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Trump tells Norway's PM he has no obligation to 'think purely of peace' after Nobel snub<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//16//venezuelas-machado-presents-trump-with-her-nobel-peace-prize-during-white-house-meeting/">Venezuela/u2019s Machado presents Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize during White House meeting<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In a message to Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re published on Monday, Trump said having been denied the prize he no longer felt \"an obligation to think purely of Peace.\"<\/p>\n<p>St\u00f8re said in a statement: \"I have clearly explained, including to President Trump, what is well known - the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1769012470,"updatedAt":1769012882,"publishedAt":1769012878,"firstPublishedAt":1769012878,"lastPublishedAt":1769012878,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/13\/74\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5aab8b28-9b87-516d-a894-426edf45c527-9621374.jpg","altText":"The Norwegian and US flags are seen on the table at the Pentagon, 20 September, 2022","caption":"The Norwegian and US flags are seen on the table at the Pentagon, 20 September, 2022","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1461,"height":822},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/62\/13\/74\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fb4a160b-4beb-5092-973d-3cf8b5649ab5-9621374.jpg","altText":"Attendees listen to the address of US President Donald Trump during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, 21 January, 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PROPERTY REQUISITIONS","daletPyramidId":3926377,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Norway advising citizens of preparations for wartime property requisitions, military says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Norway\u2019s military preparing for property requisitions in wartime","titleListing2":"Norway advising citizens of preparations for wartime property requisitions, military says","leadin":"The letters have no practical impact in peacetime other than to let owners know that the military may take over their goods in the event of a conflict, the statement said.","summary":"The letters have no practical impact in peacetime other than to let owners know that the military may take over their goods in the event of a conflict, the statement said.","keySentence":"","url":"norway-advising-citizens-of-preparations-for-wartime-property-requisitions-military-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/19\/norway-advising-citizens-of-preparations-for-wartime-property-requisitions-military-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Thousands of Norwegians are expected to receive letters from the military on Monday informing them that their homes, vehicles, boats and machinery may be requisitioned in the event of war.\n\n\"The requisitions are intended to ensure that, in a wartime situation, the armed forces have access to the resources necessary for the defence of the country,\" the military said in a statement.\n\nAround 13,500 preparatory requisitions will be issued for 2026.\n\nThe letters have no practical impact in peacetime other than to let owners know that the military may take over their goods in the event of a conflict, the statement said.\n\nThe request is valid for one year and roughly two-thirds of the letters sent in 2026 were renewals from previous years.\n\n\"The importance of being prepared for crisis and war has increased dramatically in recent years,\" the head of the military's logistics organisation, Anders Jernberg, said in the statement.\n\n\"Norway is in the most serious security policy situation since World War II. Our society must be prepared for security policy crises and, in the worst case, war,\" he said.\n\n\"We are undertaking a major build-up of military and civil preparedness.\"\n\nNorway, one of the founding members of NATO, has beefed up its defences in recent years.\n\nThe Scandinavian country shares a maritime border and 198-kilometre land border with Russia in the Far North.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Thousands of Norwegians are expected to receive letters from the military on Monday informing them that their homes, vehicles, boats and machinery may be requisitioned in the event of war.<\/p>\n<p>\"The requisitions are intended to ensure that, in a wartime situation, the armed forces have access to the resources necessary for the defence of the country,\" the military said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Around 13,500 preparatory requisitions will be issued for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The letters have no practical impact in peacetime other than to let owners know that the military may take over their goods in the event of a conflict, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The request is valid for one year and roughly two-thirds of the letters sent in 2026 were renewals from previous years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//80//41//808x539_cmsv2_b097a40b-3bce-53c8-89cf-fb608949dd9b-9618041.jpg/" alt=\"Norwegian soldiers march during a military parade ceremony marking the 105th anniversary of the Lithuanian military in Vilnius, 25 November, 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/80\/41\/384x256_cmsv2_b097a40b-3bce-53c8-89cf-fb608949dd9b-9618041.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/80\/41\/640x427_cmsv2_b097a40b-3bce-53c8-89cf-fb608949dd9b-9618041.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/80\/41\/750x500_cmsv2_b097a40b-3bce-53c8-89cf-fb608949dd9b-9618041.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/80\/41\/828x552_cmsv2_b097a40b-3bce-53c8-89cf-fb608949dd9b-9618041.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/80\/41\/1080x720_cmsv2_b097a40b-3bce-53c8-89cf-fb608949dd9b-9618041.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/80\/41\/1200x800_cmsv2_b097a40b-3bce-53c8-89cf-fb608949dd9b-9618041.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/80\/41\/1920x1280_cmsv2_b097a40b-3bce-53c8-89cf-fb608949dd9b-9618041.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Norwegian soldiers march during a military parade ceremony marking the 105th anniversary of the Lithuanian military in Vilnius, 25 November, 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"The importance of being prepared for crisis and war has increased dramatically in recent years,\" the head of the military's logistics organisation, Anders Jernberg, said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\"Norway is in the most serious security policy situation since World War II. Our society must be prepared for security policy crises and, in the worst case, war,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are undertaking a major build-up of military and civil preparedness.\"<\/p>\n<p>Norway, one of the founding members of NATO, has beefed up its defences in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The Scandinavian country shares a maritime border and 198-kilometre land border with Russia in the Far North.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1768824654,"updatedAt":1768825658,"publishedAt":1768825646,"firstPublishedAt":1768825646,"lastPublishedAt":1768825646,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/80\/41\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b01f3794-554e-55f5-b094-e96adfdb7a06-9618041.jpg","altText":"Norwegian soldiers take part in a military exercise 'Iron Wolf 2025-I' at the Gaiziunai Training Area near Vilnius, 16 May, 2025","caption":"Norwegian soldiers take part in a military exercise 'Iron Wolf 2025-I' at the Gaiziunai Training Area near Vilnius, 16 May, 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ON NOBEL PRIZE","daletPyramidId":3923301,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Trump tells Norway's PM he has no obligation to 'think purely of peace' after Nobel snub","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump says he is no longer thinking 'purely of peace' after Nobel snub","titleListing2":"Trump tells Norway's PM he has no obligation to 'think purely of peace' after Nobel snub","leadin":"Trump has boasted about ending eight wars, styling himself as \"the president of peace\" and therefore deserving of the Nobel honour but those claims have been exaggerated.","summary":"Trump has boasted about ending eight wars, styling himself as \"the president of peace\" and therefore deserving of the Nobel honour but those claims have been exaggerated.","keySentence":"","url":"trump-tells-norways-pm-he-has-no-obligation-to-think-purely-of-peace-after-nobel-snub","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/01\/19\/trump-tells-norways-pm-he-has-no-obligation-to-think-purely-of-peace-after-nobel-snub","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"US President Donald Trump told Norway's prime minister he no longer needed to think \"purely of peace\" after failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in a message published on Monday.\n\n\"Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,\" Trump said in a message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re.\n\nIt is unclear why Trump decided to send a message to St\u00f8re as the peace prize is decided by the Norwegian Nobel Committee and not the government.\n\nIn a written comment, St\u00f8re underlined that the Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded by the Norwegian government.\n\n\"I have clearly explained, including to president Trump what is well known, the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee,\" Store said.\n\nTrump has long coveted the annual peace prize and last week Venezuela's opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado gifted her Nobel Peace Prize medal to him at the White House.\n\nMachado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership of Venezuela's opposition movement amid a crackdown by President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, most notably in the much-maligned 2023 presidential election.\n\nMachado's gesture to Trump followed a series of developments in Venezuela after a blitz US military raid captured Maduro and his wife and brought them to New York to stand trial on drug trafficking charges two weeks ago.\n\nDuring the visit, Machado gave Trump her Nobel medal \"as a recognition for his unique commitment to our freedom,\" she told reporters outside the US Capitol.\n\nTrump confirmed on social media that Machado had left the medal for him to keep and said it was an honour to meet her.\n\n\"She is a wonderful woman who has been through so much. Mar\u00eda presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done,\" Trump said in his post. \"Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Mar\u00eda.\"\n\nAhead of Machado's visit to Washington, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, organisers of the Nobel Prize, said in a statement that a Peace Prize cannot be withdrawn, transferred or shared once it has been announced.\n\nThe Nobel Foundation's statutes and Alfred Nobel's will \u2014 which dictate the merits awardees should have \u2014 state that the title of the winner belongs personally to the individual and cannot be legally shared or reassigned to another person.\n\nThe medal or the associated diploma can be physically given, sold or auctioned, but this does not confer the award's title on anyone else.\n\nEnding eight wars?\n\nTrump has often boasted about ending eight wars, styling himself as \"the president of peace\" and therefore deserving of the Nobel honour but those claims have been exaggerated.\n\nThe latest conflict he claims to have ended was two years of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.\n\nThe other seven are Israel and Iran, Pakistan and India, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thailand and Cambodia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Egypt and Ethiopia and Serbia and Kosovo.\n\nBut some of those conflicts lasted just days and one, Egypt-Ethiopia, had no fighting to end but rather involved long-standing issues of water sharing from the Nile River.