Category: News

Kyrgyz lawyer honored for efforts to end statelessness Marit Fosse Geneva On Oct. 2 in Geneva, Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, announced the 2019 Nansen Refugee Award winner in a press...

Sovereign wealth fund plans to dump stakes in oil & gas companies The Local Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is scaling back plans to dump stakes in oil and gas companies, the government has revealed....

Climate change is linked to early harvest of fruits in Norway This year’s apple season has been so fruitful that distributors in Norway are running short on storage space. Meteorologists have linked climate change...

Denmark and Norway fare poorly in new international survey The Local Denmark and Norway provoked mixed feelings among international workers trying to make a life in the two countries, as they performed relatively poorly...

Norwegian PM shown Equinor’s new Empire Wind project in NYC Victoria Garza Norway Today Equinor chief Eldar Sætre took Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) on a supply boat and showed her the company’s new...

US Ambassador puts pressure on Norway to pay its fair share as NATO member Victoria Garza Norway Today Kenneth J. Braithwaite, U.S. ambassador to Norway, has in recent months put extra pressure on Norway...

Locals celebrate as looming threat gives way at long last David Nikel Trondheim, Norway You might expect the dramatic collapse of a mountain in a popular hiking area of western Norway to create fear...

Manshaus, arrested for murder and mosque attack, says he wanted to intimidate Muslims Brian Kerr Norway Today Terror and murder-accused Philip Manshaus, 22, told police that he wanted to kill as many people as...

National trends on display in Norway’s version of midterms Andy Meyer The Norwegian American Monday, Sept. 9, was Election Day in Norway. On the ballot were candidates for municipal and county councils. (For readers...

White paper released on plans for new government complex Ministry of Local Government & Modernization Almost eight years after the terrorist attacks on the government building complex in Oslo and the island of Utøya,...