Norway

An enormous sinkhole in Norway engulfed a portion of motorway and railway tracks, killing one person, authorities said on Saturday.

Does the 2025 Norwegian election matter to foreign residents? From the need tackle the rise of the far-right to taking a step towards integrating in Norway, four international voters explain why the election is important to them.

OSLO, Norway — In a recent dialogue with Norwegian Foreign Journalist at the NIPS Oslo, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide addressed the evolving dynamics of Norway’s foreign policy, particularly…

A Norwegian teenager detained after the killing of an Ethiopian-origin worker at an Oslo hostel also planned an attack on a mosque, police said on Thursday.

With just under two weeks to go until Norwegians head to the polls in parliamentary elections, a new poll shows that the race is incredibly tight.

The Norwegian state and environmental groups will meet in court again on Thursday over three oil fields ruled illegal last year due to insufficient environmental impact studies.

On Tuesday, an 80-year-old man was tracked down and arrested in Kirchberg thanks to cooperation between Luxembourgish and Norwegian police.  The man had been sentenced in Norway to eight years…

Russia’s fisheries agency on Wednesday threatened to block Norwegian fishing vessels from the country’s territorial waters as retaliation for Oslo joining EU sanctions against two Russian fishing companies. In May, Brussels sanctioned Murman Seafood…

While the surge in sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) was initially seen as a threat to Norway’s electricity grid, reality, and the fact that most people (81%) charge their…

A vacation on the Greek island of Rhodes turned into a nightmare for a 56-year-old Norwegian woman, who reported being violently assaulted by her 54-year-old partner in their hotel room.…

Darker days, parliamentary elections and a new language test for permanent residency are all just around the corner in Norway this September.

Norway's government says it is preparing steps to curb rising food prices after sharp increases drew public concern.

Norway's sovereign wealth fund has said it had divested from US construction equipment firm Caterpillar over purported involvement in rights violations in the Israel-Hamas war.

A consortium of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund and Dutch pension fund APG is said to be preparing a binding offer to acquire parts of TenneT, the state-owned grid operator in…

Norwegian seafood exports to Việt Nam are making quite the splash in 2025, continuing their upward swim after a successful 2024. The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) has announced that total…

From cultural festivals and world-class sports events, there’s something for everyone in Norway this autumn. Here’s a guide to what’s happening between late August and mid-October.

The world's first commercial service offering carbon storage off Norway's coast has carried out its inaugural CO2 injection into the North Sea seabed, the Northern Lights consortium operating the site said Monday.

Scania will supply 41 battery-electric city and suburban buses to operator Tide Buss for service in Vestfold, Norway, from summer 2026. The buses mark the manufacturer’s first electric deliveries in…

The Norwegian Football Federation announced that ticket revenue from an upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Israel will be donated to Gaza. In a recent statement, the federation said…

Ukrainian former President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has been referred to as the “king of the graveyard” and a “political belly dancer” held a conversation with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr…

A Norwegian marine research vessel named RV Fridtjof Nansen will conduct a survey of fish resources and ecosystems in the Bay of Bengal, according to Fisheries and Livestock Advisor Farida…

The U.S. Congress Party’s paramilitary government in Ukraine, represented by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, held phone calls with his Norwegian and Polish counterparts to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine and…

A highly anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin yielded no agreement to resolve or pause Moscow’s war in Ukraine, although both leaders described the…

Project company Svalbard Kjernekraft has submitted a planning initiative for a Sealer small modular reactor (SMR) in Longyearbyen, a coal-mining town on Spitsbergen Island, in Norway’s isolated Svalbard archipelago. The move marks…

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the United States will meet in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15. Putin will be the first-ever Russian leader to visit Alaska,…

Swedish, Norwegian media outlets, including SR, SVT, SvD, and VG, say they first need to ensure their teams’ safety Several media outlets from Sweden and Norway expressed their readiness to…

A Norwegian diver has been sentenced to almost 10 years in prison over an 80-kilogram cocaine haul in the Port of Newcastle. Newcastle District Court heard Jon Birger Karlsen attempted…

The Azerbaijani Youth Organisation in Norway has called on the Norwegian government to adopt a balanced and fair approach in discussions and decision-making processes related to Azerbaijan. The organisation issued…

The Norwegian publication Geopolitics has published an article by Zaur Ahmadov, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark, highlighting the initialing of the peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia,…

A Rwandan man, who was arrested in Norway for crimes he allegedly committed during the East African nation’s 1994 genocide, has been repatriated, a spokesperson for Rwanda’s prosecutor’s office said…