\n\nEthiopia formally\u00a0inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) last year. It sees the dam as a boon to its economy but Egypt opposed its construction, arguing that it would reduce the country's share of Nile River waters.\n\nTrump recently told Fox News that one of the ongoing conflicts that has continued despite his claiming to have stopped it, a simmering border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, should actually count more than once.\n\n\"I did put out eight wars, eight and a quarter, because, you know, Thailand and Cambodia started going at it again,\" he told Sean Hannity last week.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>US President Donald Trump told Norway's prime minister he no longer needed to think \"purely of peace\" after failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in a message published on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\"Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,\" Trump said in a message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear why Trump decided to send a message to St\u00f8re as the peace prize is decided by the Norwegian Nobel Committee and not the government.<\/p>\n<p>In a written comment, St\u00f8re underlined that the Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded by the Norwegian government.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have clearly explained, including to president Trump what is well known, the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee,\" Store said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//76//31//808x539_cmsv2_a88cbfd5-c318-5323-b81b-8b5c90856434-9617631.jpg/" alt=\"US President Donald Trump speaks at a dedication ceremony in Florida, 16 January, 2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/384x256_cmsv2_a88cbfd5-c318-5323-b81b-8b5c90856434-9617631.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/640x427_cmsv2_a88cbfd5-c318-5323-b81b-8b5c90856434-9617631.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/750x500_cmsv2_a88cbfd5-c318-5323-b81b-8b5c90856434-9617631.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/828x552_cmsv2_a88cbfd5-c318-5323-b81b-8b5c90856434-9617631.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/1080x720_cmsv2_a88cbfd5-c318-5323-b81b-8b5c90856434-9617631.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/1200x800_cmsv2_a88cbfd5-c318-5323-b81b-8b5c90856434-9617631.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a88cbfd5-c318-5323-b81b-8b5c90856434-9617631.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">US President Donald Trump speaks at a dedication ceremony in Florida, 16 January, 2026<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Trump has long coveted the annual peace prize and last week Venezuela's opposition leader <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//16//venezuelas-machado-presents-trump-with-her-nobel-peace-prize-during-white-house-meeting/">Mar/u00eda Corina Machado gifted her Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong><\/a> medal to him at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership of Venezuela's opposition movement amid a crackdown by President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, most notably in the much-maligned 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Machado's gesture to Trump followed a series of developments in Venezuela after a blitz US military raid captured Maduro and his wife and brought them to New York to stand trial on drug trafficking charges two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, Machado gave Trump her Nobel medal \"as a recognition for his unique commitment to our freedom,\" she told reporters outside the US Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Trump confirmed on social media that Machado had left the medal for him to keep and said it was an honour to meet her.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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Mar\u00eda presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done,\" Trump said in his post. \"Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Mar\u00eda.\"<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Machado's visit to Washington, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, organisers of the Nobel Prize, said in a statement that a Peace Prize cannot be withdrawn, transferred or shared once it has been announced.<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel Foundation's statutes and Alfred Nobel's will \u2014 which dictate the merits awardees should have \u2014 state that the title of the winner belongs personally to the individual and cannot be legally shared or reassigned to another person.<\/p>\n<p>The medal or the associated diploma can be physically given, sold or auctioned, but this does not confer the award's title on anyone else.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2026//01//18//eu-holds-back-trade-bazooka-as-it-seeks-diplomatic-solution-with-the-us-over-greenland/">EU holds back trade \u2018bazooka\u2019 as it seeks diplomatic solution with the US over Greenland<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2026//01//19//greenland-row-live-eu-stands-firm-amid-us-pressure-what-comes-next/">Europe wants to 'avoid escalation' with US over Greenland, Chancellor Merz says<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>Ending eight wars?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Trump has often boasted about ending eight wars, styling himself as \"the president of peace\" and therefore deserving of the Nobel honour but those claims have been exaggerated.<\/p>\n<p>The latest conflict he claims to have ended was two years of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The other seven are Israel and Iran, Pakistan and India, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thailand and Cambodia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Egypt and Ethiopia and Serbia and Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>But some of those conflicts lasted just days and one, Egypt-Ethiopia, had no fighting to end but rather involved long-standing issues of water sharing from the Nile River.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//61//76//31//808x539_cmsv2_d3b0eb3b-cfbd-5a63-aa75-028ec02679d9-9617631.jpg/" alt=\"A view of the rostrum where the Nobel Committee announce the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, 10 October, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/384x256_cmsv2_d3b0eb3b-cfbd-5a63-aa75-028ec02679d9-9617631.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/640x427_cmsv2_d3b0eb3b-cfbd-5a63-aa75-028ec02679d9-9617631.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/750x500_cmsv2_d3b0eb3b-cfbd-5a63-aa75-028ec02679d9-9617631.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/828x552_cmsv2_d3b0eb3b-cfbd-5a63-aa75-028ec02679d9-9617631.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/1080x720_cmsv2_d3b0eb3b-cfbd-5a63-aa75-028ec02679d9-9617631.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/1200x800_cmsv2_d3b0eb3b-cfbd-5a63-aa75-028ec02679d9-9617631.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/61\/76\/31\/1920x1280_cmsv2_d3b0eb3b-cfbd-5a63-aa75-028ec02679d9-9617631.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A view of the rostrum where the Nobel Committee announce the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, 10 October, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Ethiopia formally inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) last year. It sees the dam as a boon to its economy but Egypt opposed its construction, arguing that it would reduce the country's share of Nile River waters.<\/p>\n<p>Trump recently told Fox News that one of the ongoing conflicts that has continued despite his claiming to have stopped it, a simmering border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, should actually count more than once.<\/p>\n<p>\"I did put out eight wars, eight and a quarter, because, you know, Thailand and Cambodia started going at it again,\" he told Sean Hannity last week. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1768812303,"updatedAt":1768839668,"publishedAt":1768814166,"firstPublishedAt":1768814166,"lastPublishedAt":1768839667,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"A man wearing a mask resembling US President Donald Trump holds a sign designed like a Nobel Peace Prize in Tel Aviv, 11 October, 2025","callToActionText":null,"width":1620,"caption":"A 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cancer prognosis","daletPyramidId":3505492,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"This AI tool could spare cancer patients from chemotherapy they don't need","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"This AI tool could spare cancer patients chemo that isn't needed","titleListing2":"This AI tool could spare cancer patients from chemotherapy they don't need","leadin":"The tool scans digital images of the same cancer tissue samples that pathologists use and can tell how fast the cancer is likely to grow and how risky it is.","summary":"The tool scans digital images of the same cancer tissue samples that pathologists use and can tell how fast the cancer is likely to grow and how risky it is.","keySentence":"","url":"this-ai-tool-could-spare-cancer-patients-from-chemotherapy-they-dont-need","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/12\/15\/this-ai-tool-could-spare-cancer-patients-from-chemotherapy-they-dont-need","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Cancer patients may soon be able to avoid or receive chemotherapy more precisely thanks to artificial intelligence (AI).\n\nFor decades, doctors have examined cancer biopsies under a microscope, but this approach can miss subtle patterns that reveal how dangerous a tumour might be.\n\nA Norwegian start-up is using AI to change the way colorectal cancer is examined to provide better assessments while reducing potentially unnecessary and harmful treatment.\n\nDoMore Diagnostics is developing AI technology that analyses tissue samples in far greater detail than the human eye can manage.\n\n\u201cWe personalise cancer treatment by utilising the power of AI,\u201d Torbj\u00f8rn Furuseth, Domore Diagnostics CEO, told Euronews Health.\n\n\u201cWhile there have been great improvements in cancer care over the last years, there are still a lot of patients that receive toxic treatment with no benefits,\u201d Furuseth added.\n\nColon cancer is the third most common and second most deadly cancer worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation.\n\nIn 2022, 2.74 million new cancer cases were registered in Europe, according to the European Commission\u2019s estimates published in the European Cancer Information System (ECIS).\n\n\u201cWith AI and large data, thousands of slides, we have super-specialised an algorithm,\u201d Furuseth said.\n\nMore accurate than human pathologists\n\nThe company is a spin-out from a research collaboration between Oxford University, Oslo University Hospital in Norway, and University College London (UCL). This partnership developed the foundational research behind its AI-based prognostic technology.\n\nDomore Diagnostics claims its tool has proven to be more accurate in predicting the outcome of the patient than human pathologists.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWe don't really know what the AI is looking for. But we have afterwards correlated [AI outcomes] with pathologist evaluation and seeing that it makes sense,\u201d Andreas Kleppe, a research director at Oslo University Hospital Research, told Euronews Health.\n\n\u201cIt [the AI] picks up many of the features that pathologists also look at, but it of course also combines this and looks at things that pathologists may not know,\u201d Kleppe added.\n\nThis improved accuracy can help doctors decide which patients actually need strong treatments such as chemotherapy and which patients can safely avoid them.\n\nPrognostic analysis is an important step after surgery, where the tumour has been removed, as some patients may still harbour small metastases, secondary cancer growths that spread from the original tumour.\n\nMost colorectal cancer patients are cured by surgery alone, however, chemotherapy often follows surgery as a \u201cone-size-fits-all approach,\u201d with \u201cno benefit to the majority of patients, only exposing them to short- and long-term side effects,\u201d the company said.