Norway is quite strict about online gambling, especially for casino sites. The country operates a state-controlled monopoly system with Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto. Norsk Tipping is in charge of ...

Norway has updated its travel information for citizens planning to visit the United States, following the lead of several other European countries. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) ...

In four years, the proportion of poor in Norway increased from 7.7 per cent to 9.3 per cent. Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) presents “Poverty and living conditions in Norway” report ...

Photo : Wilse, Anders Beer / Norsk Folkemuseum Anti-Semite graffiti and German posters on a shop in Oslo, occupied Norway during the Second World War. The graffiti proclaims (left to right): ...

Almost all political parties in Norway reject to ally with current coalition member right wing Progress Party (FrP) after the elections in September 2017. After four years external support to the ...

Photo : David Blumenkrantz. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (SIRUS) there are over 10,000 drug addicts in Norway, most of them heroin users. Drug use will no longer be punished, but ...

An old lady approaching towards police buses in Oslo during a demonstration. § Photo: Egil Fujikawa Nes Norway tops on Gallup’s Law and Order Index, a worldwide gauge of people’s sense of personal ...

Researcher Michael Green, who is leading the research, thinks GDP isn’t the best way to measure a good society. His alternative The Social Progress Index, measures things like basic human needs and ...

Women, children and adolescents should avoid eating farmed salmon, according to Norwegian doctors and international experts. The reason is that salmon feed contains harmful pollutants. Talking to VG, ...

Minister of Defence Frank Bakke-Jensen sign an agreement between Norway and USA Credit: Torbjørn Kjosvold, Norwegian Armed FOrces “The United States of America is Norway’s most important ally, and we ...

The house is part of a pilot research project by Norway’s Research Center on Zero Emission Buildings (ZEB). The purpose of the project is completely stop emission of greenhouse gas. International ...

Photo : Ingrid Taylar. A raccoon family who made their home in a house’s backyard. The North American carnivore has established itself in large numbers in Germany and Central Europe. A dead raccoon ...