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A middle-aged man in Rogaland, western Norway, had been indicted for possession of more than 7,000 bird eggs, many of them from 98 protected bird species. Police are calling it a serious case of environmental crime. “Fortunately it’s not common that we handle such cases,” prosecutor Øyvind Bore of Norway’s Southwest…
Police are mounting a case against an intruder at the royal estate at Skaugum who broke into the residence used by Queen Mette-Marit’s son, Marius Borg Høiby, just before the weekend. The intruder is likely to be charged with trespassing and minor assault. Høiby is in custody himself while appealing a four-year jail…
It’s been a busy week for Norway’s defense minister, who not only welcomed another British aircraft carrier but also a new US envoy. Both were delayed into Oslo for various reasons, and the new US ambassador traveled quickly on to Norway’s border area in the far north. Norway hasn’t had an American ambassador since…
Norway is an oil-producing nation with a long history in the hydro-electric power business. Now, however, the country where electricity has always been plentiful and relatively cheap is bracing for higher rates and shortages that the government is trying to ward off. “We need to make some major and comprehensive…
Norway’s central bank kept its key policy rate at 4.5 percent on Thursday, but warned that it will either remain at that relatively high level or even rise. That’s because the bank’s committee on monetary policy thinks inflation is still too high. “It will likely be necessary to keep the policy rate elevated” for a
He was allowed to take part in funeral rituals for his step-grandfather King Harald in September, but Marius Borg Høiby otherwise remains in custody while his rape conviction is under appeal. He had sought release from the electronic ankle cuff that confines him to a house on the royal estate at Skaugum. Høiby, the…
A young man who shot and killed two men just before his victims were heading out to hunt with several others still isn’t talking and won’t reveal his motive. Police had thought the murders were linked to a conflict but now they’re not so sure. The murders took place early in the morning of October
There was a sense of jubilation in Norway on Wednesday as results of the US mid-term elections rolled in throughout the day. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide got the ball rolling early Wednesday morning when he welcomed the Democrats’ victory in Congress live on Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK)’s popular 15-minute debate…