\u00a0\n\n\u00a0Between 96 and 98 per cent of stage two patients and 80 per cent of stage three patients are exposed to short and long-term side effects without gaining improved outcomes, the company added.\n\n\u201cExactly understanding what represents high risk of metastasis and low risk is difficult for a human to judge because it's so complex,\u201d Furuseth said.\n\nHow does it work?\n\nDoMore Diagnostics\u2019 system is trained on thousands of images.\n\nAccording to Kleppe, this gives it far better judgment in identifying the high-risk features that are linked to recurrence and death from the cancer.\u00a0\n\nThe tool scans digital images of the same cancer tissue samples that pathologists use to look at and can tell how fast the cancer is likely to grow and how risky it is.\n\n\u201cWhen we develop the AI solutions, we feed in these images directly, and then the outcome of the patients several years after surgery,\u201d Kleppe said.\n\n\u201cAnd then we make the computer see the relationship between those. So we don't rely on the pathologist's evaluation directly, we just rely on the outcome,\u201d he added.\n\nThis process gives doctors a more precise understanding of how aggressive a patient\u2019s cancer is, the Norwegian medical start-up said.\u00a0\n\nDomore Diagnostics\u2019 colorectal-cancer test is currently used to validate prognostic analyses at hospitals in Europe, the United States, Japan, and Mexico.\n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Cancer patients may soon be able to avoid or receive chemotherapy more precisely thanks to artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>For decades, doctors have examined cancer biopsies under a microscope, but this approach can miss subtle patterns that reveal how dangerous a tumour might be.<\/p>\n<p>A Norwegian start-up is using AI to change the way colorectal cancer is examined to provide better assessments while reducing potentially unnecessary and harmful treatment.<\/p>\n<p>DoMore Diagnostics is developing AI technology that analyses tissue samples in far greater detail than the human eye can manage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe personalise cancer treatment by utilising the power of AI,\u201d Torbj\u00f8rn Furuseth, Domore Diagnostics CEO, told Euronews Health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile there have been great improvements in cancer care over the last years, there are still a lot of patients that receive toxic treatment with no benefits,\u201d Furuseth added.<\/p>\n<p>Colon cancer is the third most common and second most deadly cancer worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, 2.74 million new cancer cases were registered in Europe, according to the European Commission\u2019s estimates published in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////ecis.jrc.ec.europa.eu///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">European Cancer Information System<\/a> (ECIS).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith AI and large data, thousands of slides, we have super-specialised an algorithm,\u201d Furuseth said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//02//28//cancer-treatment-in-uk-lags-behind-other-comparable-countries-study-says/">Cancer treatment in UK lags behind other comparable countries, study says<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2023//07//06//new-cancer-vaccine-trials-in-the-uk-could-see-10000-patients-treated-by-2030/">New cancer vaccine trials in the UK could see 10,000 patients treated by 2030<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3>More accurate than human pathologists<\/h3>\n<p>The company is a spin-out from a research collaboration between Oxford University, Oslo University Hospital in Norway, and University College London (UCL). This partnership developed the foundational research behind its AI-based prognostic technology.<\/p>\n<p>Domore Diagnostics claims its tool has proven to be more accurate in predicting the outcome of the patient than human pathologists. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don't really know what the AI is looking for. 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deep-sea mining","daletPyramidId":3494225,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Deep-sea mining: Norway halts controversial practice until 2029","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Deep-sea mining: Norway halts controversial practice until 2029","titleListing2":"Deep-sea mining: Norway halts controversial practice until 2029","leadin":"Norway\u2019s newly elected government has delayed issuing deep-sea mining licenses in the Arctic.","summary":"Norway\u2019s newly elected government has delayed issuing deep-sea mining licenses in the Arctic.","keySentence":"","url":"deep-sea-mining-norway-halts-controversial-practice-until-2029","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/12\/04\/deep-sea-mining-norway-halts-controversial-practice-until-2029","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Norway has postponed controversial deep\u2013sea mining plans, a delay environmentalists say must be \u201cthe nail in the coffin\u201d for 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While Labour leads the government, it does not have a majority on its own and needed support from other political parties to get its 2026 State budget across the line.\n\nNorway\u2019s deep-sea mining mission\n\nLast year, Norway became the first country in the world to greenlight deep-sea mining practices to accelerate the undersea hunt for minerals used to build green technology such as batteries for electric vehicles (EVs).\n\nThe bill means that around 280,000 square metres of the country\u2019s national waters \u2013 located between Svalbard, Greenland and Iceland \u2013 could eventually be opened up to collect rocks from the seabed known as nodules that contain minerals such as cobalt and zinc. It had planned to start issuing licenses for mining in 2025.\u00a0\n\nDespite claims that such a practice can be done sustainably, experts warn it could lead to \u201cirreversible damage\u201d to biodiversity and ecosystems and risks impacting carbon stored in the ocean.\n\nNorway has long argued that accessing minerals from the seabed could help the country move away from the oil and gas industry, and lead to a \u201cgreen transition\u201d in the form of fuel cells, solar panels, EVs and mobile phones.\n\nHowever, a report published last year by the Environmental Justice Foundation found deep-sea mining is not necessary for the clean energy transition. It predicts that a combination of new technology, a circular economy and recycling could cut demand for minerals by 58 per cent between 2022 and 2050.\n\nThe foundation\u2019s CEO and founder, Steve Trent says deep-sea mining is a pursuit of minerals we don\u2019t actually need that risks environmental damage \u201cwe can\u2019t afford\u201d.\n\n\u201cWe know so little about the deep ocean, but we know enough to be sure that mining it will wipe out unique wildlife, disturb the world\u2019s largest carbon store, and do nothing to speed the transition to clean economies,\u201d he adds.\n\nIs this the \u2018nail in the coffin\u2019 for Norway\u2019s deep-sea mining industry?\n\nNorway\u2019s decision to postpone deep-sea mining has been praised by numerous environmental groups \u2013 and has resulted in calls for the country to support a global moratorium on the practice.\n\n\u201cThis must be the nail in the coffin for the deep-sea mining industry in Norway,\u201d says Haldis Tjeldflaat Helle of Greenpeace Nordic.\n\n\u201cAny government that is committed to sustainable ocean management cannot support deep-sea mining.\u201d\n\nHelle has also urged Norway to \u201cstep up and become a real ocean leader\u201d by bringing forward a proposal to protect the Arctic deep sea.\u00a0\n\nHowever, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re told reporters that the move should be understood as a postponement rather than a permanent ban.\u00a0\n\nHe adds that the Socialist Left Party, which halted budget agreements yesterday, do not \u201chold power forever\u201d but confirmed that seabed mining will not take place during the current parliamentary period.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Norway has postponed controversial deep\u2013sea mining plans, a delay environmentalists say must be \u201cthe nail in the coffin\u201d for the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday (3 December) the country\u2019s Labour government confirmed it will not issue licenses for deep-sea mining during the current legislative term, which doesn\u2019t end until 2029.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement follows intense negotiations between Labour, the Socialist Left Party, the Green Party, the Red Party and the Centre Party. While Labour leads the government, it does not have a majority on its own and needed support from other political parties to get its 2026 State budget across the line.<\/p>\n<h2>Norway\u2019s deep-sea mining mission<\/h2>\n<p>Last year, Norway became the first country in the world to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//11//norway-becomes-first-country-to-back-deep-sea-mining-despite-environmental-concerns/">greenlight deep-sea mining practices<\/strong><\/a> to accelerate the undersea hunt for minerals used to build green technology such as batteries for electric vehicles (EVs).<\/p>\n<p>The bill means that around 280,000 square metres of the country\u2019s national waters \u2013 located between Svalbard, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//16//climate-change-in-the-arctic-how-melting-ice-is-causing-greenland-to-shrink/">Greenland <\/a>and Iceland \u2013 could eventually be opened up to collect rocks from the seabed known as nodules that contain minerals such as cobalt and zinc. It had planned to start issuing licenses for mining in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Despite claims that such a practice can be done sustainably, experts warn it could lead to \u201cirreversible damage\u201d to biodiversity and ecosystems and risks impacting<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//06//marine-heatwaves-disrupt-crucial-carbon-storage-processes-in-the-ocean-new-study-finds/"> <strong>carbon stored in the ocean<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//12//04//why-are-european-natural-gas-prices-tumbling-despite-the-cold-winter/">Why are European natural gas prices tumbling despite the cold winter?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//12//03//monsoon-season-or-climate-disaster-whats-driving-asias-flash-floods-as-death-toll-hits-130/">Monsoon season or climate disaster? What\u2019s driving Asia\u2019s flash floods as death toll hits 1,400<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Norway has long argued that accessing minerals from the seabed could help the country move away from the oil and gas industry, and lead to a \u201cgreen transition\u201d in the form of fuel cells, solar panels,<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//11//25//sluggish-car-market-which-eu-countries-are-bucking-the-trend/"> <strong>EVs<\/strong><\/a>and mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>However, a report published last year by the Environmental Justice Foundation found deep-sea mining is not necessary for the clean energy transition. It predicts that a combination of new technology, a circular economy and<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//11//21//which-eu-countries-recycle-the-most-raw-materials/"> <strong>recycling<\/strong> <\/a>could cut demand for minerals by 58 per cent between 2022 and 2050.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation\u2019s CEO and founder, Steve Trent says deep-sea mining is a pursuit of minerals we don\u2019t actually need that risks environmental damage \u201cwe can\u2019t afford\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know so little about the deep ocean, but we know enough to be sure that mining it will wipe out unique wildlife, disturb the world\u2019s largest carbon store, and do nothing to speed the transition to clean economies,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<h2>Is this the \u2018nail in the coffin\u2019 for Norway\u2019s deep-sea mining industry?