
Märtha Louise regrets using her title
Märtha Louise regrets linking her title to her business Princess Märtha Louise says it was a mistake to use her royal title under her May…
Russia announces military activity outside Northern Norway
Russia has warned that the country during in the period of 14-17. August will establish four major danger zones in international waters off the coast…
337 people injured on electric scooters since April
In July, close to five people were injured every day on an electric scooter. A total of 337 people were injured in such accidents from…
The Liberal party wants to push down the price of public transport
The Liberals (Venstre) kicked-off their election campaign on Tuesday evening on a tram which swept through the capital from Grünerløkka to Majorstuen. The location was…
Norwegian tour bus operators fear being out-competed by companies from Eastern Europe
Norwegian bus operators believe that foreigners must compete on the same terms as the Norwegian ones. Many companies from Eastern Europe pay neither minimum wages…
Norwegian reports higher load factor in July
Norwegian carried more than 3.7 million passengers in July. The load factor was 93.5 percent, up half a percentage point. A total of 3,714,432 passengers…
Increase in gonorrhea in Oslo
Around 60 % of all gonorrhea cases in Norway were reported in Oslo in 2018. This is also where the increase in cases in the…
Norwegian foods are the most expensive in Europe
In 2018, Norway had Europe’s highest price level for food and non-alcoholic beverages. The price level was 63 % above the EU average and 40…
A historic opportunity for Sudan
‘Norway congratulates the parties on having reached a peace agreement for Sudan, and thanks the AU and Ethiopia for their important contributions to the negotiations….
Strongest ever July for Norwegian seafood exports
Norway has exported 164,000 tonnes of seafood worth NOK 7.8 billion in July. This is a 6 per cent fall in volume but an 11…
Religious immigrants participate more often in voluntary work
Religiously active immigrants more often do volunteer work and have more confidence in other people than less religiously active immigrants, according to Statistics Norway. Although…