Criminal networks from abroad and local gangs are among the biggest threats facing the Norwegian public and police. Now the latter have an extra NOK 600 million in state funding to help ward them off.

Jan 15, 2025 · NEWS ANALYSIS: From its strategic Arctic areas in the far north, to its border to Russia in northeastern Finnmark and vast offshore territory in the west and south: Norway is battening down the hatches. New defense and preparedness plans “will affect every one of us,” declared Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre while rolling out the […]

Jan 10, 2025 · Criminal networks from abroad and local gangs are among the biggest threats facing the Norwegian public and police. Now the latter have an extra NOK 600 million in state funding to help ward them off.

Jan 31, 2024 · Northern- and Southern Norway were cut off from each other Wednesday evening, after yet another extreme storm slammed into the central portions of the country. The E6 highway that runs from the border to Sweden in the south to the border to Russia in the far north was closed over the mountains of Saltfjellet in […]

Feb 12, 2024 · Norway’s national security- and intelligence agencies released their evaluations of threats against Norway on Monday, and they’re the highest and most serious in decades. China and Norway’s neighbouring Russia still pose the biggest threats, they claim, while the threat of terrorist attacks is “moderate.” The evaluations come from Norway’s foreign- and military intelligence agency ...

Oct 8, 2024 · NewsInEnglish.no is a free and independent Oslo-based website offering news from Norway. It’s run on a voluntary basis by veteran journalists keen to share insight into Norwegian politics, economic affairs and culture, in English.

Oct 22, 2024 · The Norwegian government claimed it was boosting border control earlier this month and announced Tuesday that the stricter control will be extended until November 11. The reason is an ongoing assessment that the threat of a terrorist attack has risen. The government first announced higher threat- and security levels on October 8, mostly because of […]

Jan 23, 2025 · Norwegian and French officials confirmed Wednesday night that four Norwegian skiers were killed in an avalanche in the French Alps earlier in the day. They were part of a group of skiers trekking in the Savoie region close to... Three masked men were reportedly seen running from the scene of a ...

Nov 28, 2023 · Norwegian government officials were back in court on Tuesday, trying to fend off another legal challenge to their refusal to stop searching for more oil and gas. On the eve of the next UN climate summit, they’re on the defensive after being sued by local environmental organizations demanding an immediate halt to the development of […]

May 29, 2024 · War in Europe, digital threats and climate change have prompted Norwegian officials to expand their crisis preparedness guidelines and even cooperate more closely with the EU. Everyone in the country should now be able to get along without water, electricity, digital communications and electronic payment systems for at least seven days. That’s up …