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• Norway’s Supreme Court Upholds Jehovah’s Witnesses State Registration and Funding

  Last week, the Supreme Court of Norway in State v. Jehovah’s Witnesses, (Høyesterett, April 29, 2026), invalidated decisions of government officials that denied state funding and registration as a religious community to Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Court also issued a press release summarizing the decision. The press release reads in part: The State argued that the religious community’s practice...

• Northern lights, southern shadows: The 2026 RSF Index reframes the work of protecting journalists

  Editor’s Note: Reporters Without Borders released its 2026 World Press Freedom Index on April 30, 2026, recording the lowest global score in 25 years and naming the legal indicator as the dimension declining fastest worldwide. Norway held the top spot for the 10th straight year, the Nordic and Baltic states accounted for nearly half of...

• Norwegian NIS Registration & Process Agent Services

  Norwegian NIS Registration & Process Agent Services | How AGPLAW Assists Shipowners in Structured Flag Transitions The Norwegian maritime sector occupies a distinctive position in the global shipping industry. Unlike the large-scale shipbuilding jurisdictions of East Asia, Norway is not primarily associated with mass production of bulk carriers or container vessels. Instead, the country has...

• Norway urged to release migrant rights activist Tommy Olsen, block extradition to Greece

  Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged authorities on Norway to release human rights defender Tommy Olsen and block his extradition to Greece. The rights organization warned that extraditing Tommy Olsen could expose him to serious violations and undermine Norway’s obligations to protect activists. On March 16, Olsen was arrested in his home in Tromsø,...

• Norway Announces Bribery Enforcement Action Concerning Conduct in Congo

  As highlighted in this prior post, in April 2025 PetroNor E&P ASA (an Africa-focused independent oil and gas exploration and production company listed in Norway) announced the closure of a DOJ investigation regarding allegations of corruption – while also noting that an investigation by law enforcement in its home country was still ongoing. Økokrim, a...

• Your Spreadsheet Just Became Your Analyst

  Claude AI is now embedded directly inside Microsoft Excel — not as a chatbot you paste into, but with full awareness of your formulas, tabs, and cell references. It costs $20/month. One user built an 11-tab financial model in 10 minutes. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund reports saving 213,000 hours. The work that took days now...

• The Rupture Of The World Order

  Later today, President Trump is scheduled to speak at the World Economic Forum at Davos about housing affordability, which has no bearing on the subject for which the Forum exists and is unlikely to be the topic of Trump’s meandering stream of consciousness speech, which is more likely to touch upon the 2020 “rigged” election,...

• Norway told to improve fruit and vegetable controls

  Findings from an audit in Norway show the country has a functional official control system for produce but there are several weaknesses. Norway is part of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) monitors how the country implements European Economic Area (EEA) rules on food and feed safety, animal health, and...

• Is It Time for a Blockchain-Enabled U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund?

  Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are now central to how nations stabilize fiscal balances, diversify assets, and project financial influence. Norway’s oil fund, Singapore’s Temasek, and the Gulf states’ investment vehicles all serve as stabilizers and strategic tools in global markets. The U.S., despite being the world’s largest economy and financial hub, remains without such an...

• Norwegian hepatitis A outbreak sickens 38; restaurant reopens

  The restaurant linked to a hepatitis A outbreak in Norway has reopened. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) said there are 38 patients with probable connection to the outbreak, of which 27 have been confirmed by genomic sequencing. Patients were tested between July 10 and Aug. 14. Twenty-five live in Oslo, 11 in Akershus,...

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• Norway Asks Businesses to Report Presence of Nanomaterials

  On June 25, 2009, the Norwegian Board of Technology announced that the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT) has established “a scheme for Norwegian businesses to report their use of nanomaterials in chemical products.”  According to a spokesperson for the Board, until now the Norwegian...

• FDA Warning Letters: Seafood HACCP, Drug Residues, CGMP Violations

  In its latest round of letters sent to food producers with alleged health and safety violations, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doled out warnings to four seafood producers, two dairies, a vinaigrette producer, and a manufacturer of baked goods. Two seafood processors in Norway...

• Norway reports more Listeria infections in outbreak linked to fish dish

  The number of people affected by Listeria in Norway in the past few months has grown to 13. Two-thirds ate a traditional dish made with fermented, uncooked fish before becoming sick. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet) said most cases are more than 70 years old and have ...

• Norway investigates source of Yersinia increase

  Officials in Norway are investigating an increase in Yersinia infections in the past month. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet) reported a Yersinia enterocolitica O3 infection has been detected in 13 people living in several counties. Outbreak investigations to find the ...

• Cadmium in chocolate limits put forward in Codex meeting

  A Codex committee has recommended new maximum levels (MLs) for cadmium in chocolate. The levels set for cadmium are 0.3 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) for chocolate containing up to 30 percent cocoa total solids and 0.7mg/kg for the 30 percent to 50 percent category. The European Union, Norway and ...

• Watermelon suspected in Norwegian Salmonella outbreak

  A Salmonella outbreak in Norway with almost 20 people sick has been linked to watermelon. Folkehelseinstituttet (FHI) reported that of 13 ill people interviewed so far, all of them ate watermelon in the days before becoming sick. The melons were bought in various retail stores. Eighteen people are...

• Norway solves outbreak involving young children

  Norwegian officials have solved a Bacillus cereus outbreak that affected more than 20 young children. Several infants aged 5 to 6 months old became ill between November 2023 and January 2024 after eating a type of porridge. Tveter Gård Foredling withdrew several Den Sorte Havre branded products...

• Norway Announces Bribery Enforcement Action Concerning Conduct in Congo

  As highlighted in this prior post, in April 2025 PetroNor E&P ASA (an Africa-focused independent oil and gas exploration and production company listed in Norway) announced the closure of a DOJ investigation regarding allegations of corruption – while also noting that an investigation by law...

• Fire Breaks Out On Cruise Ship In Norway

  The Washington Post reports this morning that a fire on a German cruise ship at a port in western Norway forced the evacuation of the 607 passengers and crew members on board. A rescue services spokesman says the passengers on the Deutschland cruise ship are being evacuated. The fire started in the ...

• Norway Planning To Shut Down FM Radio Broadcasting

  Norway is planning to shut down its FM radio network and switch over to digital transmissions, beginning in 2018. At the moment, only half the population of Norway listens to digital radio transmissions, but the head of Digital Radio Norway believes that the transition will come smoothly. Ole...