Culture news

Olga Tokarczuk and Jon Fosse on International Booker 2022 shortlist

Tokarczuk's vast The Books of Jacob and Fosse's A New Name: Septology VI-VII are, judges say, among six 'wildly different' works that all in part address trauma.

7 April 2022

Culture news

Will audiences buy into The Northman's Viking epic?

Ahead of the release of Robert Eggers' The Northman, we ask why Vikings have never seemed to make that big of a dent in Hollywood.

7 April 2022

Qatar

World Cup draw: FIFA and Qatar slammed over LGBTQ and worker rights

On the eve of the World Cup draw the head of Norway's FA criticised Qatar's record on protecting the rights of migrant workers and its criminalisation of homosexuality.

31 March 2022

Climate

Which European countries are leading the race on renewable energy?

Some of the Scandinavian winners are predictable, but smaller countries like Albania and Montenegro also make the top 10.

31 March 2022

Culture news

World Happiness Report: Are Nordic nations really that happy?

Nordic countries consistently score highly on the World Happiness Report, but are they really that happy? And is melancholy the secret to their success?

17 March 2022

Norway

Norway appeals court increases sentence of ‘ambulance hijacker’

Two young children were injured when a man deliberately drove the vehicle into pedestrians in Oslo in 2019.

9 March 2022

Destinations

These European countries have scrapped all their travel restrictions

With the threat of the Omicron variant now easing, these are the countries allowing restriction-free travel.

8 March 2022

Denmark

Denmark resumes construction of Baltic Sea gas pipeline to Poland

An original permit for the Baltic Pipe project was rejected last year due to environmental concerns.

1 March 2022

Culture news

Oscars 2022: What are European film's best hopes for an Academy Award?

Flee, Hand of God, and The Worst Person in the World are three of the five international films nominated for an Oscar. Here's more about them.

9 February 2022

Mobility

How do you get into your frozen Tesla? Whack it

The electric cars from California can freeze over in low temperatures, leaving drivers locked out. Luckily, the solution is surprisingly simple.

8 February 2022

Norway

Jens Stoltenberg to become next governor of Norway's central bank

The NATO Secretary-General is set to take over the role in December.

4 February 2022

Norway

Anders Breivik: Norway court rejects mass killer's parole request

"There is a clear risk that (Breivik) will return to the behaviour that led to the July 22 terrorist attacks," the Telemark District Court ruled, rejecting the request for release.

1 February 2022

Culture news

Meet the Bosnian 'Viking' living as his favourite fictional character

Escaping his life as a builder in Germany, Stipe Pleic decided to return to his hometown in Bosnia and live life as a viking.

31 January 2022

Norway

Norway's PM says Russia build-up is 'a sign of weakness'

Norway’s prime minister, whose country borders Russia and is a founding member of NATO, said he believes it’s “a sign of weakness” that President Vladimir Putin has to express Moscow’s political views by an “extraordinary” military buildup.

27 January 2022

Norway

Taliban delegation's visit to Norway prompts protest in Oslo

A Taliban delegation is due to meet with Norwegian and international authorities in the first such visit to the West since the Afghan takeover last August.

22 January 2022

Norway

Norway mass killer poor candidate for prison release, prosecutor says

A psychiatrist who has observed him since 2012 testified Wednesday that Breivik can't be trusted and a prison official told the judges hearing the parole request “there is an imminent danger” that, if released, Breivik would again commit serious crimes.

21 January 2022

Norway

Grandstanding fears as Norwegian mass killer seeks parole

77 people were killed when Anders Behring Breivik set off a bomb in front of the government headquarters in Oslo and opened fire on the annual summer camp on the island of Utoya.

18 January 2022

Nature

A quarter of the soil on these Norwegian islands is plastic waste

A team of volunteers and researchers have unearthed 5.5 million litres of marine waste from the Trøndelag archipelago since 2017.

17 January 2022

Residences

The seven must-visit hotels opening in Europe in 2022

Here are our favourite new hotels, resorts and stays set to open their doors in the coming year.

17 January 2022

Smart Regions

More charge points for Swedish cross-country corridor

A European project aims to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points in areas of low population density.

17 January 2022