<\/h2>\n<p>Norway\u2019s decision to postpone <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//02//deep-sea-mining-heres-which-countries-oppose-and-support-the-controversial-practice/">deep-sea mining<\/strong> <\/a>has been praised by numerous environmental groups \u2013 and has resulted in calls for the country to support a global moratorium on the practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis must be the nail in the coffin for the deep-sea mining industry in Norway,\u201d says Haldis Tjeldflaat Helle of Greenpeace Nordic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny government that is committed to sustainable ocean management cannot support deep-sea mining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Helle has also urged Norway to \u201cstep up and become a real ocean leader\u201d by bringing forward a proposal to protect the Arctic deep sea. <\/p>\n<p>However, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re told reporters that the move should be understood as a postponement rather than a permanent ban. <\/p>\n<p>He adds that the Socialist Left Party, which halted budget agreements 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Surgeons can explore 3D models of patients\u2019 organs through VR goggles, cutting into the model with virtual tools.","summary":"Could virtual organs make high-risk surgeries safer? Surgeons can explore 3D models of patients\u2019 organs through VR goggles, cutting into the model with virtual tools.","keySentence":"","url":"watch-how-holograms-virtual-reality-and-ai-are-transforming-the-operating-room","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/11\/26\/watch-how-holograms-virtual-reality-and-ai-are-transforming-the-operating-room","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Surgeons may one day be able to rehearse life-saving operations before even touching a patient.\n\nA mother donating part of her liver to her sick baby could, for example.\u00a0 undergo a safer, more predictable procedure because doctors have already explored the organ in three dimensions, turning it, slicing it and studying every detail in advance.\n\nA Norwegian start-up believes this is no longer the stuff of fiction but is fast becoming part of modern medicine.\n\nHolocare is developing virtual reality technology that lets surgeons view a patient\u2019s organ as a 3D hologram, built from the same MRI or CT scans used in every hospital.\n\nInstead of looking at flat grey images, doctors can step inside a virtual reconstruction and plan their approach together.\n\n\u201cSo you imagine five surgeons trying to plan a complicated case, they all have different opinions, different ways of thinking about it, younger ones don't dare to say too much to the professor,\u201d Alison Sundset, HoloCare\u2019s chief executive, told Euronews Next.\n\n\u201cSo then you have this very unique opportunity to collaborate and look at the images and expand the images, go inside the images and actually plan better surgery,\u201d she added.\n\nSeeing inside the body before surgery\n\nThe system uses artificial intelligence (AI) to convert 2D medical images into detailed 3D models.\u00a0\n\nSurgeons can then explore them through virtual reality (VR) goggles, enlarging parts of the organ, rotating it or cutting into the model with virtual tools.\n\nIn a demonstration to Euronews Next, two product designers swung their arms and pinched their fingers in the air.\n\nTo observers, it looked like a mime performance, but inside their headsets, they were examining the real liver of a patient with colorectal metastasis.\n\nThey were practising a resection plan, testing how to remove a tumour while calculating how much healthy liver would remain.\n\nThey are simulating a resection plan to simulate how the tumour can be cut out. This process allows doctors to calculate the volume of the liver and the remnant of the resection.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\n\u201cWhat we have learned from the clinicians is that the real value is the spatial feeling and the understanding of the anatomical structures that you get from looking at it from different angles, being able to expand it, and being able to cut into it with different tools,\u201d Dag Otto Lund, Holocare\u2019s design lead, told Euronews Next.\n\nThe technology has recently been authorised for use in liver cases, with more organs expected to be authorised soon.\n\nHospitals in Norway, Germany, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom are already using the platform, according to the company.\n\nA second chance for patients\n\nThis clarity matters because, traditionally, surgeons have had to render flat scans into mental 3D models in their heads.\n\nIt is a skill that takes years to master and often leads to different interpretations among team members.\n\n\u201cYounger surgeons find it very difficult [to translate 2D images into mental 3D models] and everyone ends up with their own interpretation,\u201d said Sundset.\n\n\u201cWith this tool, they are completely aligned,\u201d she added.\n\nSundset said the technology has already changed real patient outcomes. One surgeon had declared a case inoperable and sent the patient home, but later reviewed the scans in 3D while teaching junior colleagues.\n\n\u201cHe realised that actually he could operate,\u201d she said. \u201cHe brought the case back in, and the man is alive and well with his children\u201d.\n\nHolocare says its browser-based AI system can process images into a 3D model in about ten minutes.\n\nIt is designed so surgeons can load images directly into the software, reducing reliance on radiologists and saving time.\n\nHowever, the company underscores that its AI software is not a diagnostic tool and that poor-quality imagery input will lead to poor output.\n\n\u201cThe AI only gives suggestions. The clinician or the surgeon, him or herself, needs to go through all the labelling [of lesions] and verify that it's correct,\u201d said Lund.\n\nThe company is now working on bringing real-time holographic guidance into the operating room through a surgical robot.\n\n\u201cOur ultimate goal is that a surgeon would have on a lens and be looking at the patient so the hologram would be overlaid and fixed onto the body of a patient... and you would operate in 3D through the hologram,\u201d said Sundset.\n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Surgeons may one day be able to rehearse life-saving operations before even touching a patient.<\/p>\n<p>A mother donating part of her liver to her sick baby could, for example. undergo a safer, more predictable procedure because doctors have already explored the organ in three dimensions, turning it, slicing it and studying every detail in advance.<\/p>\n<p>A Norwegian start-up believes this is no longer the stuff of fiction but is fast becoming part of modern medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Holocare is developing virtual reality technology that lets surgeons view a patient\u2019s organ as a 3D hologram, built from the same MRI or CT scans used in every hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of looking at flat grey images, doctors can step inside a virtual reconstruction and plan their approach together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//55//97//33//808x454_cmsv2_935affee-06e4-510a-9e57-743623bf3cd1-9559733.jpg/" alt=\"Holocare&#x2019;s design lead, Dag Otto Lund, demonstrating how surgeons could examine the real liver of a patient with colorectal metastasis though a VR headset.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/97\/33\/384x216_cmsv2_935affee-06e4-510a-9e57-743623bf3cd1-9559733.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/97\/33\/640x360_cmsv2_935affee-06e4-510a-9e57-743623bf3cd1-9559733.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/97\/33\/750x422_cmsv2_935affee-06e4-510a-9e57-743623bf3cd1-9559733.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/97\/33\/828x466_cmsv2_935affee-06e4-510a-9e57-743623bf3cd1-9559733.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/97\/33\/1080x608_cmsv2_935affee-06e4-510a-9e57-743623bf3cd1-9559733.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/97\/33\/1200x675_cmsv2_935affee-06e4-510a-9e57-743623bf3cd1-9559733.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/97\/33\/1920x1080_cmsv2_935affee-06e4-510a-9e57-743623bf3cd1-9559733.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Holocare&#x2019;s design lead, Dag Otto Lund, demonstrating how surgeons could examine the real liver of a patient with colorectal metastasis though a VR headset.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Roselyne Min<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cSo you imagine five surgeons trying to plan a complicated case, they all have different opinions, different ways of thinking about it, younger ones don't dare to say too much to the professor,\u201d Alison Sundset, HoloCare\u2019s chief executive, told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo then you have this very unique opportunity to collaborate and look at the images and expand the images, go inside the images and actually plan better surgery,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<h2>Seeing inside the body before surgery<\/h2>\n<p>The system uses artificial intelligence (AI) to convert 2D medical images into detailed 3D models. <\/p>\n<p>Surgeons can then explore them through virtual reality (VR) goggles, enlarging parts of the organ, rotating it or cutting into the model with virtual tools.<\/p>\n<p>In a demonstration to Euronews Next, two product designers swung their arms and pinched their fingers in the air.<\/p>\n<p>To observers, it looked like a mime performance, but inside their headsets, they were examining the real liver of a patient with colorectal metastasis.<\/p>\n<p>They were practising a resection plan, testing how to remove a tumour while calculating how much healthy liver would remain.<\/p>\n<p>They are simulating a resection plan to simulate how the tumour can be cut out. This process allows doctors to calculate the volume of the liver and the remnant of the resection. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we have learned from the clinicians is that the real value is the spatial feeling and the understanding of the anatomical structures that you get from looking at it from different angles, being able to expand it, and being able to cut into it with different tools,\u201d Dag Otto Lund, Holocare\u2019s design lead, told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<p>The technology has recently been authorised for use in liver cases, with more organs expected to be authorised soon.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals in Norway, Germany, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom are already using the platform, according to the company.<\/p>\n<h2>A second chance for patients<\/h2>\n<p>This clarity matters because, traditionally, surgeons have had to render flat scans into mental 3D models in their heads.<\/p>\n<p>It is a skill that takes years to master and often leads to different interpretations among team members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYounger surgeons find it very difficult[to translate 2D images into mental 3D models] and everyone ends up with their own interpretation,\u201d said Sundset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this tool, they are completely aligned,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Sundset said the technology has already changed real patient outcomes. One surgeon had declared a case inoperable and sent the patient home, but later reviewed the scans in 3D while teaching junior colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe realised that actually he could operate,\u201d she said. \u201cHe brought the case back in, and the man is alive and well with his children\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Holocare says its browser-based AI system can process images into a 3D model in about ten minutes.<\/p>\n<p>It is designed so surgeons can load images directly into the software, reducing reliance on radiologists and saving time.<\/p>\n<p>However, the company underscores that its AI software is not a diagnostic tool and that poor-quality imagery input will lead to poor output.