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Forest fire risk in southern Norway, heavy traffic expected into Oslo as people return from long weekend, and other news from Norway on Monday.

Eirik Yalte and Ida Elisabeth Uberg Gosland calculated in their master’s thesis that Norway earned about 334 billion Kronor ($31.3bn) from...

On Thursday, at the Norway Parliament, there was a meeting in solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising and their organized Resistance movement. The

Labour bashed over drug reform rejection April 19, 2021 Left-wing parties in Parliament along with those in government were disappointed after the Labour Party rejected the government’s proposal to decriminalize use and possession of small amounts of narcotics. The rejection was met with both harsh criticism and vows to revive the effort. Labour leader Jonas Gahr Støre led the opposition to drug law reform and prevailed, but a large bloc of his own party faithful still support it. It was ironic that one of the few other parties praising Labour’s drug reform rejection was the right-wing...

Latest Corona-related news in brief: April 14, 2021 FACED WITH A LOOMING SHORTAGE OF VACCINE in Norway, the head of an expert group studying Corona’s economic impact is urging expansion of the period between the first and second shots. That would allow more Norwegians to get their first shot, and that can help prevent the spread of infection. Steinar Holden, a professor of economics at the University of Oslo, leads the government’s panel that’s evaluating the social and economic consequences of the Corona pandemic. He’s now responding to news this week that Norway like won’t be re...