Government drops Corona curfew plan
February 17, 2021
Justice Minister Monica Mæland confirmed on Wednesday that the government is dropping its highly unpopular proposal to impose curfews in Norway, as a means of controlling the Corona virus. It’s been utterly slammed during the hearing process, so Mæland’s ministry won’t be forwarding the curfew proposal to Parliament.
Justice Minister Monica Mæland announced Wednesday that the government is withdrawing its proposal to allow curfews in Norway after massive public resistance. PHOTO: Regjeringen.no
“There’s been a lot of public engagement on the issue, and that’s good,” Mæland told Norwegian Broadcasting during an early morning newscast. She thinks the proposal was well-presented, though, and defended the government’s decision to air it publicly.
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Pandemic poses security threat
February 8, 2021
Norway’s intelligence agencies presented a joint review this year of what they consider the most pressing threats to national security, and warned that the Corona virus crisis is playing a new role. They also claimed that Islamic and right-wing extremists pose the greatest threat of actual attacks, while Russia and China still want to exert influence.
The military intelligence agency’s annual report offers its evaluation of threats against Norway, presented this year along with police intelligence agency PST and officials from the national security authority NSM. PHOTO: Forsvaret/Torbjørn Kjosvold
Spying in and on Norway was determined to be “stable and high” and the overall threat of terror was “moderate.” Police intelligence agency PST
Electricity rates jump in the cold
February 1, 2021
One of the coldest January months in many years has sent electric rates soaring as thermometers sank. Market rates passed their highest level in five years on Monday, meaning that most Norwegians need to brace for some mighty big bills ahead.
Freezing temperatures all over the country are sending electricity rates soaring. Bills for the month of January may be anywhere from three- to five times higher than those for December. PHOTO: NewsInEnglish.no/Morten Møst
“We had a real jump today,” Bengt Haugnes, in charge of power trading for electricity firm