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Ro! News from Norway | Week of Sept 28 to Oct 4, 2026
A new king opens parliament for the first time, Norway's top politicians answer for their ties to Jeffrey Epstein, budget day approaches as interest rates climb, Northern Norway keeps its lifeline airports, train drivers escalate their strike, and Svalbard's glaciers retreat at record speed.
In this episode
IntroKing Haakon VIII opens the Storting and reads his first Throne SpeechThe Epstein hearings in parliamentBudget day on Oct 7, and Norges Bank raises rates to 4.5%All regional airports in Northern Norway stay openThe train drivers' strike escalatesSvalbard glaciers in record retreatQuick hits: unemployment, a 79°F day in Bergen, road deaths, footballNorwegian phrase of the week: "å ha råd" (literally "to have advice", meaning "to be able to afford")
Read more (English)
- Historic opening of Parliament (Norway's News in English): https://www.newsinenglish.no/2026/10/02/historic-opening-of-parliament/
- 'Epstein hearings' put Norway's foreign ministry on trial (Norway's News in English): https://www.newsinenglish.no/2026/10/01/epstein-hearings-put-norways-foreign-ministry-on-trial/
- Rød-Larsen regrets Epstein ties (Norway's News in English): https://www.newsinenglish.no/2026/10/01/rod-larsen-regrets-epstein-ties/
- Interest rates rise again (Norway's News in English): https://www.newsinenglish.no/2026/09/24/interest-rates-rise-again/
- Everything that changes in Norway in October 2026, incl. budget day (The Local): https://www.thelocal.no/20260929/key-points-everything-that-changes-about-life-in-norway-in-october-2026
- Northern Norway airports, road deaths and Bergen heat record (The Local): https://www.thelocal.no/20261001/today-in-norway-a-roundup-of-the-latest-news-on-thursday-252
- Train strike escalation and unemployment figures (The Local): https://www.thelocal.no/20261002/today-in-norway-a-roundup-of-the-latest-news-on-friday-251
- Which routes are hit by the train strike (The Local): https://www.thelocal.no/20260918/listed-which-routes-are-impacted-as-train-strike-hits-norway
- Glaciers melting at record speed (Norway's News in English): https://www.newsinenglish.no/2026/09/28/glaciers-melting-at-record-speed/
- Bitter loss for Norway's football team (Norway's News in English): https://www.newsinenglish.no/2026/09/28/bitter-loss-for-norways-football-team/
Norwegian sources
- Throne Speech: "Folk skal få bedre råd" (Aftenposten): https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/w363nA/kongen-i-regjeringens-trontale-folk-skal-faa-bedre-raad
- Brende apologizes for untrue statements about Epstein contact (VG): https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/OkL2RE/brende-snakket-usant-om-epstein-kontakt-beklager
- Train drivers escalate: 72 on strike from Monday (Aftenposten): https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/0pME26/lokfoererne-trapper-opp-72-i-streik-fra-mandag
- Stable unemployment in September (NAV): https://www.nav.no/no/nav-og-samfunn/statistikk/arbeidssokere-og-stillinger-statistikk/nyheter/stabil-arbeidsledighet-september
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