Norway

Norway

Norway becomes the first country to switch off FM signal

Norwegian national broadcaster NRK radio programmes can now only be heard on digital radios after the last FM signal was switched to DAB

15/12/2017

Norway

‘Unprecedented’ number of reindeer killed by trains in Norway

More than a hundred reindeer have been killed by freight trains in Norway in just three days.

27/11/2017

Norway

NATO apologises to Turkey after Erdogan and Ataturk depicted as 'enemies' during military drill

"The incident does not reflect the views of NATO," said Stoltenberg

17/11/2017

Destinations

Europe’s first underwater restaurant

The eaterie will open just off the Norwegian coastline and marine biology is on the table.

26/10/2017

Norway

Nobel Peace Prize 'invests in nuclear weapon companies'

Nuclear campaigners urged to reject prize money.

20/10/2017

Norway

Norway men’s football team takes pay cut so women’s side earns the same

Male and female national players in Norway will earn the same wages in what is thought to be a first in world football.

08/10/2017

Norway

[Watch again] Anti-nuclear weapons group wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons given prestigious award.

06/10/2017

Norway

Who could be in contention for the Nobel Peace Prize 2017?

Who will win the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize? The bookmakers think the names on this list are in the running.

05/10/2017

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Flying over Norway's fjords

26/09/2017

Norway

Killer whales give surfers a scare during Norway competition

Two orcas interrupted competitors during the semi-finals of the Lofoten Masters surf competition in Unstad, Norway

25/09/2017

Norway

Norway under fire for deporting woman who was whipped in Iran

An Iranian woman living in Norway for the last eight years and who was whipped 80 times in Iran this week after deportation in March is taking the Norwegian Immigration Ministry to court.

22/09/2017

Sport

Dumoulin wins World Time Trial

Dutch cyclist storms ahead of his rivals to take the gold medal.

20/09/2017

Economy

Norway's sovereign wealth fund reaches $1 trillion

Known as the oil fund, it is now equivalent to 1.4 million Norwegian kroner for each of the country's 5.2 million citizens.

19/09/2017

Norway

Senior cop Eirik Jensen jailed over corruption in Norway

He was once in charge of combating Oslo's criminal gangs. Now he's been convicted of helping them in return for bribes.

19/09/2017

Norway

Conservatives declare victory in Norwegian election

Ruling Conservative Party retain power in historic Norwegian election

11/09/2017

Norway

Norway votes in knife-edge election

Norway will soon know who will lead the country for the next four years.

11/09/2017

Next Series

Scientists absorbed by deep-sea sponges

By filtering sea water through their pores, deep-sea sponges recycle waste and produce valuable nutrients for other marine organisms.

28/08/2017

Next Series

Takeaway: Filters of the ocean

Are sponges the most mysterious organism on Earth?

28/08/2017

Norway

Bus seats mistaken for burqas by members of anti-immigrant group in Norway

“Tragic”, “terrifying” and “disgusting” - an anti-immigrant group from Norway mistake bus seats for ladies in burqas.

02/08/2017

Norway

Norwegians help re-erect penis-shaped rock formation

07/07/2017

Norway

Norway bids to ban full-face veils

12/06/2017

Norway

“I fight for my son”: A 360 degree portrait of a Romanian street worker

Every day at 5 am Florian-Petrus Cretu gets up to sell Folk er Folk, a street magazine, in the streets of Oslo.

08/06/2017

Norway

Filming 360° video in the Arctic

15/05/2017

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Longest snowkite race ever in Norway

350 kiters from 29 nations have gathered in Hardangervidda in Norway for a 130-kilometre race on skis and snowboards.

03/04/2017

Norway

Polar beer at the world's northernmost brewery

"To make something of our own, that was the idea and beer was something as a coal miner we drank a lot of." Robert Johansen's passion project, a brewery deep in the Arctic circle.

24/03/2017

Norway

Norway tops UN list of happiest countries on earth

Norway has jumped to top spot in this year's World Happiness Report, knocking its neighbour Denmark off the top spot, into second place.

20/03/2017