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 Norway is closing all schools, kindergartens, and universities to slow the spread of coronavirus, in what Prime Minister Erna Solberg has called "the most far-reaching measures we have ever had in peacetime in Norway". (Paywall free). https://www.thelocal.no/20200312/norway-shuts-all-schools-and-universities-to-fight-coronavirus-pandemic Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:17:27 +0100 norway-shuts-all-schools-and-universities-to-fight-coronavirus-pandemic The Language Council of Norway (Språkrådet) says it is concerned about the amount of English used in courses at Norwegian universities and colleges. https://www.thelocal.no/20170816/norway-universities-criticised-for-overuse-of-english Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:45:50 +0200 norway-universities-criticised-for-overuse-of-english Norway is Europe’s best destination for international students, according to a recently-released report. https://www.thelocal.no/20160929/international-students-say-norway-is-the-best Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:34:28 +0200 international-students-say-norway-is-the-best Two Norwegian universities have places within Europe’s top 100 after the Times Higher Education published its European University Top 200 Rankings. https://www.thelocal.no/20160310/two-norwegian-universities-among-europes-best Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:54:01 +0100 two-norwegian-universities-among-europes-best An Oslo University video teaching chemical reactions through showing the 'elements' trying to hook up at party has gone viral -- and rightly so, because it's brilliant. https://www.thelocal.no/20151011/oslo-unis-elements-attract-video-goes-viral Sun, 11 Oct 2015 12:54:10 +0200 oslo-unis-elements-attract-video-goes-viral The mountains of north west Svalbard are hundreds of thousands of years older than previously thought, a new study has found, throwing doubt over the way mountains' ages are estimated. https://www.thelocal.no/20150917/svalbard-peaks-100000-years-older-than-thought Thu, 17 Sep 2015 23:38:43 +0200 svalbard-peaks-100000-years-older-than-thought The security guard who on Tuesday night claimed to have been shot in the chest by a gunman outside Oslo University has admitted to police to shooting himself and then planting a fake bomb on the scene. https://www.thelocal.no/20150806/guard-admits-to-planting-hoax-bomb-at-oslo-uni Thu, 06 Aug 2015 15:07:47 +0200 guard-admits-to-planting-hoax-bomb-at-oslo-uni Police have evacuated parts of the University of Oslo after "bomb-like object" was found on the grounds, following shots fired at a security guard last night. https://www.thelocal.no/20150805/bomb-scare-at-oslo-uni-ahead-of-utya-camp Wed, 05 Aug 2015 13:21:53 +0200 bomb-scare-at-oslo-uni-ahead-of-utya-camp Forget what you learnt in school: rats were not to blame for the Bubonic Plague that wiped out a third of Europe’s population in the 1300s and then struck regularly for 400 years. The real culprit, according to a University of Oslo study, is the gerbil. https://www.thelocal.no/20150225/gerbils-not-rats-caused-black-death-says-norway-prof Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:07:22 +0100 gerbils-not-rats-caused-black-death-says-norway-prof The Arctic University of Norway is to offer Europe's first ever university course in dog sledding, starting from the winter of next year. https://www.thelocal.no/20140116/norway-university-to-offer-dog-sledding-course Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:20:00 +0100 norway-university-to-offer-dog-sledding-course Anders Breivik, the Norwegian far-right terrorist, has been given permission to study political science at the University of Oslo, despite the opposition of many of the university's lecturers. https://www.thelocal.no/20130913/breivik-starts-studying-politics-at-oslo-uni Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:41:00 +0200 breivik-starts-studying-politics-at-oslo-uni International students should not be given top priority for student housing in Oslo at the expense of first-year students from other parts of Norway, a student council has ruled. https://www.thelocal.no/20120830/international-students-set-to-lose-home-guarantee Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:11:00 +0200 international-students-set-to-lose-home-guarantee