Новости за 25.03.2024

Norway’s left-center government is trying to crack down on wealthy Norwegians who move abroad mostly to avoid the country’s controversial annual tax on net worth. Anyone relocating to Switzerland or other countries with a lower tax burden will now be slapped with a more onerous “exit tax” even on unrealized gains. Under the new law, […]

Homeowners trying to sell their homes may need to be even more patient, after Norway’s central bank decided against lowering interest rates any time soon. Most economists think rates have topped out, but rate relief isn’t expected until the autumn. The central bank’s committee on monetary policy confirmed economic speculation that it wouldn’t lower rates […]

It remained unclear how long Norway’s popular train line over the mountains between Oslo and Bergen would remain closed, three days after a cargo train derailed just beyond the station at Arna outside Bergen. No one was seriously injured, but it’s taking time to remove the pile-up of boxcars. Officials have confirmed that the cargo […]

Norwegian police were ordered to carry firearms during the Easter holiday week after domestic intelligence agency PST issued a new terror evaluation. It warns that churches and other religious gathering places can be targets of a new terrorist attack. The terror warning is based on recent Islamic extremist propaganda that’s directed at Christian targets. Warnings […]

Norway’s men’s national football team has some of the best football players in the world, but like the women’s, just can’t manage to make them all succeed together. After losing another qualifying match late last week, the team won’t be participating in the European Championships this summer. Not even the likes of team captain and […]

The small Norwegian town of Ål in the mountains of Hallingdal was stunned during the weekend by another triple murder and suicide that left a family of four dead in their own home. It’s the latest in a series of murder-suicides within Norwegian families, and police are ringing alarms. “We’ve traditionally been a country with […]