The collapse of Norway's Labour-Center government coalition last week has already sparked a new battle over energy supplies to the country's lucrative but climate unfriendly gas processing plant on the Arctic island of Melkøya.

Jan 15, 2025 · NEWS ANALYSIS: From its strategic Arctic areas in the far north, to its border to Russia in northeastern Finnmark and vast offshore territory in the west and south: Norway is battening down the hatches. New defense and preparedness plans “will affect every one of us,” declared Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre while rolling out the […]

3 days ago · Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre issued an appeal to the country after presenting his new minority Labour government on Tuesday, the first in 25 years made up of just one party. It only represents 26.3 percent of voters in the last national election, but Støre is keen to show that it can rule responsibly. […]

NEWS ANALYSIS: After two hectic weeks full of political speculation and new signs of public support for the EU, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre could announce that he'll be forming a new minority government made up strictly of ministers...

Sep 10, 2024 · Roads were closed, train service disrupted and homes flooded after more heavy rain swept through much of central Norway this week. A landslide Tuesday spread mud, rocks and floodwaters over the main E6 highway near Ringebu, closing it in both directions. The Dovrebanen train line between Oslo and Trondheim was also halted, after the state […]

Feb 12, 2024 · Norway’s national security- and intelligence agencies released their evaluations of threats against Norway on Monday, and they’re the highest and most serious in decades. China and Norway’s neighbouring Russia still pose the biggest threats, they claim, while the threat of terrorist attacks is “moderate.” The evaluations come from Norway’s foreign- and military intelligence agency ...

Oct 8, 2024 · NewsInEnglish.no is a free and independent Oslo-based website offering news from Norway. It’s run on a voluntary basis by veteran journalists keen to share insight into Norwegian politics, economic affairs and culture, in English.

Jan 10, 2025 · Norway has what’s widely viewed as the best sick-pay provisions in the world, along with the highest absentee rate from school and work. Questions have flown over whether Norwegians are really so much sicker than workers in other countries, but employers have so far failed in their efforts to restrict generous sick-leave benefits. National employers […]

Jan 23, 2025 · Norwegian and French officials confirmed Wednesday night that four Norwegian skiers were killed in an avalanche in the French Alps earlier in the day. They were part of a group of skiers trekking in the Savoie region close to... Three masked men were reportedly seen running from the scene of a ...

Nov 28, 2023 · Norwegian government officials were back in court on Tuesday, trying to fend off another legal challenge to their refusal to stop searching for more oil and gas. On the eve of the next UN climate summit, they’re on the defensive after being sued by local environmental organizations demanding an immediate halt to the development of […]