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 Hundreds of thousands of salmon swim against the current in southeast Norway -- in massive indoor tanks away from the nearest river as the controversial industry increasingly embraces greener land-based facilities. https://www.thelocal.no/20210630/norwegian-salmon-farming-moves-to-cleaner-indoor-waters Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:07:13 +0200 norwegian-salmon-farming-moves-to-cleaner-indoor-waters Chinese consumers have almost completely stopped buying imported salmon from Norway after a coronavirus outbreak at a fish market in Beijing was blamed on the fish. https://www.thelocal.no/20200615/norwegian-salmon-blamed-for-beijing-coronavirus-outbreak Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:18:43 +0200 norwegian-salmon-blamed-for-beijing-coronavirus-outbreak 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 The world's largest producer of farmed salmon, Norway's Mowi, said Wednesday it produced more fish than ever in 2019 and expected to increase production again in 2020, despite difficulties in China caused by the new coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.no/20200212/norwegian-firm-fights-current-to-post-record-salmon-production Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:22:57 +0100 norwegian-firm-fights-current-to-post-record-salmon-production It doesn't get more Norwegian than this. https://www.thelocal.no/20200108/norwegian-expression-of-the-day-en-glad-laks Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:00:00 +0100 norwegian-expression-of-the-day-en-glad-laks Millions of farmed salmon have died in northern Norway due to an algae bloom that the authorities are struggling to bring under control, the Norwegian Fisheries Directorate has said. https://www.thelocal.no/20190522/norway-salmon-farms-ravaged-by-algae-bloom Wed, 22 May 2019 14:43:53 +0200 norway-salmon-farms-ravaged-by-algae-bloom Norway made a record amount on its salmon sales last year, helping to partially offset a drop in oil revenues, the main engine of the country's economy, data showed Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170104/norway-nets-record-salmon-sales-in-2016 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:01:27 +0100 norway-nets-record-salmon-sales-in-2016 In a peaceful bay off Norway's Hitra island, massive nets teem with salmon destined for dinner tables worldwide -- an export boon for the Nordic nation that comes with a long list of environmental side-effects. https://www.thelocal.no/20160928/norway-tries-to-take-environmental-bite-out-of-salmon-farming Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:27:39 +0200 norway-tries-to-take-environmental-bite-out-of-salmon-farming Roger Asakil Joya has helped popularize sushi in Norway – can he do the same for Filipino food? https://www.thelocal.no/20160817/the-filipino-who-became-norways-sushi-master Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:54:22 +0200 the-filipino-who-became-norways-sushi-master Norway registered record fish exports in 2015 thanks to a weaker currency which compensated for a Russian food embargo, an industry body said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160105/russian-embargo-cant-stop-record-norway-fish-exports Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:47:52 +0100 russian-embargo-cant-stop-record-norway-fish-exports Do you like Salmon sushi and sashimi? Then you should thank the Norwegians, who not only dreamt up the dish but also got the Japanese to eat it. https://www.thelocal.no/20151103/salmon-sushi-is-a-norwegian-invention Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:28:27 +0100 salmon-sushi-is-a-norwegian-invention With exports to China still struggling in the wake of the Nobel prize debacle, Norway’s salmon industry is making inroads into an unlikely Asian market: North Korea. https://www.thelocal.no/20150510/norway-exporting-salmon-eggs-to-north-korea Mon, 11 May 2015 01:02:14 +0200 norway-exporting-salmon-eggs-to-north-korea Norwegian vets are up in arms about a “scientifically illiterate” European directive that mandates the use of homeopathic medicines as the first line of treatment for organic farmed fish. https://www.thelocal.no/20150423/eus-crazy-homeopathic-cure-for-norway-fish Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:31:58 +0200 eus-crazy-homeopathic-cure-for-norway-fish A total of 57 countries have been approved as founding members of a new Chinese-backed infrastructure bank, Beijing said on Wednesday, including Norway, despite relations being in a diplomatic deep freeze since a Chinese dissident won a Nobel Prize. https://www.thelocal.no/20150415/norway-joins-china-bank Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:08:14 +0200 norway-joins-china-bank Enough of Swedish snidery over their country’s bigger industries and corporations. According to Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, “Salmon is Norway’s IKEA”. https://www.thelocal.no/20150325/salmon-is-norways-ikea-prime-minister-claims Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:39:34 +0100 salmon-is-norways-ikea-prime-minister-claims China has imposed new restrictions on imports of Norwegian salmon citing fears of a fish virus, Norwegian authorities said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20150323/china-imposes-new-curbs-on-norway-salmon Mon, 23 Mar 2015 23:02:29 +0100 china-imposes-new-curbs-on-norway-salmon Farmed Norwegian salmon - repeatedly criticized for its supposed effects on health - can be safely eaten even by pregnant women, a new report by experts said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20141216/norway-says-farmed-salmon-is-safe Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:16:57 +0100 norway-says-farmed-salmon-is-safe A planned visit by the Dalai Lama has Oslo torn between its will to warm up frozen ties with China and warnings from the public not to compromise its stance on human rights, writes AFP's Pierre-Henry Deshayes. https://www.thelocal.no/20140424/norways-dalai-lama-dilemma Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:19:00 +0200 norways-dalai-lama-dilemma The president of the Norwegian parliament has defended his decision not to meet the Dalai Lama when he comes to Oslo next month, arguing that to do so would destroy years of painstaking work to mend relations with China. https://www.thelocal.no/20140423/meeting-dalai-lama-would-extend-norway-china-conflict Wed, 23 Apr 2014 10:40:00 +0200 meeting-dalai-lama-would-extend-norway-china-conflict Norway's parliament has been accused of cowardice after it declined to offer an official meeting to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, when he visits Norway next month. https://www.thelocal.no/20140422/norway-parliament-slammed-for-cowardice-over-dalai-lama Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:30:00 +0200 norway-parliament-slammed-for-cowardice-over-dalai-lama