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AI only gives suggestions. The clinician or the surgeon, him or herself, needs to go through all the labelling [of lesions] and verify that it's correct,\u201d said Lund.<\/p>\n<p>The company is now working on bringing real-time holographic guidance into the operating room through a surgical robot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur ultimate goal is that a surgeon would have on a lens and be looking at the patient so the hologram would be overlaid and fixed onto the body of a patient... and you would operate in 3D through the hologram,\u201d said Sundset.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.<\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1763999421,"updatedAt":1764141347,"publishedAt":1764136870,"firstPublishedAt":1764136870,"lastPublishedAt":1764136935,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/97\/33\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2dd5dbb1-0a41-55ee-8f79-f41952fe0d50-9559733.jpg","altText":"Holocare is developing virtual reality technology that 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- S07E11 - THE ARCTIC - MASTER","daletPyramidId":1921927,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Bringing people back: Europe\u2019s Arctic communities fight to stay alive","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Europe\u2019s Arctic communities fight to stay alive","titleListing2":"Arctic islands that have been home for people for thousands of years are emptying thanks to climate change, job losses and a sense of isolation. But some refuse to go quietly. Here's how they're fighting back:","leadin":"449 people live on Tr\u00e6na, a tiny archipelago forty kilometres from Norway's mainland. This remote Arctic community faces a crisis shared across the region \u2014 people are leaving, the climate is changing and centuries-old ways of life are disappearing.","summary":"449 people live on Tr\u00e6na, a tiny archipelago forty kilometres from Norway's mainland. This remote Arctic community faces a crisis shared across the region \u2014 people are leaving, the climate is changing and centuries-old ways of life are disappearing.","keySentence":"","url":"bringing-people-back-europes-arctic-communities-fight-to-stay-alive","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/11\/25\/bringing-people-back-europes-arctic-communities-fight-to-stay-alive","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Selv\u00e6r, one of Tr\u00e6na\u2019s islands, is home to about 50 people \u2014 and a hundred sheep.\n\nDutch engineer Thijs De Swart moved here a few years ago to become a farmer. In the past, sheep were everywhere. They grazed the grass and kept the islands from being overrun by weeds. But as some people left and others retired, all the other farmers disappeared too.\n\n\"The communities here are collapsing,\" De Swart explains. \"The populations have declined very rapidly. It's difficult to live here with kids. It's very difficult to find a job here \u2014 you kind of have to create your own job.\"\n\n\u201cGood fishing times are gone forever\u201d\n\nClimate change has impacted Tr\u00e6na deeply. Fish stocks that sustained the community for centuries have moved away, and the fishing boats that once filled the docks are mostly gone.\n\n\"Other industries are trying to fill the gap,\" says Tr\u00e6na community mayor Trond Vegard Sletten. \"But the good times that fishing brought, when many people made a great living from the sea, are probably gone forever.\"\n\nOver the last decade, Tr\u00e6na has lost nearly 10% of its population.\u00a0\n\nUnpredictable Arctic weather, made worse by climate change, makes transport connections unreliable. Boats and ferries often get cancelled,\u00a0due to bad weather or operational reasons, cutting residents off from mainland hospitals and other essential services.\n\n\"We want to be able to reach the big city when we have to,\" Sletten says. \"It's hard to survive as a small community when just getting there feels like a major challenge.\"\n\nEuropean researchers offer hope\n\nThe European-funded project EmpowerUS spent three years studying local challenges and produced a toolkit of strategies to help the people of Tr\u00e6na fight back against decline.\n\n\u201cCentralisation makes it harder to live in the peripheral areas, maybe particularly in the Arctic\u201d, explains Maiken Bj\u00f8rkan from the Nordland Research Institute who coordinated the research. \u201cThey need more people to [move to] the island. They need more possibilities to work here. And they need it to be more attractive for young people to come and settle down.\u201d\n\nThe recommendations focus on several key areas, mainly improving transport infrastructure, promoting sustainable tourism and preserving local identity.\u00a0\n\nThe worry in Tr\u00e6na is that fewer people will mean fewer boats, making the problem even worse.\n\nProject manager Cecilie Hel\u00e9n Bratt explains, \u201cWhen people disappear, it's hard for the county municipality to maintain all of the existing routes. It's difficult, but it is the lifeline of the coastal communities. So it has to be in place. If you remove it, people cannot live here.\u201d\n\nTourism: quality over quantity\n\nRather than pursuing mass tourism, Tr\u00e6na is aiming to attract visitors seeking authentic connections with its history and culture. With the help of the EmpowerUS project, the community has commissioned new public artwork and created \u201cheritage trails\u201d, where visitors can find and scan QR codes to learn about local history and legends.\n\nNorwegian artist H\u00e5vard Arnhoff has worked together with Tr\u00e6na residents to create a new landmark sculpture \u2014 four flowing waves that will greet visitors arriving by boat.\u00a0\n\nLocal artist Sonja Langskj\u00e6r is painting large-scale murals that reveal hidden aspects of island life \u2014 from the once-thriving fishing industry to vibrant coral reefs beneath Arctic waters. \"Putting it on a wall in full scale shows people what they can't see,\" she says. \"It makes them think about the riches we have around us.\"\n\nFinding new ways to live from the land and sea\n\nThe pristine Arctic environment still offers economic opportunities. Tr\u00e6na resident Anders Budde harvests wild seaweed along the coastlines, drying and selling kombu for broth-making and truffle seaweed as culinary spices to mainland restaurants.\n\n\"Yes, we want development and tourists,\" Budde reflects. \"But we want to keep this a place where people want to come, want to live, want to stay. That's the real challenge.\"\n\nFish farming offers another lifeline, though offshore salmon cages worry some residents about pollution and spoiling pristine coastal views. Newer inland aquaculture facilities promise the economic benefits without the environmental concerns.\n\nTr\u00e6na's fight for survival echoes across the Arctic. These remote communities feel the need to modernise fast enough to keep people from leaving\u00a0while preserving the authentic culture and pristine landscapes that bring people there in the first place.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Selv\u00e6r, one of Tr\u00e6na\u2019s islands, is home to about 50 people \u2014 and a hundred sheep.<\/p>\n<p>Dutch engineer Thijs De Swart moved here a few years ago to become a farmer. In the past, sheep were everywhere. They grazed the grass and kept the islands from being overrun by weeds. But as some people left and others retired, all the other farmers disappeared too.<\/p>\n<p>\"The communities here are collapsing,\" De Swart explains. \"The populations have declined very rapidly. It's difficult to live here with kids. It's very difficult to find a job here \u2014 you kind of have to create your own job.\"<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cGood fishing times are gone forever\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Climate change has impacted Tr\u00e6na deeply. Fish stocks that sustained the community for centuries have moved away, and the fishing boats that once filled the docks are mostly gone.<\/p>\n<p>\"Other industries are trying to fill the gap,\" says Tr\u00e6na community mayor Trond Vegard Sletten. \"But the good times that fishing brought, when many people made a great living from the sea, are probably gone forever.\"<\/p>\n<p>Over the last decade, Tr\u00e6na has lost nearly 10% of its population. <\/p>\n<p>Unpredictable Arctic weather, made worse by climate change, makes transport connections unreliable. Boats and ferries often get cancelled, due to bad weather or operational reasons, cutting residents off from mainland hospitals and other essential services.<\/p>\n<p>\"We want to be able to reach the big city when we have to,\" Sletten says. \"It's hard to survive as a small community when just getting there feels like a major challenge.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-gallery widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" \n data-ratio=\"0.5625\"\n data-gallery-img-nb=\"11\"\n data-gallery-key=\"88ccd720-c875-11f0-8f8a-55af363f7f74\"\n data-gallery-featured-index=\"0\"\n>\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure widget__figure-has-button\">\n <a class=\"widget__gallery__image__link\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"//green//2025//11//25//bringing-people-back-europes-arctic-communities-fight-to-stay-alive?gallery=88ccd720-c875-11f0-8f8a-55af363f7f74#photo-1\" title=\"open image gallery\">\n <img class=\"widget__gallery__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//library//11//1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3//384x216_cmsv2_1ceb76f0-523f-52f3-8510-4d4f637ad878-1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3.jpg/" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3\/384x216_cmsv2_1ceb76f0-523f-52f3-8510-4d4f637ad878-1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3\/640x360_cmsv2_1ceb76f0-523f-52f3-8510-4d4f637ad878-1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3\/750x422_cmsv2_1ceb76f0-523f-52f3-8510-4d4f637ad878-1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3\/828x466_cmsv2_1ceb76f0-523f-52f3-8510-4d4f637ad878-1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3\/1080x608_cmsv2_1ceb76f0-523f-52f3-8510-4d4f637ad878-1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3\/1200x675_cmsv2_1ceb76f0-523f-52f3-8510-4d4f637ad878-1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3\/1920x1080_cmsv2_1ceb76f0-523f-52f3-8510-4d4f637ad878-1114b033a05e4f552a32cb9b989d04e08c74dfc5d5b3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"widget__button u-color-white u-display-flex u-flex-direction-column u-margin-bottom-2 u-margin-bottom-medium-5 u-text-transform-none\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"//green//2025//11//25//bringing-people-back-europes-arctic-communities-fight-to-stay-alive?gallery=88ccd720-c875-11f0-8f8a-55af363f7f74#photo-1\" title=\"open image gallery\">\n <div class=\"widget__button__title u-color-white u-margin-top-0 u-text-transform-none u-text-weight-bold\">View Gallery<\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__button__text u-display-flex u-text-weight-semibold u-text-size-extra-small\">11 Photos<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>European researchers offer hope<\/h2>\n<p>The European-funded project EmpowerUS spent three years studying local challenges and produced a toolkit of strategies to help the people of Tr\u00e6na fight back against decline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCentralisation makes it harder to live in the peripheral areas, maybe particularly in the Arctic\u201d, explains Maiken Bj\u00f8rkan from the Nordland Research Institute who coordinated the research. \u201cThey need more people to [move to] the island. They need more possibilities to work here. And they need it to be more attractive for young people to come and settle down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recommendations focus on several key areas, mainly improving transport infrastructure, promoting sustainable tourism and preserving local identity. <\/p>\n<p>The worry in Tr\u00e6na is that fewer people will mean fewer boats, making the problem even worse.<\/p>\n<p>Project manager Cecilie Hel\u00e9n Bratt explains, \u201cWhen people disappear, it's hard for the county municipality to maintain all of the existing routes. It's difficult, but it is the lifeline of the coastal communities. So it has to be in place. If you remove it, people cannot live here.