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 After standardising chargers for mobile phones, from Tuesday new computers sold in EU countries must also use the USB-C charging point, as the latest phase of EU anti-waste legislation comes into force. https://www.thelocal.no/20260428/eu-anti-waste-law-new-laptops-sold-in-europe-must-now-use-usb-c-chargers Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:16:33 +0200 eu-anti-waste-law-new-laptops-sold-in-europe-must-now-use-usb-c-chargers How do you keep in touch with friends, neighbors, or colleagues in Norway? You might need to change your approach and try out some apps you never used before (or stopped using a while ago). https://www.thelocal.no/20260407/explained-why-dont-norwegians-use-whatsapp Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:55:11 +0200 explained-why-dont-norwegians-use-whatsapp There are certain phone apps that will help you save time, money, hassle and generally make life in Norway that much easier. What else would you add? https://www.thelocal.no/20260218/the-essential-phone-apps-you-need-to-make-your-life-in-norway-easier Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:20:49 +0100 the-essential-phone-apps-you-need-to-make-your-life-in-norway-easier Do you like and trust The Local? Then please take a moment to add us as a preferred source on Google to ensure our articles appear in your searches. https://www.thelocal.no/20260216/how-to-make-the-local-your-preferred-source-on-google Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:02:08 +0100 how-to-make-the-local-your-preferred-source-on-google Sirens will sound, and phones will receive an emergency warning from Norway’s civil defence on Wednesday, January 14th. But there's no need to panic. https://www.thelocal.no/20250106/norway-to-test-emergency-warning-systems-on-wednesday Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:55:26 +0100 norway-to-test-emergency-warning-systems-on-wednesday The European Union reacted sharply on Wednesday to US visa sanctions imposed on five European figures involved in regulating tech companies, including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton. https://www.thelocal.no/20251224/eu-strongly-condemns-us-visa-bans-against-five-europeans Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:36:22 +0100 eu-strongly-condemns-us-visa-bans-against-five-europeans 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 Norway's sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday that it would incorporate artificial intelligence tools into its investment analysis process to avoid losses stemming from climate change. https://www.thelocal.no/20251022/norways-wealth-fund-to-enlist-ai-for-managing-climate-risks Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:48:22 +0200 norways-wealth-fund-to-enlist-ai-for-managing-climate-risks Norway's government has announced its plan for a total ban on social media for children under the age of 15 as part of a bill designed to give children a safer digital upbringing. https://www.thelocal.no/20250610/norway-proposes-banning-social-media-for-under-15s Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:26:41 +0200 norway-proposes-banning-social-media-for-under-15s A Norwegian lottery company on Monday apologised to 47,000 crestfallen gamblers who were mistakenly told they had won huge sums in a lottery, the firm blaming a currency conversion error. https://www.thelocal.no/20250630/thousands-in-norway-mistakenly-told-they-won-big-on-lottery Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:09:16 +0200 thousands-in-norway-mistakenly-told-they-won-big-on-lottery The Norwegian Directorate of Health has released new national guidelines on screen use for children, teens and their caregivers. Here's what they are recommending and how it compares to neighbouring countries. https://www.thelocal.no/20250605/how-much-screen-use-is-norway-recommending-for-children Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:56:34 +0200 how-much-screen-use-is-norway-recommending-for-children The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off in northern Norway on Sunday, in a closely watched test for the continent's bid to build a new space economy. https://www.thelocal.no/20250331/european-orbital-rocket-crashes-in-norway-shortly-after-launch Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:00:43 +0200 european-orbital-rocket-crashes-in-norway-shortly-after-launch Northern Lights, the first commercial service offering CO2 storage off the coast of Norway, is set to more than triple its capacity to over 5 million tonnes of CO2 per year, the operator said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20250328/commercial-undersea-co2-storage-service-in-norway-to-expand-capacity Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:36:33 +0100 commercial-undersea-co2-storage-service-in-norway-to-expand-capacity A German start-up on Monday postponed a test flight of its Spectrum rocket from Norway's Andøya Spaceport in the Arctic, seen as a key step in Europe's new space economy. https://www.thelocal.no/20250324/norways-arctic-spaceport-hosts-europes-first-orbital-vehicle-launch Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:37:31 +0100 norways-arctic-spaceport-hosts-europes-first-orbital-vehicle-launch A Norwegian shipping company has announced that it has modified one of its vessels to install the "world's first" onboard carbon capture and storage system to reduce emissions. https://www.thelocal.no/20250117/norwegian-ship-gets-worlds-first-onboard-carbon-capture-system Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:26:57 +0100 norwegian-ship-gets-worlds-first-onboard-carbon-capture-system Children under two in Norway should have their screen time reduced, and there should be more textbooks in schools, a government-appointed committee said Monday. https://www.thelocal.no/20241111/norway-recommends-severely-limited-screen-time-for-kids-under-two Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:39:16 +0100 norway-recommends-severely-limited-screen-time-for-kids-under-two Users of Denmark and Norway's Vipps MobilePay app can from Monday send and receive money to and from people in Sweden -- although not all Swedish banks can yet receive cross-border payments. https://www.thelocal.no/20240924/denmark-and-norways-vipps-mobilepay-app-now-lets-you-receive-money-from-sweden Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:27:21 +0200 denmark-and-norways-vipps-mobilepay-app-now-lets-you-receive-money-from-sweden A Norwegian court on Monday upheld a $6 million fine for LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr after finding it illegally shared users' sensitive data. https://www.thelocal.no/20240702/norwegian-court-upholds-illegal-data-use-fine-for-dating-app-grindr Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:27:36 +0200 norwegian-court-upholds-illegal-data-use-fine-for-dating-app-grindr Norway's civil defence will test its emergency warning system at midday on Wednesday, June 12th. https://www.thelocal.no/20240610/why-phones-and-sirens-in-norway-will-play-an-emergency-alert-on-wednesday Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:24:29 +0200 why-phones-and-sirens-in-norway-will-play-an-emergency-alert-on-wednesday With Europe set to introduce its new Entry/Exit biometric border system (EES) in the autumn there has been much talk about the importance of a new app designed to help avoid delays. But how will it work and when will it be ready? https://www.thelocal.no/20240507/how-will-the-new-app-for-europes-ees-border-system-work Tue, 07 May 2024 12:29:42 +0200 how-will-the-new-app-for-europes-ees-border-system-work