American embassies are among the best-protected buildings in the world. But it was not always so. When the US embassy…
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2023 Trafalgar Christmas tree “will look great”
UK Ambassador to Norway Jan Thompson watches as Lord Mayor of Westminster Patricia McAllister and Oslo Mayor Anne Lindboe fell…
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Nordic Council Session focuses on security and green transition
The annual Nordic Council Session is meeting in Oslo between 30 October and 2 November 2023, where 87 MPs from…
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Make do and mend in 2023
The 15th of October was International Repair Day, which highlighted the number of fixable items we tend to simply throw…
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Where countryside living doesn’t mean giving up on haute cuisine
Going from city living to a quiet rural life usually involves trade-offs – like no longer having access to high-end…
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Why UK craft breweries are closing at a rate of knots
If you love beer, you could do worse than tour the UK to sample brews from the country’s 2000-odd breweries.…
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Norway’s deep sea mining plans sparks outrage
The Norwegian government last week announced it wants to open up Norway’s continental shelf for deep sea mining. Minerals found…
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25 June 2023 Sunday roundup from Oslo
I joined Tyler Brulé on Monocle on Sunday with the latest on how Norway has reacted on the Wagner rebellion…
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Nordic news roundup: Swedish Nato membership and Greenlandic independence
Big geopolitical changes are afoot in the Nordics, with Nato membership for Sweden finally within grasp while Greenland takes a…
Read MoreReport: Norwegian state guilty of injustices against indigenous Sami population
A Norwegian parliamentary truth and reconciliation commission has published a report on historical injustices against the country’s indigenous groups, including…
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