On the last day of 2025, I join The Globalist on Monocle Radio to talk about why Norwegians are obsessed…
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Reindeer, Santa, snowmobiles – and fleeing millionaires. All in a day’s news from Norway
Why do millionaires keep fleeing Norway? And what happens if you are stuck on a train in the polar night…
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A dry, hot summer – catastrophic for European winemakers, a boon for British ones
Most of Europe has experienced an unusually hot and dry summer this year. For many winemakers, this has been a…
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Why Stoltenberg wants to ditch the Oil fund ethics committee
Norway’s vast oil fund’s investments are guided by adivce from an ethics committee, but now finance minister Jens Stoltenberg wants…
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Could China shut down Norway at the touch of a button?
It has emerged that Oslo’s Chinese electric buses can be remotely accessed and shut down by the manufacturer. Meanwhile, drones…
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Housing First – the solution to UK homelessness?
Could the cure to homelessness be as simple as giving homes to the homeless? Too expensive, some might say. But…
Read MoreNo Nobel for Trump and grenade-throwing Oslo kids – in the news this week
Why won’t Trump get the Nobel Peace Prize next Friday? Why are 13-year-old boys throwing grenades in central Oslo? And…
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The perils of prosperity: inside Norway’s struggle to spend its €1.7tn oil and gas fund
Published in Monocle, 15 September 2025 WRITER Lars Bevanger It’s not always easy being rich – just ask Norway’s prime…
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Momentum Biennale 2025: Listen up!
How often to you stop and listen – really listen? Most of us live in a world overflowing with sound…
Read MoreNorway goes to the polls
Norwegians go to the polls on Sunday and Monday to decide whether to give governing Labour a shot at four…
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