Australian politicians describe their ban on children under 16 using social media as “world-leading,” but in truth, the rest of the world is not far behind them. An international consensus against permitting children on social media gained momentum in 2024, despite deep reservations from Internet freedom advocates.
Norwegian student arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia and Iran while working as a guard at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo.
At least one person was killed and four people injured when a train running along Norway’s northern coast derailed Thursday with 55 people on board, police said.
Norway is introducing temporary border checks on its frontiers with other Western European nations after the domestic security agency raised the terror threat level, police said Saturday.
Norway may put a fence along the border it shares with Russia to prevent Moscow from using illegal migrants as a means of “hybrid warfare”.
Norwegian police issue international warrant for a man believed to be involved in the supply chain of a batch of explosive-stuffed pagers.
Matthew Gabriel pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two counts of giving law enforcement false terror tips against his fantasy football rival.
Whale who became something of a celebrity after being found wearing Russian camera kit has been found dead and possibly not of natural causes.
Norwegian Princess Märtha Louise married an American self-professed shaman on Saturday in a wedding ceremony following three days of festivities.
President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed the complex prisoner-swap deal with Russia that freed unjustly imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and two others in exchange for prisoners including Russian assassin Vadim Krasikov as a prodigious “feat of diplomacy.”
Iranian man charged with terrorism over 2022 attack at LGBTQ+ festival in Norway, in which two people were killed and nine seriously wounded.
Norway signed a deal to start stockpiling grain, saying the COVID-19 pandemic, a war in Europe and climate change have made it necessary.
Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the move was a step towards focussing “all our efforts” on a two-state solution.
Israel formally summoned the ambassadors of Ireland, Norway, and Spain on Thursday and made them watch recently-released footage of Hamas abducting female Israeli soldiers as part of an official reprimand.
Three left-wing govts say they will recognise Palestine as a state this month, leaving Israel accusing them of rewarding terrorism.
Hamas celebrated Wednesday as Ireland, Norway, and Spain announced that they would recognize a Palestinian state in the wake of the October 7 terror attacks against Israel, prompting Israel to recall its ambassadors from all three.
A Norwegian citizen born in Oslo to Pakistan immigrants, Bhatti was a leading figure in radical Islamic circles in Norway for years.
A convicted sex offender is asking the Norwegian Supreme Court to declare that social media access is a human right.
The Russian bordering Nordic nation of Norway announced the most significant change in its defence in modern times.
Two bomb threats led to a brief lockdown of the Norwegian parliament Wednesday, while lawmakers continued debate inside.
Norway has become the latest European state to look again at its conscription programme, pushed by Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Denmark is more than doubling the period of mandatory service, calling up more young people, and requiring women to enrol for the first time.
Pro-Israel women in Oslo, Norway, were prevented from attending an International Women’s Day march by organizers and pro-Palestinian participants on Friday.
A Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation plane arrived on Friday in Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi.
A Norwegian lawmaker revealed on Friday that he had nominated the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), its office dedicated to services for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, for the Nobel Peace Prize.
A Norwegian citizen originally from Iran was charged with aggravated terrorism for the deadly shooting ahead of an LGBTQ festival in Olso.
A group of northern Euro nations has agreed to work together, saying they will share deportation flights and organise voluntary repatriations.
Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store on Sunday decried Israel’s response to the terrorist attack by Hamas earlier this month as “disproportionate.”
Norway will spend $6 million per year stocking up on grain as the pandemic, war, & climate have made it necessary, govt says.
Mathias Normann terminated his contract with the team and left Russia after a drone strike on buildings near the neighborhood where he lived.
Police arrest Norwegian citizen in Hungary on suspicion of planning extremist attack modeled on 2011 massacre in Norway that killed 77.
It is “obvious” why Russia is interested in European infrastructure and there is suspicion cables and pipes may already have been “mined”.
A classic of the Cold War — Russian spy trawlers — with ostensibly civilian ships loitering close to NATO exercises and underwater cables.
Russia has dismissed as “fake news” claims the country is spying on NATO neighbour state Norway, and now considers the country hostile.
Norway’s govt said it was expelling 15 Russian diplomats, saying they were suspected of spying while working at the Russian Embassy in Oslo.
A TikTok data centre is using so much electricity there isn’t any spare to power the expansion of an arms manufacturing plant, they claim.
Norway’s medical watchdog has ruled that “not enough research” has been done on the safety of trans drugs and surgery for children, and that such treatments should be regarded as experimental.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Police on Thursday removed activists from the entrance to two Norwegian government offices as campaigners continued their protest against a wind farm that they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer in Arctic Norway.
Greta Thunberg was hauled off by police in Norway on Wednesday during a protest against a wind turbine project in the country’s north.
Professional protester Greta Thunberg helped block the entrance to Norway’s energy ministry Monday to demand freedom for indigenous reindeer herding.
