Norway

Northern regions of Finnmark and Troms are battling the largest bird flu outbreak the country has ever seen, after more than 10.000 dead birds were found in the Vadsø area alone

A new poll indicates that seven out of 10 Norwegians now support euthanasia, or what they call aktiv dødshjelp (literally, active help to die); to receive it, however, they still have to travel abroad, because euthanasia remains illegal in Norway

New rules will make it easier for gay men to donate blood in the country, who will soon have to follow the same quarantine times as heterosexuals after each change of sexual partner, until now twice as long

Minister of Finance Trygve Slagsvold Vedum made it clear that he will not follow the new Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, which warn against the consumption of meat and alcohol

An unusual case occurred in Oslo after emergency teams were called to a flat in Bøler where they found a teenager who had become seriously ill after spilling a poisonous substance he had prepared himself

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