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Norway exempts solar power sharing in industrial zones from grid fees
Norway has introduced fiscal incentives for commercial and industrial (C&I) energy communities, exempting solar power sharing within a single industrial site from electricity taxes and grid fees. July 3, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Norway's industrial...

Norwegian gardens have become sterile lawnscapes (03.07.2025)
“For many people, the garden has become an extension of their house – with thuja hedges as walls and lawns as floors. That’s not good for biodiversity,” says Kverndokk. He is a professor of cultural studies at the University of Bergen and the...

UEFA Women’s European Championship: Norway VS Finland
Oona Sevenius rescued Finland from a disastrous start with an equalizer in the 32nd minute, but Caroline Graham Hansen put Norway back on top for good with the winner six minutes before stoppage time. The Norwegian women remain unbeaten and stand...

Caroline Graham Hansen rescues Norway to close in on Euro 2025 quarter-final place
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Where to watch Norway vs. Finland for free today: UEFA Women’s Euro time, channel, stream
Norway and Finland both earned outright wins in their first Group Stage match of the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championships. They’ll face off for their second group stage match Sunday at 12 p.m. ET. How to watch: Fans in the USA can watch the...

Finland’s EURO hopes hit by narrow defeat to Norway
Finland fell to a narrow 2-1 loss in Group A of the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship after Caroline Graham Hansen scored a late winner for Norway who move onto six points and the brink of the Quarter-finals, while the Finns remain on three...

Top West Bank sheiks propose recognizing the state of Israel, leaving Palestinian Authority: letter
A group of five top Palestinian officials in the West Bank’s Hebron district said they are willing to leave the Palestinian Authority and join the Abraham Accords, recognizing the state of Israel. The sheikhs penned a letter to Israeli Economy...
Singapore loan levels still sustainable – not like in Norway
The average Singaporean maintains a healthier debt levels with households owing less than their annual earnings, when compared to many other countries, claims a survey by Quick Loan Pte Ltd. The debt level is in particular stark contrast to Norway...

Gambling in Norway is tightly controlled. Could that work in Mass.?
“High Stakes: Gambling Addiction, Beyond Borders” is a three-part series by New England Public Media looking at the public health movement to address gambling in Massachusetts and the United States, and what can be learned from two countries with...

Norwegian Bliss Passenger Missing After Alaska Hike — Search Intensifies
On July 1, 2025, the Juneau Police Department received a report that Marites Buenafe, a passenger on the 168,028-gross-ton Norwegian Bliss, was missing. Last spotted in the morning, this guest got off the ship while it was docked in Juneau,...

Why Norway’s stunning islands are perfect for a cool summer road trip
A jagged thread of granite and sea stacked above the Arctic Circle, Norway’s rugged Lofoten islands look less like they were placed on a map than hurled at it. Primordial, vast and vertical, its glacier-licked peaks tower so high they shrink the...

Local credit unions will beat the pillar banks in the race to offer customers instant transfers
These instant transfers are part of the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) system, which was designed to simplify euro-denominated cross-border payments within the EU and make them as fast and simple as domestic transfers. Typically, Sepa transfers...

Norway apply Euros sting as the cowbell tolls on Switzerland’s big night | Nick Ames
As time wore down and Switzerland strained to restore parity in a match that had looked so comfortably within their grasp, the clattering encouragement of a cowbell sounded from St Jakob-Park’s west stand. It may unwittingly have been tolling for...

Norway 2-1 Finland: Graham Hansen pushes Norway to verge of last eight
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature You can keep up to date with the race for the Euro 2025 Golden Boot here: Share Finland should be proud of that performance despite the loss. They dominated the ball for...

Palestinians left 'without shelter and water' as settlers empty West Bank village
On Thursday evening, Israeli settlers erected a tent just metres away from a Palestinian Bedouin village in the Al-Mu'arrajat area in the occupied West Bank's Jordan Valley. Al-Mu'arrajat East, which occupies a small patch of land on a rocky...

Here's one of the best Norway fjord cruises
NORDKAPP, Norway — The calendar says it’s the day of the summer solstice. The map tells us we’re in a country known as the “land of the midnight sun.” Yet the weather at this remote clifftop 300 miles above the Arctic Circle that marks continental...

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Live Streaming, Norway vs Finland: How to Watch Free Live Telecast of NOR-W vs FIN-W on TV and Online Stream Details of Football Match in India
Norway Women National Football Team vs Finland Women National Football Team UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Live Streaming: Norway and Finland got off to positive start in the Women’s Euro 2025 and the two teams will look to further consolidate their...

See why this is one of the best Norway fjord cruises
Dan Fellner Special for The Republic The dramatic cliff at Nordkapp (North Cape), Norway, marks continental Europe's northernmost point. The cliff rises 1,007 feet above where the Arctic and Atlantic oceans converge.Provided By Dan FellnerA...

Start of summer sees few avian flu outbreaks in European poultry
Over the past three weeks, Great Britain is the only country in the region to have recorded new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in domestic birds. Confirmed on June 11 was the first of four outbreaks in this population, based on...

Egypt, Norway hold informal talks ahead of global plastic treaty negotiations
Egypt’s Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, held a virtual meeting with Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment, Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, as part of ongoing informal consultations in preparation for the next round of negotiations on a...