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Tourism: quality over quantity<\/h2>\n<p>Rather than pursuing mass tourism, Tr\u00e6na is aiming to attract visitors seeking authentic connections with its history and culture. With the help of the EmpowerUS project, the community has commissioned new public artwork and created \u201cheritage trails\u201d, where visitors can find and scan QR codes to learn about local history and legends.<\/p>\n<p>Norwegian artist H\u00e5vard Arnhoff has worked together with Tr\u00e6na residents to create a new landmark sculpture \u2014 four flowing waves that will greet visitors arriving by boat. <\/p>\n<p>Local artist Sonja Langskj\u00e6r is painting large-scale murals that reveal hidden aspects of island life \u2014 from the once-thriving fishing industry to vibrant coral reefs beneath Arctic waters. \"Putting it on a wall in full scale shows people what they can't see,\" she says. \"It makes them think about the riches we have around us.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1966501582163390876\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Finding new ways to live from the land and sea<\/h2>\n<p>The pristine Arctic environment still offers economic opportunities. Tr\u00e6na resident Anders Budde harvests wild seaweed along the coastlines, drying and selling kombu for broth-making and truffle seaweed as culinary spices to mainland restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>\"Yes, we want development and tourists,\" Budde reflects. \"But we want to keep this a place where people want to come, want to live, want to stay. That's the real challenge.\"<\/p>\n<p>Fish farming offers another lifeline, though offshore salmon cages worry some residents about pollution and spoiling pristine coastal views. Newer inland aquaculture facilities promise the economic benefits without the environmental concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Tr\u00e6na's fight for survival echoes across the Arctic. These remote communities feel the need to modernise fast enough to keep people from leaving while preserving the authentic culture and pristine landscapes that bring people there in the first place.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1750761310,"updatedAt":1764082166,"publishedAt":1764079208,"firstPublishedAt":1764079208,"lastPublishedAt":1764082165,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/34\/12\/68\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c32e31f5-6048-5765-9a1b-6f5ee23c28aa-9341268.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[{"id":136,"urlSafeValue":"loctier","title":"Denis Loctier","twitter":"@Loctier"}],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":115,"slug":"fishery","urlSafeValue":"fishery","title":"Fishery","titleRaw":"Fishery"},{"id":10987,"slug":"fish-farming","urlSafeValue":"fish-farming","title":"Fish farming","titleRaw":"Fish farming"},{"id":6657,"slug":"jobs","urlSafeValue":"jobs","title":"Jobs","titleRaw":"Jobs"},{"id":382,"slug":"global-warming","urlSafeValue":"global-warming","title":"global warming","titleRaw":"global warming"},{"id":4199,"slug":"arctic","urlSafeValue":"arctic","title":"Arctic","titleRaw":"Arctic"},{"id":215,"slug":"norway","urlSafeValue":"norway","title":"Norway","titleRaw":"Norway"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":1},{"slug":"gallery","count":1}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"editorial.ocean.top-stories"},{"path":"editorial.ocean"},{"path":"editorial"}],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"pZzsaAUrf8M","dailymotionId":"x9udwme"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/30\/10\/90\/04\/ED_PYR_3010904_20251125084627.mp4","editor":"","duration":480000,"filesizeBytes":66415914,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/30\/10\/90\/04\/SHD_PYR_3010904_20251125084627.mp4","editor":"","duration":480000,"filesizeBytes":104336165,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/30\/10\/90\/04\/FHD_PYR_3010904_20251125084627.mp4","editor":"","duration":480000,"filesizeBytes":366844096,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"ocean","urlSafeValue":"ocean","title":"Ocean","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/green-series\/ocean"},"season":"OCEAN_S07","episode":"S07E11 - 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So why are solutions designed for big cities failing in the far north?","leadin":"Small communities across Europe\u2019s Arctic are facing a crisis: remote locations like Norway\u2019s Tr\u00e6na archipelago are losing residents faster than they can replace them.","summary":"Small communities across Europe\u2019s Arctic are facing a crisis: remote locations like Norway\u2019s Tr\u00e6na archipelago are losing residents faster than they can replace them.","keySentence":"","url":"norwegian-researcher-one-size-fits-all-policies-are-failing-small-arctic-communities","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/11\/25\/norwegian-researcher-one-size-fits-all-policies-are-failing-small-arctic-communities","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Research professor Maiken Bj\u00f8rkan from Nordland Research Institute and her team have spent years studying this problem. Through the European project \"EmpowerUS\", they\u2019ve been working directly with several communities to find solutions that actually fit their specific challenges.\n\nBj\u00f8rkan points out the disconnect between national policies and reality: \"Sometimes it feels as if the solutions are made for different contexts, such as big cities or less peripheral regions,\" she explains.\n\nEven well-intentioned programmes often fall short when applied to Arctic communities. \"All the national programs or international plans such as the Sustainable Development Goals and so on \u2014 sometimes when you look at it from a local level, the way that they\u2019re implemented, it doesn't really work.\"\n\nThe EmpowerUS project represents a different approach \u2014 one that listens to communities first, then builds solutions around their actual needs rather than forcing them to adapt to policies designed elsewhere.\n\nTransport emerges as a critical issue. Boats often get cancelled, due to harsh weather or operational reasons.\n\n\"If you can't get to your hospital appointment, if you can't go and see your family elsewhere or be connected the mainland, then you're isolated and then you can't stay here,\" Bj\u00f8rkan says.\u00a0\n\nLack of schools is also an issue driving people out. \u201cWhen you don't have a school, you won't have new families moving here. This isn't seen as a viable place to live your life.\"\n\nDespite these challenges, Bj\u00f8rkan says that most locals genuinely want to stay. \"They want to live here. This is the place that they have, and they are living their best life.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Research professor Maiken Bj\u00f8rkan from Nordland Research Institute and her team have spent years studying this problem. Through the European project \"EmpowerUS\", they\u2019ve been working directly with several communities to find solutions that actually fit their specific challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Bj\u00f8rkan points out the disconnect between national policies and reality: \"Sometimes it feels as if the solutions are made for different contexts, such as big cities or less peripheral regions,\" she explains.<\/p>\n<p>Even well-intentioned programmes often fall short when applied to Arctic communities. \"All the national programs or international plans such as the Sustainable Development Goals and so on \u2014 sometimes when you look at it from a local level, the way that they\u2019re implemented, it doesn't really work.\"<\/p>\n<p>The EmpowerUS project represents a different approach \u2014 one that listens to communities first, then builds solutions around their actual needs rather than forcing them to adapt to policies designed elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Transport emerges as a critical issue. Boats often get cancelled, due to harsh weather or operational reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\"If you can't get to your hospital appointment, if you can't go and see your family elsewhere or be connected the mainland, then you're isolated and then you can't stay here,\" Bj\u00f8rkan says. <\/p>\n<p>Lack of schools is also an issue driving people out. \u201cWhen you don't have a school, you won't have new families moving here. This isn't seen as a viable place to live your life.\"<\/p>\n<p>Despite these challenges, Bj\u00f8rkan says that most locals genuinely want to stay. \"They want to live here. This is the place that they have, and they are living their best life.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1750760904,"updatedAt":1765274676,"publishedAt":1764079187,"firstPublishedAt":1764079187,"lastPublishedAt":1765274675,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/34\/13\/50\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6b27220a-d0dd-5040-9c37-76f111282b88-9341350.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[{"id":136,"urlSafeValue":"loctier","title":"Denis Loctier","twitter":"@Loctier"}],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":115,"slug":"fishery","urlSafeValue":"fishery","title":"Fishery","titleRaw":"Fishery"},{"id":6657,"slug":"jobs","urlSafeValue":"jobs","title":"Jobs","titleRaw":"Jobs"},{"id":382,"slug":"global-warming","urlSafeValue":"global-warming","title":"global warming","titleRaw":"global warming"},{"id":4199,"slug":"arctic","urlSafeValue":"arctic","title":"Arctic","titleRaw":"Arctic"},{"id":215,"slug":"norway","urlSafeValue":"norway","title":"Norway","titleRaw":"Norway"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"editorial.ocean.bonus"},{"path":"editorial.ocean"},{"path":"editorial"}],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"XZ0cnhyRC0s","dailymotionId":"x9uacag"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/18\/32\/17\/08\/ED_PYR_1832178_20251123113533.mp4","editor":"","duration":120000,"filesizeBytes":18591772,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/18\/32\/17\/08\/SHD_PYR_1832178_20251123113533.mp4","editor":"","duration":120000,"filesizeBytes":27099328,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/18\/32\/17\/08\/FHD_PYR_1832178_20251123113533.mp4","editor":"","duration":120000,"filesizeBytes":89935631,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"ocean","urlSafeValue":"ocean","title":"Ocean","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/green-series\/ocean"},"season":"OCEAN_S07","episode":"S07E11 - THE ARCTIC","episodeId":"610","vertical":"green","verticals":[{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},"themes":[{"id":"green-series","urlSafeValue":"green-series","title":"Series","url":"\/green\/green-series"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":39,"urlSafeValue":"green-series","title":"Series"},"advertising":1,"advertisingData":{"startDate":1546772218,"endDate":2114333822,"type":"sponsored","slug":"Ocean-SPONSOR","title":"Ocean SPONSOR","disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":"the European Commission","sponsorName":"Ocean-SPONSOR","sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/campaigns\/118\/180x53_cmsv2_d68d4d52-cf96-5040-bb91-8582d785f78e-118.jpg","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":215,"urlSafeValue":"norway","title":"Norway","url":"\/news\/europe\/norway"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"web-bonus","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/green\/2025\/11\/25\/norwegian-researcher-one-size-fits-all-policies-are-failing-small-arctic-communities","lastModified":1765274675},{"id":2843858,"cid":9536138,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"HEALTH_world's first entire arm exoskeleton","daletPyramidId":3200754,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"This is the world\u2019s first entire arm exoskeleton, giving stroke patients more \u2018independence'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Watch : This is the world\u2019s first exoskeleton for the entire arm","titleListing2":"This is the world\u2019s first exoskeleton for the entire arm, giving paralysis people more \u2018independence","leadin":"One in four people suffers a stroke during their lifetime, according to the World Stroke Organisation. Stroke survivors with paretic arms have had limited options.","summary":"One in four people suffers a stroke during their lifetime, according to the World Stroke Organisation. Stroke survivors with paretic arms have had limited options.","keySentence":"","url":"this-is-the-worlds-first-entire-arm-exoskeleton-giving-stroke-patients-more-independence","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/11\/08\/this-is-the-worlds-first-entire-arm-exoskeleton-giving-stroke-patients-more-independence","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In 2017, Norwegian student Johanne Marie Hemnes suddenly collapsed in her living room. She was paralysed on her left side, and doctors found a brain haemorrhage, bleeding inside her brain.