https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norway's Arctic archipelago Svalbard on Saturday recorded its highest-ever temperature, the country's meteorological institute reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20200726/norways-svalbard-records-highest-ever-artic-temperature Sun, 26 Jul 2020 12:50:07 +0200 norways-svalbard-records-highest-ever-artic-temperature Green groups were in court in Oslo on Tuesday for the first day of the historical appeal against the Norwegian government's decision to open parts of the Arctic Ocean to oil exploration. https://www.thelocal.no/20191105/green-groups-take-norway-to-court-over-arctic-drilling Tue, 05 Nov 2019 12:07:15 +0100 green-groups-take-norway-to-court-over-arctic-drilling The five nations bordering the Arctic Ocean on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment made in Greenland a decade ago to "peacefully" settle their differences over the resource-rich region threatened by climate change. https://www.thelocal.no/20180522/arctic-coastal-powers-back-peaceful-dialogue-over-disputes Tue, 22 May 2018 17:51:50 +0200 arctic-coastal-powers-back-peaceful-dialogue-over-disputes Over 50 homes have been evacuated in Longyearbyen, the capital of Norway’s Arctic Svalbard Archipelago, after an avalanche crashed through the town, demolishing two buildings. https://www.thelocal.no/20170221/200-evacuated-as-avalanche-hits-arctic-svalbard Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:03:14 +0100 200-evacuated-as-avalanche-hits-arctic-svalbard Usually the humans are scared of the wild animals. But in the Norwegian far-north, an Arctic tourist guide has been fined 1,300 euros for scaring off a polar bear. https://www.thelocal.no/20170825/norway-fines-tourist-guide-for-scaring-polar-bear Fri, 25 Aug 2017 16:48:57 +0200 norway-fines-tourist-guide-for-scaring-polar-bear Protests over the fishing rights of indigenous Sami people in the Tenojoki or Tana river region straddling the border between Norway and Finland are gaining momentum, with moratoria declared against new regulations. https://www.thelocal.no/20170721/northern-norwegian-islands-in-moratorium-over-fishing-rights Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:26:09 +0200 northern-norwegian-islands-in-moratorium-over-fishing-rights Polar bears on the Norwegian Arctic Svalbard archipelago have eaten large numbers of eggs laid by eider and geese on parts of the islands, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.no/20170719/hungry-polar-bears-spotted-eating-svalbard-sea-bird-eggs Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:21:48 +0200 hungry-polar-bears-spotted-eating-svalbard-sea-bird-eggs Winter temperatures in Norway's Lapland could rise dramatically this century, with potentially devastating consequences for the region's reindeer and the indigenous Sami people who make their living herding them. https://www.thelocal.no/20170421/reindeer-at-risk-from-arctic-hot-spell Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:11:04 +0200 reindeer-at-risk-from-arctic-hot-spell Neither of Norway’s two main airlines have committed to basing themselves at a new airport for which the government announced major financial backing last week. https://www.thelocal.no/20170403/sas-and-norwegian-cannot-promise-they-will-use-new-multibillion-airport Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:33:57 +0200 sas-and-norwegian-cannot-promise-they-will-use-new-multibillion-airport A Norwegian court on Tuesday slapped the leader of a French maritime expedition with a fine of 30,000 kroner (3,300 euros, $3,500) for violating the regulations of the Arctic Svalbard archipelago. https://www.thelocal.no/20170322/norway-fines-french-arctic-adventurer Wed, 22 Mar 2017 09:06:56 +0100 norway-fines-french-arctic-adventurer Never heard of Lyngen? Well, let's rectify that. A short drive from Tromsø in Arctic Norway, Lyngen, with its soaring peaks and deep fjords, has much to offer visitors. Our travel editor Marie Peyre picks out the best bits. https://www.thelocal.no/20170307/discover-lyngen-active-adventures-in-arctic-nature Tue, 07 Mar 2017 08:32:21 +0100 discover-lyngen-active-adventures-in-arctic-nature Norway awarded Arctic drilling licences to 13 oil companies on Wednesday, including in a hitherto unexplored part of the Barents Sea, drawing condemnation from environmental groups. https://www.thelocal.no/20160519/norway-opens-new-arctic-zones-to-oil-exploration Thu, 19 May 2016 10:35:57 +0200 norway-opens-new-arctic-zones-to-oil-exploration Norway's Statoil said Tuesday it was giving up its exploration licences in Alaska after its Anglo-Dutch rival Shell threw in the towel in September because of disappointing oil and gas finds. https://www.thelocal.no/20151117/norways-statoil-pulls-out-of-alaskan-arctic Tue, 17 Nov 2015 22:45:51 +0100 norways-statoil-pulls-out-of-alaskan-arctic Norway plans to send back hundreds of Syrian refugees who have crossed its northern border back to Russia, arguing that many had been living in its northern neighbour for a long time prior to applying for asylum. https://www.thelocal.no/20151015/norway-wants-to-send-some-syrians-back-to-russia Thu, 15 Oct 2015 23:56:48 +0200 norway-wants-to-send-some-syrians-back-to-russia James Hansen, the campaigning climate scientist, has called on Norway to halt oil drilling in the Arctic to prevent "a dismal future on a planet that will become less and less habitable and governable". https://www.thelocal.no/20151014/hansen-calls-on-norway-to-halt-arctic-oil Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:59:21 +0200 hansen-calls-on-norway-to-halt-arctic-oil Norway's immigration authorities have said they will send many of the refugees cycling over its far northern border back to Russia. https://www.thelocal.no/20151001/arctic-cycling-refugees-risk-return-to-russia Fri, 02 Oct 2015 00:01:51 +0200 arctic-cycling-refugees-risk-return-to-russia Norway, Greenland, Canada, the US and Russia have signed a ten-year agreement aimed retaining polar bear populations in all of their current habitats. https://www.thelocal.no/20150908/five-countries-unite-to-save-the-polar-bear Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:18:33 +0200 five-countries-unite-to-save-the-polar-bear Norwegian Police are braced for a surge in the number of Syrian refugees crossing the country's border with Russia, after the Arctic route caught the attention of the world’s press. https://www.thelocal.no/20150903/norway-border-police-fear-refugee-surge Thu, 03 Sep 2015 18:20:38 +0200 norway-border-police-fear-refugee-surge Norway and Sweden are combining forces to save the Arctic fox, which is under threat from climate change and the incursion into its territory of the common red fox, which is almost twice the size. https://www.thelocal.no/20150827/norway-and-sweden-team-up-for-arctic-fox Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:50:29 +0200 norway-and-sweden-team-up-for-arctic-fox AFP's Céline Serrat meets the Svalbard divers who brave cold hands, strong currents, and bad visibility to collect the samples scientists need to track the impact of warming waters. https://www.thelocal.no/20150818/extreme-science-the-divers-who-brave-arctic-waters Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:21:16 +0200 extreme-science-the-divers-who-brave-arctic-waters