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Food prices have risen far more in Norway than in the EU in recent years, new figures showed on Friday.

• Minister: food in Norway is 'too expensive'

This car thief may need a crash course in how electric vehicles work.

• Oops! Accidental shot chat ends with accidental shot

Alright, we confess: not everything you read on The Local this morning met our usual standards of accuracy.

Deal with UK will allow archipelago to re-embrace its Viking roots.

• Shetland cites Norway heritage in vote push

Hip-hop superstar Jay-Z believes he overpaid for the Norwegian streaming service and is preparing a multi-million dollar lawsuit.

• Jay Z sparks black rights storm at Norway's Tidal
• Jay Z set to buy Norway's Wimp

"There are people sitting in Norwegian asylum centres who have blood on their hands."

• Norway's integration minister: We can't be like Sweden
• Norway Islamist recruited Isis fighters: PST
• Memo: Norway 'not mentally prepared' for refugees' impact

Slyvi Listhaug said that tighter policies are the key to integration and pointed to Sweden as an example of how not to do things.

• Norway PM: ‘Great uncertainty’ on asylum figures
• Norway wants to combat 'asylum shopping'
• Memo: Norway 'not mentally prepared' for refugees' impact

Since May 2014, Norway has seen its unemployment numbers swell by 47,000.

• Norway jobless at nine-year high: report
• Norway's jobless rate falls to 2.6 percent

Child welfare officials failed to protect a 13-year-old girl who was found dead on New Year's Eve, a new report concluded.

• Bullying in focus after Norway teen's death
• Norway mum charged for teen's starving death
• Kids with poor grades 'more likely to be bullied'

Warmer winters will not only have a major impact on Norwegians' hearts and souls, it will also be a huge blow to the national economy a new report warns.

Norwegian embassies around the world have seen demonstrations over what critics say is an over-aggresive child welfare agency.

A look inside Norway's courses teaching refugees about sexual customs in their new country.

An Austrian photographed making a fascist Islamic salute in a concentration camp has now been accused of circulating Nazi propaganda.

Migrants to Switzerland could be forced to take an exam on Swiss cheeses if a popular initiative is approved in a referendum in June.

Unfortunately for the Turkish President, the German government doesn't control the media.

"Other countries should get a chance," the agency behind a long line of 'best of' lists said.

Just what do you buy for the man who has everything?