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 interior security service, PST, announced on Thursday, May 7th that it had arrested a Chinese woman suspected of spying on Norwegian satellite data. https://www.thelocal.no/20260508/norway-arrests-chinese-woman-for-spying-on-satellite-data Fri, 08 May 2026 11:11:10 +0200 norway-arrests-chinese-woman-for-spying-on-satellite-data Norwegian police will cooperate with their French counterparts in an investigation into top diplomat Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rod-Larsen, suspected of alleged corruption over their ties with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://www.thelocal.no/20260428/norway-police-cooperate-with-france-on-epstein-probe Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:43:00 +0200 norway-police-cooperate-with-france-on-epstein-probe Police in Sweden stopped a 14-year-old boy on Tuesday, April 14th, after he stole a bus in Norway and drove it over 180 kilometres across the border. https://www.thelocal.no/20260414/teenage-boy-steals-bus-in-norway-and-drives-180km-to-sweden Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:41:31 +0200 teenage-boy-steals-bus-in-norway-and-drives-180km-to-sweden Morten Wold, Vice President of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget), has announced his immediate resignation after being stopped for driving under the influence during the Easter break. https://www.thelocal.no/20260410/norwegian-parliaments-vice-president-resigns-after-drunk-driving-incident Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:45:40 +0200 norwegian-parliaments-vice-president-resigns-after-drunk-driving-incident A huge shipment of Nestle's crunchy KitKat chocolate bars was stolen in Europe, the brand said, warning that the heist risked causing shortages in stores right before Easter. https://www.thelocal.no/20260329/over-12-tonnes-of-new-kitkat-chocolate-range-stolen-in-europe Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:14:52 +0200 over-12-tonnes-of-new-kitkat-chocolate-range-stolen-in-europe Three people suspected of involvement in causing an explosion outside the US embassy in Norway's capital Oslo have been released, their lawyers said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20260320/norway-frees-three-suspected-over-us-embassy-explosion Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:51:51 +0100 norway-frees-three-suspected-over-us-embassy-explosion Crown Princess Mette-Marit opened up about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in a long interview with Norwegian public broadcaster NRK on Friday morning, saying she felt 'manipulated and deceived' by the sex offender financier. https://www.thelocal.no/20260320/norways-crown-princess-manipulated-and-deceived-by-epstein Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:21:01 +0100 norways-crown-princess-manipulated-and-deceived-by-epstein Defence lawyers for the son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit called Thursday for him to be acquitted of charges of raping four women, and sought an 18-month sentence for lesser offences. https://www.thelocal.no/20260319/defence-seeks-acquittal-for-norway-princesss-son-for-alleged-rapes Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:57:30 +0100 defence-seeks-acquittal-for-norway-princesss-son-for-alleged-rapes Prosecutors in Norway called Wednesday for the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Marius Borg Hoiby, to serve seven years and seven months in prison for offences including raping four women. https://www.thelocal.no/20260318/prosecutors-seek-seven-year-jail-term-for-norway-princesss-son-for-rapes Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:51:45 +0100 prosecutors-seek-seven-year-jail-term-for-norway-princesss-son-for-rapes Norwegian police said Wednesday that three brothers had been arrested on suspicion of a "terrorist bombing" over a weekend explosion at the US embassy in Oslo, that caused minor damage but no injuries. https://www.thelocal.no/20260311/three-brothers-arrested-over-us-embassy-blast-in-oslo Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:27:55 +0100 three-brothers-arrested-over-us-embassy-blast-in-oslo An explosion that rocked the US embassy in Oslo in the early hours of Sunday may have been an act of terror, local police said, while stressing that they were also investigating other possible causes. https://www.thelocal.no/20260308/no-injuries-reported-after-explosion-hits-us-embassy-in-oslo Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:47:49 +0100 no-injuries-reported-after-explosion-hits-us-embassy-in-oslo Norway has arrested a 17-year-old youth suspected of a jihadist-inspired plot to bomb a NATO site in the Scandinavian country, the NRK broadcaster reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20260228/norway-arrests-teen-suspected-of-plotting-is-inspired-attack Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:38:56 +0100 norway-arrests-teen-suspected-of-plotting-is-inspired-attack Norwegian police have opened an "aggravated corruption" investigation into former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://www.thelocal.no/20260206/norway-police-investigate-ex-pm-jagland-over-epstein-links Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:49:25 +0100 norway-police-investigate-ex-pm-jagland-over-epstein-links Norway is in the eye of the storm, not just because of Marius’ ongoing trial, but also because more high-profile Norwegians are being named in the newly released Epstein files. Here are some of the key people now under scrutiny. https://www.thelocal.no/20260205/who-are-the-norwegian-names-in-the-newly-released-epstein-files Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:15:21 +0100 who-are-the-norwegian-names-in-the-newly-released-epstein-files Norway temporarily suspended on Monday a high-profile diplomat known for her involvement in a landmark attempt to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict pending an investigation into her alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein. https://www.thelocal.no/20260203/norway-suspends-celebrated-diplomat-in-epstein-probe Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:00:11 +0100 norway-suspends-celebrated-diplomat-in-epstein-probe Norway has launched an ad campaign on porn website Pornhub offering help to users who might be having sexual thoughts about children. https://www.thelocal.no/20251124/norway-launches-ads-on-pornhub-warning-about-child-sex Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:37:43 +0100 norway-launches-ads-on-pornhub-warning-about-child-sex People who live in Norway are often targeted by fraudsters and criminal organisations trying to extract money or sensitive information. Here's what you need to do if you fall victim to a scam. https://www.thelocal.no/20230130/what-you-should-do-if-you-are-the-victim-of-fraud-in-norway Mon, 30 Jan 2023 13:59:37 +0100 what-you-should-do-if-you-are-the-victim-of-fraud-in-norway Some companies in Norway try to take advantage of foreign workers by skimming their wages or withholding benefits. Here's how wage theft works in Norway, how to spot it and what you can do. https://www.thelocal.no/20240229/how-rogue-firms-in-norway-steal-salaries-and-what-you-can-do Thu, 29 Feb 2024 12:07:08 +0100 how-rogue-firms-in-norway-steal-salaries-and-what-you-can-do An incident overnight between Monday and Tuesday in the town of Strømmen was the second time in two weeks in which a grenade has been detonated in a public place in Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20251007/why-has-norway-seen-repeated-grenade-explosions Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:43:16 +0200 why-has-norway-seen-repeated-grenade-explosions Norway may deport a couple of Singaporean citizens suspected of illegally flying a drone over Oslo, authorities in the Nordic country said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20250924/norway-threatens-to-deport-tourist-couple-who-flew-drone-over-oslo Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:29:14 +0200 norway-threatens-to-deport-tourist-couple-who-flew-drone-over-oslo