\n\nEight years on, the 26-year-old has learned to walk again after months of rehabilitation that focused mainly on her leg. Her arm, however, received little attention and never regained full movement.\n\n\u201cAlmost all of the focus was on my leg to get better so that I could walk and my arm was like completely [neglected], just didn't think of it at all,\u201d Johanne Marie Hemnes, a stroke survivor and an occupational therapist at Vilje Bionics, told Euronews Health.\n\nShe even wished she could have it removed after repeatedly bruising it by walking into doors.\n\n\u201c[I felt like] just cutting it off because it was like more in the way than it was helping me\u201d.\n\nOne in four people suffers a stroke during their lifetime, according to the World Stroke Organisation.\n\nPeople living with paresis - partial or incomplete paralysis - have limbs that remain intact, but nerve signals no longer work properly.\n\nThe founders of a Norwegian bionic arm start-up, Vilje Bionics, say stroke survivors have limited options for assistive devices, in contrast to bionic prosthetic arms for amputees.\n\n\u201cThese people need help to be self-reliant, live at home, get back to work and get more opportunities in their life just like anybody else,\u201d said Saeid Hosseini, Vilje Bionics CEO and Co-founder.\n\nVilje Bionics is developing a robotic arm for people with reduced mobility due to spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury or neuromuscular diseases.\n\nEarlier this year, Hemnes tried the 3D-printed exoskeleton and later joined the Norwegian start-up.\n\n\u201cI call my arm Jenny, because it feels like it's not a part of me, because it doesn't do what I want it to do. But when I actually have this on, it feels like me again. It doesn't just feel like another human being's arm,\u201d she said.\n\nWorld\u2019s first exoskeleton for the entire arm\n\nVilje Bionics' robotic arm assists movements for the shoulder, elbow and hand, which makes it the world\u2019s first exoskeleton for the entire arm.\n\nUntil now, exoskeletons for those with paretic arms covered only up to the elbow and used sensors on the skin. Vilje Bionice\u2019s prototype called Vilpower uses a novel sensor technology that doesn\u2019t need skin contact.\n\nMost users retain small arm motions, which the device \u2018amplifies\u2019. The developers behind the device say it works by the user \u201cthinking how they would move their arm\u201d.\n\n\u201cBecause if you think, you make a small movement and then it amplifies that movement,\u201d Hosseini said.\n\n\u201cIt detects very small movements of a residual movement of a paretic arm and amplifies those movements,\u201d he added.\n\nThe robotic arm may be used for rehabilitation purposes in the future, but the company is currently focusing on helping \u201cpatients with lasting and significant disabilities to be more independent\u201d.\u00a0\n\nMore than 40 patients have trialled the robotic arm during the development phase so far.\u00a0\n\nThe prototype is now in the final stages of product completion and the company hopes to launch the robotic arms within four to six months, starting in Norway. t\n\nSince Hemnes started to trial the bionic arm, she has been practising cutting vegetables and opening bottles. She says she is excited to try cooking one day.\n\n\u201cI still find like new features every day because I haven't done two-arm activities in eight years\u2026it's like whole brain training again to figure out how to use both arms. But it's so fun using it,\u201d Hemnes said.\n\nTypically, it takes two to three months of training to get used to the robotic arm, according to its developers.\n\nJohanne says she feels like Jenny is slowly disappearing and is \u201cmore of Johanne now\u201d.\n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>In 2017, Norwegian student Johanne Marie Hemnes suddenly collapsed in her living room. She was paralysed on her left side, and doctors found a brain haemorrhage, bleeding inside her brain.<\/p>\n<p>Eight years on, the 26-year-old has learned to walk again after months of rehabilitation that focused mainly on her leg. Her arm, however, received little attention and never regained full movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost all of the focus was on my leg to get better so that I could walk and my arm was like completely [neglected], just didn't think of it at all,\u201d Johanne Marie Hemnes, a stroke survivor and an occupational therapist at Vilje Bionics, told Euronews Health.<\/p>\n<p>She even wished she could have it removed after repeatedly bruising it by walking into doors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I felt like] just cutting it off because it was like more in the way than it was helping me\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//10//14//inside-the-ukrainian-clinic-where-returned-soldiers-and-civilians-receive-mental-health-su/">Inside the Ukrainian clinic where returned soldiers and civilians receive mental health support<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2022//10//20//a-joy-for-him-boy-with-cerebral-palsy-can-now-walk-and-play-using-this-exoskeleton/">'A joy for him': Boy with cerebral palsy can now walk and play using this exoskeleton<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>One in four people suffers a stroke during their lifetime, according to the World Stroke Organisation.<\/p>\n<p>People living with paresis - partial or incomplete paralysis - have limbs that remain intact, but nerve signals no longer work properly.<\/p>\n<p>The founders of a Norwegian bionic arm start-up, Vilje Bionics, say stroke survivors have limited options for assistive devices, in contrast to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2023//10//11//groundbreaking-bionic-arm-that-fuses-with-users-skeleton-and-nerves-could-advance-amputee-/">bionic prosthetic arms<\/a> for amputees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people need help to be self-reliant, live at home, get back to work and get more opportunities in their life just like anybody else,\u201d said Saeid Hosseini, Vilje Bionics CEO and Co-founder.<\/p>\n<p>Vilje Bionics is developing a robotic arm for people with reduced mobility due to spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury or neuromuscular diseases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2022//04//12//wandercraft-meet-the-french-tech-company-building-an-exoskeleton-to-let-wheelchair-users-w/">French tech company Wandercraft is building an exoskeleton that helps wheelchair users walk<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Hemnes tried the 3D-printed exoskeleton and later joined the Norwegian start-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call my arm Jenny, because it feels like it's not a part of me, because it doesn't do what I want it to do. But when I actually have this on, it feels like me again. It doesn't just feel like another human being's arm,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h3>World\u2019s first exoskeleton for the entire arm<\/h3>\n<p>Vilje Bionics' robotic arm assists movements for the shoulder, elbow and hand, which makes it the world\u2019s first exoskeleton for the entire arm.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2023//07//14//new-bionic-hand-allows-users-to-control-each-finger-with-unprecedented-accuracy/">exoskeletons <\/a>for those with paretic arms covered only up to the elbow and used sensors on the skin. Vilje Bionice\u2019s prototype called Vilpower uses a novel sensor technology that doesn\u2019t need skin contact.<\/p>\n<p>Most users retain small arm motions, which the device \u2018amplifies\u2019. The developers behind the device say it works by the user \u201cthinking how they would move their arm\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if you think, you make a small movement and then it amplifies that movement,\u201d Hosseini said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt detects very small movements of a residual movement of a paretic arm and amplifies those movements,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The robotic arm may be used for rehabilitation purposes in the future, but the company is currently focusing on helping \u201cpatients with lasting and significant disabilities to be more independent\u201d. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//03//02//exoskeleton-that-lets-wheelchair-users-walk-again-draws-royal-attention-at-mwc-2023/">Exoskeleton that lets wheelchair users walk again draws royal attention at MWC 2023<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>More than 40 patients have trialled the robotic arm during the development phase so far. <\/p>\n<p>The prototype is now in the final stages of product completion and the company hopes to launch the robotic arms within four to six months, starting in Norway. t<\/p>\n<p>Since Hemnes started to trial the bionic arm, she has been practising cutting vegetables and opening bottles. She says she is excited to try cooking one day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still find like new features every day because I haven't done two-arm activities in eight years\u2026it's like whole brain training again to figure out how to use both arms. But it's so fun using it,\u201d Hemnes said.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, it takes two to three months of training to get used to the robotic arm, according to its developers.<\/p>\n<p>Johanne says she feels like Jenny is slowly disappearing and is \u201cmore of Johanne now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.<\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762255572,"updatedAt":1762694638,"publishedAt":1762585268,"firstPublishedAt":1762585268,"lastPublishedAt":1762585311,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/61\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_af5b8285-ae6d-5806-8eed-6d4b6cc0a79b-9536138.jpg","altText":"Earlier this year, Johanne Marie Hemnes tried a new exoskeleton and later joined the company behind it.","caption":"Earlier this year, Johanne Marie Hemnes tried a new exoskeleton and later joined the company behind it.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Roselyne 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More united than ever, more innovative than ever, more flexible in our operational responses than ever,\" UK Defence Secretary John Healey said.\n\nEstablished in 2014, JEF is a UK-led multinational force comprising 10 European countries.\n\nSeeking to learn from Ukraine's battlefield experience, the coalition will deliver training to the Ukrainian armed forces and collaborate on protecting critical underwater infrastructure, drones, battlefield medicine, and methods to counter disinformation.\n\n\"From partners including JEF countries, Ukraine seeks access to European technologies and production capacities on the basis of which we could launch joint manufacturing\", Ukrainian Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal said.\n\n\"This modern weaponry will not only defend Ukraine now, it will guarantee Europe's security for years to come and reliably protect its eastern flank from permanent Russian aggression,\" Shmyhal added.\n\nThe meeting follows the conclusion last week of Tarassis, the coalition's largest-ever military operation. The two-month-long operation across the Nordic-Baltic region mobilised more than 1,700 British personnel alongside JEF allies.