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 Norwegian authorities have urged motorists to watch out for reindeer that are seeking refuge in tunnels to cool themselves amid extreme heat in the nation's far north. https://www.thelocal.no/20180803/record-arctic-heat-drives-reindeer-into-cool-tunnels Fri, 03 Aug 2018 11:09:25 +0200 record-arctic-heat-drives-reindeer-into-cool-tunnels Just days before Rudolph flies off to draw Santa's sleigh at Christmas, dozens of his reindeer kin received a death sentence Thursday when a Norwegian court ordered they be slaughtered to preserve pasture land. https://www.thelocal.no/20171222/norway-court-orders-slaughter-of-reindeer-a Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:44:14 +0100 norway-court-orders-slaughter-of-reindeer-a Norway said Wednesday it would speed up the building of a fence along a railway in the far north of the country after scores of migrating reindeer were mowed down by trains. https://www.thelocal.no/20171130/norway-to-put-up-fence-to-stop-reindeer-slaughter Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:43:11 +0100 norway-to-put-up-fence-to-stop-reindeer-slaughter More than 100 reindeer have been killed by freight trains in northern Norway in recent days in what has been called a "bloodbath" during their winter migration. https://www.thelocal.no/20171127/over-100-reindeer-killed-in-days-by-norway-freight-trains Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:55:12 +0100 over-100-reindeer-killed-in-days-by-norway-freight-trains Reindeer crossing the border between Norway and Sweden have caused conflict between agricultural ministries in the two Scandinavian countries. https://www.thelocal.no/20171005/norway-and-sweden-in-quarrel-over-reindeer Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:21:23 +0200 norway-and-sweden-in-quarrel-over-reindeer Two men in Norway’s Vest-Finnmark district have been given prison sentences for cruelty towards reindeer and falsely claiming compensation for predator attacks on their animals. https://www.thelocal.no/20170807/two-norwegian-reindeer-herders-convicted-of-animal-cruelty-fraud-and-reindeer-theft Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:48:52 +0200 two-norwegian-reindeer-herders-convicted-of-animal-cruelty-fraud-and-reindeer-theft A researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) says the culling of 2000 reindeer in the country’s Nordfjella region might be unnecessary. https://www.thelocal.no/20170707/norway-cull-of-2000-reindeer-is-unnecessary-researcher Fri, 07 Jul 2017 13:36:30 +0200 norway-cull-of-2000-reindeer-is-unnecessary-researcher The Norwegian government on Monday authorised the slaughter of a herd of around 2,000 reindeer in a bid to eradicate a brain-destroying disease, after several cases were detected in Norway for the first time in Europe. https://www.thelocal.no/20170508/norway-to-kill-2000-reindeer-to-eradicate-disease Mon, 08 May 2017 19:03:35 +0200 norway-to-kill-2000-reindeer-to-eradicate-disease A Norwegian TV show following the progress of migratory reindeer – part of the popular new ‘slow TV’ genre in the Scandinavian country – has been temporarily cancelled after the animals stopped moving. https://www.thelocal.no/20170501/norwegian-slow-tv-show-paused-due-to-animals-moving-too-slowly Mon, 01 May 2017 21:01:41 +0200 norwegian-slow-tv-show-paused-due-to-animals-moving-too-slowly 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 After televising a long-distance cruise and the stitch by stitch knitting of a pullover, Norway is launching its latest slow TV project: following the reindeer migration in Lapland. https://www.thelocal.no/20170407/reindeer-watch-is-norways-latest-slow-tv-extravaganza Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:47:39 +0200 reindeer-watch-is-norways-latest-slow-tv-extravaganza Mathis Andreas, an indigenous Sami reindeer herder, sees a snowmobile with glowing fluorescent strips approach his remote cabin in the frozen tundra and worries what the neighbouring herder may think. https://www.thelocal.no/20170406/reindeer-police-stop-norwegian-far-north-from-going-wild-west Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:45:46 +0200 reindeer-police-stop-norwegian-far-north-from-going-wild-west Norway’s minister for agriculture and food Jon Georg Dale has called for the Food Safety Authority to brace itself to cull thousands of reindeer after evidence of the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease was confirmed by experts. https://www.thelocal.no/20170330/norway-authorities-prepare-for-mass-slaughter-of-reindeer Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:44:43 +0200 norway-authorities-prepare-for-mass-slaughter-of-reindeer If Santa Claus is recruiting his reindeer from Svalbard for this year’s gift deliveries, he may face a challenge. https://www.thelocal.no/20161212/norways-reindeer-shrinking-due-to-climate-change Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:26:05 +0100 norways-reindeer-shrinking-due-to-climate-change Lightning is thought to have caused the death of 323 reindeer that were discovered by a hunting warden in a small area south of Hardangervidda over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.no/20160829/323-reindeer-killed-by-lightning-in-norway Mon, 29 Aug 2016 12:17:21 +0200 323-reindeer-killed-by-lightning-in-norway A Norwegian man crashed into a herd of reindeer Tuesday night, killing at least 19. https://www.thelocal.no/20160727/norwegian-driver-crashes Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:42:39 +0200 norwegian-driver-crashes Vets investigating a spate of mysterious reindeer deaths in a park in Norway have told The Local they have no explanation despite carrying out an in-depth examination of of three of the animals’ heads. https://www.thelocal.no/20151105/vets-fail-to-solve-reindeer-death-mystery Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:36:04 +0100 vets-fail-to-solve-reindeer-death-mystery A group of reindeer in Norway have taken intimate pictures of their own lives, after researchers hung cameras around their necks and left them for four years as the animals roamed. https://www.thelocal.no/20151030/reindeer Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:01:41 +0100 reindeer They’ve done the train to Bergen, and the ferry up the west coast, Nor NRK’s is to give another journey its pioneering Slow TV treatment: the reindeer migration. https://www.thelocal.no/20150807/next-up-for-slow-tv-the-reindeer-migration Sat, 08 Aug 2015 01:31:03 +0200 next-up-for-slow-tv-the-reindeer-migration Norway's Tromsø has made the Lonely Planet guide's 2015 list of the ten best places to visit in Europe, with the report's authors praising the city's outdoorsy attractions. https://www.thelocal.no/20150617/troms-one-of-europes-best-destinations Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:07:16 +0200 troms-one-of-europes-best-destinations