Norway

In the first quarter of this year, the largest increase in population in more than a decade was recorded, according to the state statistics office Statistics Norway; there are now more than 5,5 million Norwegians

A drone flying over Oslo Constitution Day parade in front of Royal Palace was stopped and confiscated by police, who also intend to press charges against the American tourist who was piloting it

Several residents of the Gjerdrum area, north-east of Oslo, spotted a brown bear walking along a local road; a wildlife researcher advised them to start singing a song if they encounter the bear on foot, to signal that they are humans

Norwegian Justice Minister Emilie Enger discussed ways to strengthen cooperation on the Syrian refugee crisis with Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Faraya

Thousands of new Norwegian citizens filled Oslo's Spektrum arena on Sunday to be formally recognised and welcomed even though they lived in Norway for years, in one of many annual citizenship ceremonies

A new exhibition at the National Library in Oslo traces the rise of Norwegian black metal music, from a poorly understood subculture to a cultural phenomenon that has attracted massive worldwide attention

PM Jonas Gahr Støre hopes that the first large offshore wind projects will boost local expertise that can spread around the world, but opposition politicians believe that project start-up is slow and expensive

About two-thirds of Norwegian museums are struggling with electricity bills so high that they may have to close during part of the winter

State prosecutors blamed the collision and sinking of the Norway Navy frigate Helge Ingstad in 2018 on an inexperienced young man who’d been left in charge on the bridge; his defense attorney later blamed those who put him in charge

More women are revealing incidents of bullying, sexual harassment and even rape within the Norwegian military, while defense chiefs now admit to a "culture problem" among young male recruits who attack their own female colleagues

Flyr, the up-and-coming Norwegian airline that took off when the pandemic subsided, has been grounded, with the board of directors filing for bankruptcy in the Oslo County Court

What has been called the world's first long-term autonomous vehicle pilot project, sponsored by Mobility Forus, Boreal, Nordland County Municipality, Bodø Municipality and Sensible 4, has been successfully concluded in Bodø