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Trond Robertsen patrols between barracks at the weather station at the North Coast of remote Norwegian territory Bear Island (Bjornoya)

Meteorologist with a first-row seat to climate change

In the cold of the Norwegian Arctic, meteorologist Trond Robertsen manually recorded precipitation levels for over two decades, witnessing first hand the effects of climate change.

News Lens • 23 Jun

Norway's central bank has cut its policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.25% - its first reduction since 2020

Norway central bank cuts rates in surprise move

Norway's central bank cut its policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.25% today, its first reduction since 2020 and with more to come later this year, in a decision that took most analysts by surprise and weakened the currency.

Business • 19 Jun

The Norwegian state had acquired shares in the airline as part of a pandemic-era restructuring plan

Norway sells off remaining stake in Norwegian Air

Norway's government today said it had sold its remaining shares in Norwegian Air for 892 million crowns (€77.26m), divesting a stake stemming from the airline's pandemic-era restructuring.

Business • 04 Jun

Norges Bank kept interest rates on hold at a 17-year high of 4.5% today

Norway holds interest rate steady at 4.5%

Norway's central bank kept interest rates on hold at a 17-year high of 4.5% today, as unanimously predicted by analysts, reflecting a resurgence of inflation that has prevented policy-makers from cutting borrowing costs.

Business • 08 May

Ida Wolden Bache, the Governor of Norway's central bank

Norway central bank keeps rate on hold in policy reversal

Norway's central bank kept interest rates on hold at a 17-year high of 4.5% today, in line with most forecasts, as an unexpected resurgence of inflation led policymakers to postpone their previously stated plan for a cut.

Business • 27 Mar

Nicolai Tangen secures second term as the CEO of Norway's vast sovereign wealth fund

Tangen secures another term as Norway's wealth fund CEO

Nicolai Tangen has been appointed to a second term as CEO of Norway's vast sovereign wealth fund, Norges Bank Investment Management, the central bank said today.

Business • 18 Mar

A demining operation in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Norway charity lays off 1,700 workers over US aid freeze

A major Norwegian aid group that specialises in demining operations, said it would let go 1,700 workers in 12 countries following a US decision to freeze foreign aid payments.

World • 11 Feb

Nicolai Tangen, the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management

Norway wealth fund's record $222 billion annual profit

Norway's $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has today reported a record annual profit of 2.51 trillion crowns ($222 billion), driven by last year's tech rally.

Business • 29 Jan

Norway's Central Bank has maintained plans to start cutting borrowing costs in March

Norway central bank keeps rate on hold, plans March cut

Norway's central bank held its policy interest rate unchanged at a 17-year high of 4.5% today, as unanimously expected by analysts in a Reuters poll, and maintained plans to start cutting borrowing costs in March.

Business • 23 Jan

Norway's policies mean that fully electric cars last year overtook pure petrol cars on Norwegian roads

In Norway, nearly all new cars sold were fully electric

Nine out of ten new cars sold in Norway last year were powered by battery only, registration data showed, placing the country within reach of its target of only adding cars that are electric on the road by 2025.

Business • 02 Jan

Norway's central bank keeps rate on hold, eyes March cut

Norway's central bank held its policy interest rate unchanged at a 16-year high of 4.5% today, as expected, and said it now planned to cut rates three times in 2025, down from four cuts seen previously.

Business • 19 Dec 24

The case is being heard at Oslo District Court

Women switched at birth in 1965 sue Norwegian state

A legal action has begun after two babies were switched at birth in a Norway hospital in 1965.

Europe • 12 Nov 24

The tram crashed through the front of a computer shop

Four injured as tram derails and crashes into Oslo shop

Four people have been injured after a tram crashed into a store in central Oslo, Norwegian police said.

World • 29 Oct 24

Ukrainian refugees are seen on a bus travelling to Norway in March 2022

Norway to end automatic asylum for Ukrainian refugees

Norway will no longer automatically grant asylum to all Ukrainians, the government has said, with applicants arriving from western Ukraine to be examined case-by-case.

Ukraine • 27 Sep 24

Norway central bank keeps rate on hold, eyes 2025 cut

Norway's central bank has kept its policy interest rate unchanged at a 16-year high of 4.5%, as widely expected, and said any cuts must wait until the first quarter of next year.

Business • 19 Sep 24

The beluga whale, named Hvaldimir, was found dead last month

'Russian spy' whale death not caused by humans - police

A beluga whale discovered with a harness strapped around its neck in Norwegian waters five years ago - and found dead on 31 August - had a stick stuck in its mouth and its death was not related to human activity, police said on Monday.

World • 09 Sep 24

Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management

Norway's soverign wealth fund warns of market uncertainty

Stock markets are not expected to continue to rise in the way they have in recent years as there is a lot of uncertainty and a "completely different geopolitical situation", the CEO of Norway's $1.7 trillion wealth fund has said.

Business • 14 Aug 24

Statkraft is scaling back its growth plans due to more challenging market conditions for the entire renewable energy industry

Statkraft posts Q2 loss due to asset impairments

Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft, Europe biggest renewable energy producer, has today posted a net loss for the second quarter, citing asset impairments in part linked to climate change and reduced power prices.

Business • 23 Jul 24

Zaniar Matapour was found guilty of a 2022 deadly shooting at the Oslo Pride March

Oslo Pride bar shooter to serve 30 years in prison

A Norwegian court has found a man guilty of murder and terrorism over a deadly shooting rampage at a gay bar in Oslo in 2022 during the city's annual Pride celebration.

World • 04 Jul 24

The remote property on Svalbard has no commercial value

Norway calls off unique property sale in Arctic Svalbard

The Norwegian government has called off a plan to sell the last privately owned piece of land on the strategic Arctic archipelago of Svalbard in order to prevent its acquisition by China.

World • 01 Jul 24

Norway shares a 198km border with Russia (File image)

Norway to close border to Russian tourists

Norway has said it will close its border to Russian tourists, shutting their last direct access to Europe's border-free Schengen area.

World • 23 May 24

Norges Bank, Norway's Central Bank, has keep rates at 4.5% today

Norway keeps interest rates on hold

Norway's central bank kept its key policy interest rate on hold at 4.5% today, as unanimously expected by analysts, and said a tight monetary policy stance may be needed for somewhat longer than planned in order to curb inflation.

Business • 03 May 24

Norway's $1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund is the world's largest wealth fund

Norway's wealth fund posts $109 billion Q1 profit

Norway's $1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has today posted a profit of 1.2 trillion crowns ($109 billion) for the first quarter of 2024, boosted by strong technology stocks.

Business • 18 Apr 24

Norges Bank, Norway's central bank, made no changes to its interest rates today

Norway keeps interest rate on hold, eyes autumn cut

Norway's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.5% today, as unanimously expected by analysts, and signalled that it only plans a single rate cut this year.

Business • 21 Mar 24

Breivik sued the Norwegian state claiming his prison conditions violated his human rights (file photo)

Mass killer Breivik loses case over 'inhumane' conditions

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has lost in his bid to end his isolation in prison, a court has ruled.

World • 15 Feb 24