Norway

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz rejected the request of his Norwegian counterpart Espen Barth Eide to visit Tel Aviv in protest against Oslo’s recognition of the State of Palestine last May

The Norwegian authorities' decision to ban wild salmon fishing in 33 Norwegian rivers this summer has triggered concerns and complaints

The popular mountain road known as Trollstigen, known for its hairpin bends, has been closed again after another landslide and may be closed for the entire season until the blazes are secured and the road stabilised

The Green Party has called for a new national park in Rogaland, the only county in Norway without a national park

Further restrictions will be imposed on the entry of Russian citizens into the country, said the Norwegian Ministress of Justice

The powerful farmers' lobby has once again demanded much larger state funding than that offered by the current farmer-friendly government, setting the stage for more organised protests; egg shelves are empty and food prices are rising at the supermarket

After years of accidents and complaints that led to stricter regulation of electric scooters, the new Conservative-led city government in Oslo now wants more of them, along with some deregulation

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, responsible for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize, has elected its youngest leader ever: Jørgen Watne Frydnes, 39; he led the revival of the Utøya site and first joined the committee in 2021 as one of the Labour Party’s choices

The government intends to invest about 500 million Norwegian kroner (€42.939.000) a year in church restoration over the next three decades

Over half of Norwegian teenagers enrolling in high schools in the country listed crafts and vocational trades as their first choice of study; government officials are pleased and relieved given the country's shortcomings

Biologists are providing Arctic foxes, remote dog species on the brink of extinction in Hardangervidda National Park, with feeding programmes; some scientists question whether it makes sense to support animals in landscapes that can no longer sustain them

Bergen's municipal government has voted to ban overnight camping in public parks, open spaces, along streets, squares and other public areas; critics say the aim is to keep homeless people off the streets