Norway still on track for interest cuts in 2025

Consumer prices rose 2.2 percent in December 2024 and the same month a year before, figures released by national data agency Statistics Norway on Friday show. Furthermore, annual core inflation which is inflation adjusted for tax changes and excluding …

Norway YAC students review grant applications

Terri Castelaz/Daily News photo Members of the Norway High School Youth Advisory Council, known as YAC, met with Dickinson Area Community Foundation Executive Director Tamara Juul to discuss its 2024 grant applications. The three non-profit …

Location tracking company Unacast tells Norway its data was hacked, broadcaster says

Location tracking company Unacast has confirmed to the Norwegian government that it was the victim of a hack, according to a notice published by Norwegian public broadcaster NRK on Friday. Last week claims began circulating online that Unacast's data …

Norway's travel fair sees growing interest in China travel

OSLO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Norway's largest travel fair TravelXpo opened on Friday, with "Hello, China!" booth drawing many visitors. The booth, featuring distinctive Chinese cultural elements, showcases China tourism facilitation policies and …

Russian threat pushes Norway to build bomb shelters for ‘worst-case scenario’

“In that case, shelters are one of the protective measures we need,” she added. Until 1998, any large apartment complex in Norway was required to have a bomb shelter; but no new bomb shelters have been built since. Mehl said that the requirement will apply …

Immigrants in Norway Applying for Family Reunification Must Earn More Starting February 1

The Norwegian authorities have announced that starting February 1, 2025, the country will increase the minimum annual income requirement for foreigners who want to being their family members to Norway under the family reunification rules. The minimum …

Norway, Scottish salmon prices drop back from heights, Chilean edge up

Additional reporting by Lorin Castiglione Spot prices for Norwegian farmed Atlantic salmon look to be dropping back, as expected, in the third week of 2025 (commencing Jan. 23, 2024), Undercurrent News sources confirmed [...] Want to keep reading? Sign up …

Norway Wants to Build New Air Shelters in Case of War

Norway said Friday it wants to reintroduce mandatory construction of air raid shelters in new buildings, one of around 100 proposals aimed at boosting preparedness in case of war. Norway, a NATO member that shares a northern border with Russia, scrapped …

Norway to increase earnings requirement for family immigration permits

Norway’s Justice Ministry announced the tighter rules as a measure to reduce immigration. “We are in the middle of a huge refugee crisis, and we have received a huge number of people from Ukraine. This puts a lot of pressure on the reception system in the …

‘Replicate Norway’s gender equality framework in India’