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 Waist-deep in a rain-swollen river, Christer Kristoffersen cast his line, landed it gently on the water, and caught ... nothing. Norway's iconic wild salmon is in dramatic decline, a victim of fish farming and climate change. https://www.thelocal.no/20250709/the-long-slow-death-of-norways-wild-salmon Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:45:28 +0200 the-long-slow-death-of-norways-wild-salmon A "doomsday vault" in the Arctic designed to safeguard the world's plant diversity has received a new deposit of thousands of seed samples, including Palestinian ones amid war and hunger in Gaza, it said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20241023/norways-doomsday-vault-takes-in-palestinian-seeds Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:03:58 +0200 norways-doomsday-vault-takes-in-palestinian-seeds Soaring prices for natural gas, a key feedstock for producing chemical fertilisers, will weigh on food production and security, a major Norwegian manufacturer warned Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20211020/norwegian-firm-warns-high-gas-prices-could-impact-food-production Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:12:14 +0200 norwegian-firm-warns-high-gas-prices-could-impact-food-production Norway's Supreme Court on Monday ruled that two wind parks built in the country's west were harming reindeer herders from the Sami people by encroaching on their pastures. Here's what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.no/20211011/norway-court-rules-wind-farms-harming-reindeer-herders Mon, 11 Oct 2021 17:37:16 +0200 norway-court-rules-wind-farms-harming-reindeer-herders Norwegian farmers have looked to alternative labour resources after foreign workers in areas such as fruit and vegetable picking were temporarily kept away by travel restrictions. https://www.thelocal.no/20200713/oslo-youngsters-stand-in-for-foreign-workforce-on-norwegian-farms Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:22:24 +0200 oslo-youngsters-stand-in-for-foreign-workforce-on-norwegian-farms A Norwegian start-up is planning to buy an offshore oil rig and use it to build a huge offshore salmon farm deep in the North or the Norwegian Sea. https://www.thelocal.no/20200522/norwegian-start-up-aims-to-buy-oil-rig-for-offshore-fish-farm Fri, 22 May 2020 18:26:31 +0200 norwegian-start-up-aims-to-buy-oil-rig-for-offshore-fish-farm Norway's fish farming industry says it is determined to resolve environmental challenges after being taken to task in the past. https://www.thelocal.no/20171101/mammoth-projects-to-make-norways-fish-farms-eco-friendly Wed, 01 Nov 2017 11:00:56 +0100 mammoth-projects-to-make-norways-fish-farms-eco-friendly Up to 300 farmers across Norway parked their tractors across roads Friday, preventing distributors from completing their deliveries. https://www.thelocal.no/20170519/norwegian-farmers-blockade-supermarket-warehouses-in-protest-action Fri, 19 May 2017 18:12:10 +0200 norwegian-farmers-blockade-supermarket-warehouses-in-protest-action Norwegian farmers are enjoying a very rich autumn harvest and scientists believe that climate change could provide Norway’s agriculture sector with some major future advantages. https://www.thelocal.no/20161003/why-norways-farmers-will-benefit-from-climate-change Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:55:26 +0200 why-norways-farmers-will-benefit-from-climate-change Food prices have risen far more in Norway than in the EU in recent years, new figures showed on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160401/food-price-gap-between-norway-and-eu-increases Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:03:10 +0200 food-price-gap-between-norway-and-eu-increases Norway has found itself in a serious discussion on cow farts after the PM said the animals’ gas release is too high, an allegation that a farming representative slammed as “putrid” and a sign of the PM’s “lack of knowledge”. https://www.thelocal.no/20151127/pm-norways-cows-fart-too-much Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:28:03 +0100 pm-norways-cows-fart-too-much A protest song about farming in Norway has become a surprise hit on YouTube, although its success may hang more on the spectacle of young women prancing about in green overalls than from its political message. https://www.thelocal.no/20150410/norway-farming-song-is-surprise-youtube-hit Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:11:33 +0200 norway-farming-song-is-surprise-youtube-hit Oslo was braced for gridlock on Tuesday as some 3,000 farmers arrived in the city, many driving in tractors from farms more than 200km away to protest at the size of the government's proposed subsidy increase. https://www.thelocal.no/20140520/norwegian-farmers-launch-oslo-tractor-protest Tue, 20 May 2014 12:10:00 +0200 norwegian-farmers-launch-oslo-tractor-protest Farmers in Norway ended their blockade of egg packing plants, arguing that the fear of Norwegians undergoing their May 17 celebrations without the tradition scrambled egg had itself been enough to get their point across. https://www.thelocal.no/20140515/norway-farmers-want-may-17-egg-crisis Fri, 16 May 2014 01:04:00 +0200 norway-farmers-want-may-17-egg-crisis Norwegian salmon farming giant Marine Harvest has posted its highest profit ever on the back of record high salmon prices and solid growth. https://www.thelocal.no/20140205/salmon-giant-marine-harvest-posts-record-profit Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:06:00 +0100 salmon-giant-marine-harvest-posts-record-profit The billionaire founder of Marine Harvest, the Norwegian salmon farming giant, has revealed plans to convert his surplus cargo vessels into floating fish farms. https://www.thelocal.no/20140129/norway-to-use-ships-as-floating-salmon-farms Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:26:00 +0100 norway-to-use-ships-as-floating-salmon-farms Norway sold a record 61 billion kroner ($10bn) worth of salmon in 2013, as key markets rebounded in Western Europe. https://www.thelocal.no/20140107/norway-sets-salmon-sales-record Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:22:00 +0100 norway-sets-salmon-sales-record Brutal sheep thieves are believed to be trying to catch animals in western Norway with fishing hooks, in a practice that has been dubbed ‘sheep fishing’ and which is causing concern in farming communities. https://www.thelocal.no/20131230/sheep-fishing-worries-farmers Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:54:30 +0100 sheep-fishing-worries-farmers Norwegian fish farming giant Marine Harvest has promised a 60-euro reward on Monday for any recaptured salmon after a violent storm over the weekend allowed thousands to escape. https://www.thelocal.no/20131119/farm-offers-reward-for-escaped-salmon Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:56:00 +0100 farm-offers-reward-for-escaped-salmon A ewe in Norway's Årdal mountains has adopted a baby deer so that it now behaves as a member of the flock. https://www.thelocal.no/20131002/the-deer-who-thinks-hes-a-sheep Wed, 02 Oct 2013 16:52:00 +0200 the-deer-who-thinks-hes-a-sheep