Starting in 2020 or 2021, the government is to begin a trial in which 400 serious heroin addicts will be provided with the drug. The controversial move is part of widespread drug reform policy that ...
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Welcome Home, Maud!
Almost a century after leaving Norway, Roald Amundsen’s polar exploration vessel ‘Maud’ has returned home. It may never have hit its goal of reaching the North Pole, but the famous ship is rightly ...
Norway’s Summer Heatwave
Temperature records have tumbled in the north of Norway this summer, but the impact of the heatwave has been felt far and wide. Wow, what a scorcher! Like much of Europe, Norway has been basking in ...
Barack Obama to Visit Norway
The former President of the United States of America will speak at a business event near Oslo this September. "We are honoured to welcome President Barack Obama to Norway," said the event founder and ...
Burqa & Niqab Ban Proposed in Norway
Norway's minority government has proposed to ban face-covering garments at schools, daycares and other educational institutions. The current Finance Minister Siv Jensen (Progress party), Minister of ...
Farewell Sylvi Listhaug!
Norway's controversial Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration has resigned. One of the most controversial Norwegian politicians in recent times, Sylvi Listhuag, has reigned from her ...
Space Weather Study in Norway
A new study of the solar wind phenomenon starts this month with a series of rocket launches from Norway. A team of international scientists including NASA are about to start a two-year programme ...
Norway Feels the Freeze
As with much of the rest of Europe, Norway has felt the cold this week. A bitterly cold storm from Siberia has swept across Norway for the last few days, bringing the lowest temperatures felt in ...
Plans to Ban Semi-Automatic Guns
Norwegian politicians are set to ban semi-automatic guns from 2021. Norway plans to ban semi-automatic firearms as of 2021, a decade after the mass shooting that left 69 people dead on Utøya. One of ...
Trump & Norway: How The World Reacted
The world's media has had a lot to say about Trump's preference for Norwegians. When Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg met with the US President Donald Trump just two weeks ago, she can't have ...