Norwegian's Sweden-based cabin crew, recently moved to a staffing company, have complained that their Swedish union does not have the clout to protect them against the budget airline and the unspoken threat of losing their jobs.
Norwegian über-glam WAG Caroline Berg Eriksen's decision to post a washboard perfect picture of herself four days after giving birth has added jet fuel to the fiery debate about celebrity pressure on new mothers.
Norwegian air carrier Norwegian has expanded its presence in Europe by adding several destinations from Barcelona, alongside its drive to extend its flight schedule with several longer-distance routes.
Norwegians are spending more time on the road but are sticking to trips and holidays at home, while the frequency of travel abroad stagnated toward the end of summer.
Norway's new government has caused ripples among academics by floating the idea of non-EU students paying tuition fees - but parliament seems likely to oppose the reform drive.
Norwegian culinary skills at Christmas could take a back seat as more revelers choose to get their seasonal food from a box, local media reported on Friday.
The Norwegian Defence has identified more than double as many Russian planes in the six months, with Norwegian fighter jets taking off at least 15 times to check out the flybys.
'Maybe women deserve men setting the agenda," a conservative female politician said Friday as emotions ran high over a study that showed men know more about politics than women, and that the gender gap was wider in Norway than in comparable countries such as Australia.
While its Scandinavian neighbours take turns selling violent remakes of Nordic Noir abroad, Norway is poised to add flavour to the global TV listings with an American remake of dysfunctional family drama <i>Koselig med peis</i>.
A pilot project with free contraceptive pills for Norwegian women younger than 25 has seen abortion rates halved, yet the Health Minister does not want to roll out the system nationwide.
Norway pried victory from the hands of their Danish counterparts in Thursday's Euro2013 semi-finals, after a Danish 87th minute goal took the 1-1 draw into a penalty shoot-out. The Norwegians will now take on the German women in Sunday's final.
The foreign investments of Norway's state pension system should be purged of oil and gas companies, a socialist MP in the oil and gas rich Scandinavian country has proposed.
Despite scoring high in international gender equality comparisons, Norway still has a gap between men and women when it comes to taking an interest in politics.
While one in four Norwegians take their car for a spin and chat on their mobile simultaneously, almost half of Norwegian think phone use impairs driving.
Norwegian oil company Statoil said lower prices for liquids and gas had made themselves felt in second-quarter profits, down more than 50 percent since 2012, but said the company was "on track" for the year.
Oil giant Statoil's less than stellar second-quarter results set the Oslo Stock Exchange off to a bad morning, with the main index dipping 0.2 percent.
A majority of Norway's top local public servants would like the country to fuse some of its more than 400 municipalities to create bigger administrative districts, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
Norwegian citizen Marte Deborah Dalelv, who was felled for extra-marital sex after reporting rape in Dubai, has landed in Norway. Her family and the press welcomed her on Wednesday morning at Torp Sandefjord airport.
A prominent Swedish editorial writer has questioned why Scandinavian tourists visit authoritarian regimes, stating that the jailing of a Norwegian rape victim in Dubai illustrated the paradoxes of "dictatorship holidays".
Two people were taken to hospital after their car slammed into a store front in Oslo in the early hours of Wednesday, after avoiding a routine traffic police check.
The Foreign Ministry has sent a letter of complaint to the UN Security Council, after a report stated that Norwegian aid to Somalia could be coverage for oil exploration in the conflict-torn east African nation.
The deputy chair of the Storting committee on foreign and defence affairs, Snorre Valen, has put forward the names of US whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning as candidates for the Oslo-based Nobel Peace Prize.
