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 A Norwegian member of parliament who last year nominated US president Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize has now called his fitness for office into question. https://www.thelocal.no/20210107/trump-scares-norwegian-politician-who-nominated-him-for-nobel-peace-prize Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:30:38 +0100 trump-scares-norwegian-politician-who-nominated-him-for-nobel-peace-prize Norway has pledged $1 billion to help distribute a future coronavirus vaccine to countries around the world at a global donor conference hosted by the European Union. https://www.thelocal.no/20200505/norway-pledges-1bn-to-global-coronavirus-vaccination Tue, 05 May 2020 17:24:42 +0200 norway-pledges-1bn-to-global-coronavirus-vaccination Norwegian Air is deploying two planes to bring back Norwegian holiday-makers stranded in Spain's Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca resort regions. https://www.thelocal.no/20200316/norwegian-air-sends-planes-to-rescue-stranded-holiday-makers Mon, 16 Mar 2020 08:22:49 +0100 norwegian-air-sends-planes-to-rescue-stranded-holiday-makers Norwegian Air Shuttle said on Thursday it would temporarily lay off up to half its staff, following the US travel ban and the novel coronavirus outbreak. https://www.thelocal.no/20200313/norwegian-airline-to-lay-off-half-its-staff-after-trump-travel-ban Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:09:46 +0100 norwegian-airline-to-lay-off-half-its-staff-after-trump-travel-ban US President Donald Trump has announced a travel ban from most European countries in response to the coronavirus spread. https://www.thelocal.no/20200312/trump-imposes-travel-ban-from-europe-over-coronavirus-outbreak Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:50:29 +0100 trump-imposes-travel-ban-from-europe-over-coronavirus-outbreak Norway’s government is considering taking action to protect Norwegian companies doing business in Iran, as new US sanctions against the country start to bite. https://www.thelocal.no/20180808/norway-mulls-push-back-on-us-iran-sanctions Wed, 08 Aug 2018 19:17:28 +0200 norway-mulls-push-back-on-us-iran-sanctions US President Donald Trump is "no longer the moral leader of his country or the world", human rights watchdog the Council of Europe said Wednesday amid global outrage over the White House's policy of separating migrant children from their parents. https://www.thelocal.no/20180620/trump-cannot-speak-on-behalf-of-the-so-called-free-world-jagland Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:52:34 +0200 trump-cannot-speak-on-behalf-of-the-so-called-free-world-jagland President Donald Trump's invitation to Norwegians to immigrate to the United States, while railing against entrants from "shithole" countries, has received a glacial reception in the Nordic country. https://www.thelocal.no/20180113/trump-s-invitation-to-immigrate-leaves-norwegians-cold Sat, 13 Jan 2018 11:58:22 +0100 trump-s-invitation-to-immigrate-leaves-norwegians-cold Over half of Norway’s 5.5 million inhabitants plan to travel abroad sometime this winter, but fewer want to travel to the USA than in previous years. https://www.thelocal.no/20171114/terror-and-trump-have-transformed-norwegian-travel-habits Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:53:32 +0100 terror-and-trump-have-transformed-norwegian-travel-habits A publicity shot of the prime ministers of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland has an uncanny resemblance to a shot of Donald Trump posing with the Saudi and Egyptian leaders. https://www.thelocal.no/20170531/are-the-nordic-leaders-trolling-trump-with-this-photo Wed, 31 May 2017 13:05:26 +0200 are-the-nordic-leaders-trolling-trump-with-this-photo A Norwegian publisher who has released a collection of Donald Trump’s speeches repurposed as poetry says that the new book shows a different side to the US President. https://www.thelocal.no/20170512/norwegians-upcycle-trump-speeches-into-poetry-collection Fri, 12 May 2017 11:15:56 +0200 norwegians-upcycle-trump-speeches-into-poetry-collection US Defence Secretary James Mattis used his first Nato meeting to assure its allies of Washington's commitment to the alliance but he also delivered an ultimatum to American allies. https://www.thelocal.no/20170216/us-threatens-to-moderate-commitment-to-nato-if-allies-dont-spend-more-can-norway-hit-the-goal Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:56:16 +0100 us-threatens-to-moderate-commitment-to-nato-if-allies-dont-spend-more-can-norway-hit-the-goal Former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik was stopped by US border control agents at Washington Dulles Airport on Wednesday and questioned for roughly an hour before being granted permission to enter the country. https://www.thelocal.no/20170203/former-norwegian-prime-minister-stopped-by-new-us-entry-controls Fri, 03 Feb 2017 08:46:20 +0100 former-norwegian-prime-minister-stopped-by-new-us-entry-controls As activists seethe over Donald Trump's first days in the White House, some experts say this year's Nobel Peace Prize may prove to be an emphatic call on the president to respect human rights. https://www.thelocal.no/20170202/nobel-watcher-says-this-years-peace-prize-could-be-rebuke-to-trump Thu, 02 Feb 2017 10:27:58 +0100 nobel-watcher-says-this-years-peace-prize-could-be-rebuke-to-trump Scandinavian airline SAS has had to adjust its staffing on US-bound flights in order to comply with US President Donald Trump’s entry ban targeting the nationals of seven predominately Muslim countries. https://www.thelocal.no/20170131/sas-forced-to-change-us-bound-flight-crews-to-comply-with-trumps-entry-ban Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:15:18 +0100 sas-forced-to-change-us-bound-flight-crews-to-comply-with-trumps-entry-ban Foreign Minister Børge Brende expressed Norway’s disappointment that US President Donald Trump has halted his country’s programme for the settlement of refugees. https://www.thelocal.no/20170130/concerned-about-trump-policy-norway-calls-for-equal-treatment-of-refugees Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:58:45 +0100 concerned-about-trump-policy-norway-calls-for-equal-treatment-of-refugees Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has apologized for a formulation used when describing Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser. https://www.thelocal.no/20170127/norwegian-newspaper-apologizes-for-calling-trumps-son-in-law-the-jew Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:18:27 +0100 norwegian-newspaper-apologizes-for-calling-trumps-son-in-law-the-jew US President Donald Trump spent a good part of his first weekend in the White House continuing his self-described “running war with the media”. https://www.thelocal.no/20170123/ten-alternative-facts-about-norway Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:06:21 +0100 ten-alternative-facts-about-norway US President-elect Donald Trump has now spoken with both the Danish and the Swedish prime ministers but Norwegian PM Erna Solberg is still waiting for a phone call from the incoming leader of the free world. https://www.thelocal.no/20161124/norways-pm-still-waiting-to-hear-from-trump Thu, 24 Nov 2016 10:17:05 +0100 norways-pm-still-waiting-to-hear-from-trump Two University of Bergen professors on what Trump's election can mean for the scientific community. https://www.thelocal.no/20161118/science-wars-in-the-age-of-donald-trump Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:06:05 +0100 science-wars-in-the-age-of-donald-trump