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 Police in the town of Drammen near Oslo are looking for a suspect after red paint was used to vandalise 92 gravestones during Monday night. https://www.thelocal.no/20180710/police-search-for-vandal-after-92-gravestones-defaced-in-norwegian-town Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:57:27 +0200 police-search-for-vandal-after-92-gravestones-defaced-in-norwegian-town The Church of Norway on Tuesday encouraged its members to ‘pray for rain’, so unusually dry has the weather been in recent weeks. https://www.thelocal.no/20180606/pray-for-rain-church-of-norway-after-weeks-of-dry-weather Wed, 06 Jun 2018 19:29:31 +0200 pray-for-rain-church-of-norway-after-weeks-of-dry-weather On January 1st, the Church of Norway and the Norwegian government will formally divorce after nearly 500 years together. https://www.thelocal.no/20161228/norway-prepares-for-biggest-change-to-the-church-since-reformation Wed, 28 Dec 2016 08:59:54 +0100 norway-prepares-for-biggest-change-to-the-church-since-reformation The Norwegian Catholic Church was fined on million kroner (more than €110,000) on Monday for exaggerating the number of members it has to receive more state aid. https://www.thelocal.no/20161129/norways-catholic-church-fined-for-fraud-over-membership Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:37:49 +0100 norways-catholic-church-fined-for-fraud-over-membership The ranks of the Church of Norway shrunk by 25,743 members in August, it said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160901/church-of-norway-loses-25000-members-in-one-month Thu, 01 Sep 2016 15:37:06 +0200 church-of-norway-loses-25000-members-in-one-month The Protestant Church of Norway on Friday said it had lost more than 15,000 members in four days since allowing members to de-enrol in just a few clicks. https://www.thelocal.no/20160819/faithful-no-more-norway-church-suffers-1-click-exodus Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:22:34 +0200 faithful-no-more-norway-church-suffers-1-click-exodus More people than ever are dropping their membership in the Church of Norway – could the approval of gay marriage be a driving force? https://www.thelocal.no/20160418/thousands-leave-the-church-of-norway Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:18:21 +0200 thousands-leave-the-church-of-norway Less than half of the 3.8m baptised members of the Church of Norway consider themselves Christians, according to a new poll for Aftenposten newspaper. https://www.thelocal.no/20160323/most-norway-church-members-not-christian Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:31:02 +0100 most-norway-church-members-not-christian A garage owner from western Norway has become a minor celebrity after responding to the new sign erected on the wall of a neighbouring evangelic church with his own cheeky message. https://www.thelocal.no/20151111/garage-owners-jesus-lives-joke-goes-viral Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:18:39 +0100 garage-owners-jesus-lives-joke-goes-viral A German man holidaying in Norway has died after apparently being run over by his own car. https://www.thelocal.no/20151005/tourist-in-norway-dies-over-by-own-car-dies Mon, 05 Oct 2015 14:15:15 +0200 tourist-in-norway-dies-over-by-own-car-dies An election official overseeing Norway's church elections was banned from a polling station on Monday after he ridiculed voters asking for ballots from a group campaigning for the church to allow gay marriage. https://www.thelocal.no/20150915/are-you-really-taking-that-homo-ballot Tue, 15 Sep 2015 17:26:37 +0200 are-you-really-taking-that-homo-ballot Norway’s most senior bishop has declared that allowing shops to open on Sundays would violate the country’s constitution. https://www.thelocal.no/20150702/sunday-shopping-unconstitutional-norway-church Thu, 02 Jul 2015 02:09:05 +0200 sunday-shopping-unconstitutional-norway-church Norway is claiming 4.6 million euros ($5.1 million) compensation from the Catholic church for exaggerating membership numbers to obtain more state aid, the Oslo diocese said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20150629/norway-sends-catholic-church-5m-bill Mon, 29 Jun 2015 23:31:08 +0200 norway-sends-catholic-church-5m-bill Norwegian Eurovision star Tooji has come out in scandalous style, releasing a video shot inside an Oslo church in which he has steamy sex with a male priest in front of both altar and shocked congregation. https://www.thelocal.no/20150608/tooji-coming-out-video-would-make-madonna-blush Tue, 09 Jun 2015 00:32:15 +0200 tooji-coming-out-video-would-make-madonna-blush A burglar who broke into a church in Norway accidentally set off the bell-ringing system while making his escape with the remote control and a small amount of cash, but still managed to get away. https://www.thelocal.no/20150518/norway-church-thief-rings-the-bells Tue, 19 May 2015 01:33:20 +0200 norway-church-thief-rings-the-bells The number of Norwegian atheists now equals those who believe in God for the first time since a key survey began, in a sign of increasing secularization in the once god-fearing nation. https://www.thelocal.no/20150331/atheists-equal-believers-in-norway-for-first-time Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:35:27 +0200 atheists-equal-believers-in-norway-for-first-time Norway's Catholic Church has denied committing fraud in its first official report responding to charges that it deliberately exaggerated its membership numbers to obtain more state aid, although it admitted its past methods were "unsatisfactory." https://www.thelocal.no/20150317/norway-catholics-deny-aggravated-fraud Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:58:05 +0100 norway-catholics-deny-aggravated-fraud Norway is most gay-friendly of the Nordic countries according to a new index that looks at whether legislation respects the rights of Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and intersex people. https://www.thelocal.no/20140515/norway-most-gay-friendly-nordic-country-report Thu, 15 May 2014 23:38:00 +0200 norway-most-gay-friendly-nordic-country-report A councillor from Norway's Labour Party risks being expelled after he argued on Saturday night that gay people who want to get married in church should start their own splinter sect. https://www.thelocal.no/20140422/labour-councillor-faces-sack-over-gay Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:58:00 +0200 labour-councillor-faces-sack-over-gay Norway's Prime Minister has declared her support for gay church weddings, although she argues the decision on whether to allow them is up to the Church of Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20140416/norway-pm-backs-gay-church-weddings Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:42:40 +0200 norway-pm-backs-gay-church-weddings