Новости за 23.02.2024

Norwegian health officials have reported a steady decline of respiratory ailments over the past three weeks, and even fewer are testing positive for the Corona virus. That follows a sharp increase in new Corona cases last autumn. “The winter wave of the Corona virus is over,” according to a report on the website for Norway’s […]

Norway’s King Harald V now ranks as Europe’s oldest monarch, and he could celebrate his 87th birthday this week knowing that a solid majority of Norwegians support the monarchy. They also don’t want him to abdicate like the Danish queen did last month. King Harald himself has said he gave an oath to Parliament that […]

Norway started the year with an official population of 5,550,203. That amounts to a slight rise from the same time last year but many areas in the far north would have seen population declines if it hadn’t been for immigration. State statistics bureau SSB (Statistics Norway) reported a population increase this week of 61,219. That […]

Storm warnings were posted once again from the far north to the most southerly portions of Norway, just as Norwegians were heading into the winter holiday weekend. Roads were already closing in Finnmark, ferries were cancelled in Kristiansand and flood warnings were up all along the southern coast as snow turned into heavy rain. Even Norway’s […]