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WEBTighter asylum rules for Ukrainians spark both praise and criticism. The Norwegian government's decision to tighten asylum and immigration rules for Ukrainian refugees is drawing both praise and criticism from opposition parties. Some were "shocked," while others think Ukrainians from "safer" areas of the country can travel home. Norway's ...
Threat levels highest in decades - Norway's News in English
WEBFebruary 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.”.
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WEBSep 19, 2024 · New Quisling film opens in Norway, as the winds of war blow again. September 19, 2024. Vidkun Quisling was such a traitor during Nazi Germany's occupation of Norway during World War II that his name became synonomous with helping the enemy in English-language dictionaries. A new film about …
New storm cuts Norway in two - Norway's News in English
WEBJanuary 31, 2024. Northern- and Southern Norway were cut off from each other Wednesday evening, after yet another extreme storm slammed into the central portions of the country. The E6 highway that runs from the border to Sweden in the south to the border to Russia in the far north was closed over the mountains of Saltfjellet in Nordland, and ...
Norway is getting ‘back to normal’ - Norway's News in English
WEBSep 23, 2021 · Norway is getting ‘back to normal’. NEWS ANALYSIS: Interest rates have started to rise, oil and gas exports have more than doubled and Norway will soon even have a Labour Party-led government again, just as most of the country’s Corona virus-related restrictions are likely to be lifted. Post-pandemic “normalization” is clearly underway.
Norway boosts crisis preparedness - Norway's News in English — …
WEBMay 29, 2024 · Norway boosts crisis preparedness. May 29, 2024. War in Europe, digital threats and climate change have prompted Norwegian officials to expand their crisis preparedness guidelines and even cooperate more closely with the EU. Everyone in the country should now be able to get along without water, electricity, digital communications and electronic ...
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WEBSep 18, 2024 · Inflation rate lands at 2.6 percent. September 10, 2024. Norway's state statistics bureau SSB reported Tuesday that prices in general are up 2.6 percent since September last year. Food prices, meanwhile, have risen another 4.5 percent, but were slightly down from August. Food prices usually fall in September, when...
Norway tries to reduce refugee influx - Norway's News in English
WEBOct 11, 2023 · The reduction emerged when Norway’s Labour-Center government presented its proposed state budget for next year late last week. Last year it cut its acceptance of UN-registered refugees, mostly from the Middle East and African countries, from 3,000 a year to 2,000. Now the government …
Remaining Corona rules extended - Norway's News in English
WEBOct 28, 2021 · Remaining Corona rules extended. October 28, 2021. Norway’s new health minister held her first Corona press conference on Thursday, amidst a sudden and ongoing rise in Covid-19 infection in Norway. Ingvild Kjerkol of the Labour Party called the situation “manageable,” but announced that the government has …
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WEBDec 23, 2022 · Oslo's new Munch museum, now called simply MUNCH, has unveiled the rumbling result of an unusual encounter between artists: Norway's greatest painter, Edvard Munch, and one of the country's best-known black metal bands, Satyricon.