Norwegian authorities have detected radiation 800,000 times higher than normal near the location of a Russian submarine that sank in the Norwegian Sea thirty years ago. Norway's Institute of Marine Research has discovered high levels of...
Space Norway is establishing a new satellite broadband operation for the Arctic. Elon Musk’s SpaceX will launch the satellites into orbit. The state-owned enterprise Space Norway will use the two new satellites to provide broadband access...
Financing for the new Majorstuen-Fornebu light rail extension is now in place, meaning the long-awaited line is a step closer. The long-awaited plans to extend the Oslo T-Bane metro network to Fornebu reached a new milestone...
The Norwegian Consumer Authority has come down hard on Scandinavian budget fashion powerhouse Hennes & Mauritz (H&M). The authority says that the brand’s use of the term “Conscious” to indicate the clothes are sustainable and environmentally...
The temperature in Vardø, Norway’s easternmost town, is rising. This means mainland Norway will soon have no towns remaining with an official polar climate. Svalbard has hit the headlines in recent years as one of the...
The sun doesn’t set for 69 days over Norway’s Sommarøy. Locals now want to do away with ‘unnecessary’ time during that period. Sommarøy locals want to go “time-free” for the summer by introducing more flexible school...
Swedish train operator SJ has won the rights to run seven train routes in Norway. This will result in job losses at Vy, according to the Norwegian train company's director. It’s been a wretched couple of...
As local elections draw near, an action group formed to fight increasing road tolls in Norway is gathering support, especially in and around Bergen. Meet Folkeaksjonen nei til mer bompenger (FNB), Norway’s newest political party that...
A continued escalation of the US trade war with China could hit the Norwegian economy hard. That's the verdict of official analysis from Statistics Norway, which warns of a poor economic outlook for the years to...
Single-use plastic will soon be illegal in Norway under fast-track regulation plans announced this weekend by the Norwegian government. Knives, forks, spoons, plates, straws, chopsticks, earbuds and more single-use plastic items will soon be banned across...