\n\nFollowing reports of undersea cable damage in the Baltic Sea earlier this year, the multinational defence force activated a reaction system called Nordic Warden to track potential threats to undersea infrastructure and monitor the Russian shadow fleet.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Defence ministers of the northern European multinational Joint Expeditionary Force have met with their Ukrainian counterparts in Norway to launch an enhanced partnership with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership with Ukraine is seen as a milestone in strengthening Euro-Atlantic security in the Nordic-Baltic region. <\/p>\n<p>\"This is a powerful signal to Putin and any other would-be aggressors that JEF is stronger than ever. More united than ever, more innovative than ever, more flexible in our operational responses than ever,\" UK Defence Secretary John Healey said. <\/p>\n<p>Established in 2014, JEF is a UK-led multinational force comprising 10 European countries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//53//74//69//808x454_cmsv2_481c71ab-f2a5-5e5d-951c-98a1cc030a15-9537469.jpg/" alt=\"Members of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/384x216_cmsv2_481c71ab-f2a5-5e5d-951c-98a1cc030a15-9537469.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/640x360_cmsv2_481c71ab-f2a5-5e5d-951c-98a1cc030a15-9537469.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/750x422_cmsv2_481c71ab-f2a5-5e5d-951c-98a1cc030a15-9537469.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/828x466_cmsv2_481c71ab-f2a5-5e5d-951c-98a1cc030a15-9537469.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/1080x608_cmsv2_481c71ab-f2a5-5e5d-951c-98a1cc030a15-9537469.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/1200x675_cmsv2_481c71ab-f2a5-5e5d-951c-98a1cc030a15-9537469.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/1920x1080_cmsv2_481c71ab-f2a5-5e5d-951c-98a1cc030a15-9537469.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Members of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF)<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Seeking to learn from Ukraine's battlefield experience, the coalition will deliver training to the Ukrainian armed forces and collaborate on protecting critical underwater infrastructure, drones, battlefield medicine, and methods to counter disinformation. <\/p>\n<p>\"From partners including JEF countries, Ukraine seeks access to European technologies and production capacities on the basis of which we could launch joint manufacturing\", Ukrainian Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal said. <\/p>\n<p>\"This modern weaponry will not only defend Ukraine now, it will guarantee Europe's security for years to come and reliably protect its eastern flank from permanent Russian aggression,\" Shmyhal added. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//53//74//69//808x539_cmsv2_9a536abd-4717-53c5-8003-5fc2b79b0b09-9537469.jpg/" alt=\"Defense ministers&#x27; meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) in Bodo, Norway, Wednesday Nov. 5, 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/384x256_cmsv2_9a536abd-4717-53c5-8003-5fc2b79b0b09-9537469.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/640x427_cmsv2_9a536abd-4717-53c5-8003-5fc2b79b0b09-9537469.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/750x500_cmsv2_9a536abd-4717-53c5-8003-5fc2b79b0b09-9537469.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/828x552_cmsv2_9a536abd-4717-53c5-8003-5fc2b79b0b09-9537469.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/1080x720_cmsv2_9a536abd-4717-53c5-8003-5fc2b79b0b09-9537469.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/1200x800_cmsv2_9a536abd-4717-53c5-8003-5fc2b79b0b09-9537469.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/74\/69\/1920x1280_cmsv2_9a536abd-4717-53c5-8003-5fc2b79b0b09-9537469.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Defense ministers&#x27; 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diagnostics.","keySentence":"","url":"chinese-made-buses-can-be-halted-remotely-in-norway-spurring-increased-security","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/11\/06\/chinese-made-buses-can-be-halted-remotely-in-norway-spurring-increased-security","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A leading Norwegian public transport operator has said it will introduce stricter security requirements and step up anti-hacking measures after a test on new Chinese-made electric buses showed the manufacturer could remotely turn them off.\n\nTransport operator Ruter said test results published last week showed that Chinese bus maker Yutong Group had access to their control systems for software updates and diagnostics.\n\n\u201cIn theory, this could be exploited to affect the bus,\" it said.\n\nThe tests \u2014 with buses driven in underground mines to strip away external signals \u2014 were conducted both on brand-new Yutong buses and on three-year old vehicles from Dutch bus manufacturer VDL, the 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It said the tests showed that the Dutch buses didn\u2019t have the ability to conduct over-the-air software updates, while the Chinese-made buses did.\n\nYutong did not immediately respond to requests on Wednesday seeking comment.\n\nThe Guardian newspaper, which reported on the issue, cited a statement from the Chinese company that said it \u201cstrictly complies\u201d with the laws and rules of places where its vehicles operate. The statement said data about its buses was stored in Germany.\n\nThe newspaper cited an unidentified Yutong spokesperson saying the data is encrypted and is \u201cused solely for vehicle-related maintenance, optimisation and improvement to meet customers\u2019 after-sales service needs\u201d.\n\nAccording to Yutong's website, the company has sold tens of thousands of vehicles across Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region in recent decades.\n\nThe study was initiated in part over concerns about surveillance, at a time when many countries in Europe, North America, and beyond have been taking steps to protect data about consumers and remote operations.\n\nBroader worries about remote control of EVs\n\nThe findings showed that \"the manufacturer has direct digital access to each individual bus for software updates and diagnostics,\u201d said Ruter, which says it runs half of Norway's public transport and operates in Oslo and the eastern Akershus region.\n\nConcerns about remote control of electric vehicles are not new: US regulators in January opened a probe into Tesla after reports of crashes involving the use of company technology that allows drivers to remotely command their vehicle to return to them, or move to another location, using a phone app.\n\nThe Yutong buses are operated by people \u2014 they are not driverless vehicles like taxis and shuttles in places like California and China.\n\n\u201cFollowing this testing, Ruter moves from concern to concrete knowledge about how we can implement security systems that protect us against unwanted activity or hacking of the bus\u2019s data systems,\u201d Ruter CEO Bernt Reitan Jenssen said in a statement.\n\n'All types of vehicles' of this type at risk\n\nIn nearby Denmark, transport company Movia said it was reviewing risk assessments when it comes to cybersecurity and espionage on scheduled buses, and possible measures to prevent hacking, misuse of data, and risks of disabling the bus.\n\nMovia said Danish authorities had not signaled any cases of buses being deactivated, but it was looking for ways to eliminate vulnerabilities.\n\nThe new findings, it said, were presented at the InformNorden traffic conference by advisers from the University of South-Eastern Norway and showed that neither a hacker nor the supplier could take control of the bus.\n\n\u201cIt is also important to emphasise that the Norwegian senior advisers stated that this is not a Chinese bus concern, it is a problem for all types of vehicles and devices with these kind of electronics built in,\u201d Movia said in an email.\n\nTougher security rules\n\nCameras in the buses are not connected to the internet, so \u201cthere is no risk of image or video transmission from the buses,\u201d said Ruter, which has more than 100 Yutong buses in its fleet. The buses cannot be operated remotely, it said.\n\nStill, Ruter said the manufacturer can access the control system for battery and power supply via mobile network. It said that means that in theory, buses \u201ccan be stopped or rendered inoperable by the manufacturer\u201d.\n\nThe Norwegian company said it's responding by imposing tougher security rules in future procurement, developing firewalls that ensure local control and prevent hacking, and working with authorities on \u201cclear cybersecurity requirements\u201d.\n\nIt's also taking steps to delay inbound signals, \u201cso that we can gain insight into the updates being sent before they reach the bus\u201d.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A leading Norwegian public transport operator has said it will introduce stricter security requirements and step up anti-hacking measures after a test on new Chinese-made electric buses showed the manufacturer could remotely turn them off.<\/p>\n<p>Transport operator Ruter said test results published last week showed that Chinese bus maker Yutong Group had access to their control systems for software updates and diagnostics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn theory, this could be exploited to affect the bus,\" it said.<\/p>\n<p>The tests \u2014 with buses driven in underground mines to strip away external signals \u2014 were conducted both on brand-new Yutong buses and on three-year old vehicles from Dutch bus manufacturer VDL, the company said. It said the tests showed that the Dutch buses didn\u2019t have the ability to conduct over-the-air software updates, while the Chinese-made buses did.<\/p>\n<p>Yutong did not immediately respond to requests on Wednesday seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian newspaper, which reported on the issue, cited a statement from the Chinese company that said it \u201cstrictly complies\u201d with the laws and rules of places where its vehicles operate. The statement said data about its buses was stored in Germany.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//09//22//we-have-the-product-to-play-the-game-can-byds-meteoric-rise-in-europe-continue/">/u2018We have the product to play the game\u2019: Can BYD\u2019s meteoric rise in Europe continue?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The newspaper cited an unidentified Yutong spokesperson saying the data is encrypted and is \u201cused solely for vehicle-related maintenance, optimisation and improvement to meet customers\u2019 after-sales service needs\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to Yutong's website, the company has sold tens of thousands of vehicles across Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region in recent decades.<\/p>\n<p>The study was initiated in part over concerns about surveillance, at a time when many countries in Europe, North America, and beyond have been taking steps to protect data about consumers and remote operations.<\/p>\n<h2>Broader worries about remote control of EVs<\/h2>\n<p>The findings showed that \"the manufacturer has direct digital access to each individual bus for software updates and diagnostics,\u201d said Ruter, which says it runs half of Norway's public transport and operates in Oslo and the eastern Akershus region.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns about remote control of electric vehicles are not new: US regulators in January opened a probe into Tesla after reports of crashes involving the use of company technology that allows drivers to remotely command their vehicle to return to them, or move to another location, using a phone app.<\/p>\n<p>The Yutong buses are operated by people \u2014 they are not driverless vehicles like taxis and shuttles in places like California and China.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//04//26//which-are-the-cheapest-evs-6-of-the-best-budget-friendly-options-for-around-25k/">Which are the cheapest electric cars? 6 of the best budget-friendly EVs for around \u20ac25K<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cFollowing this testing, Ruter moves from concern to concrete knowledge about how we can implement security systems that protect us against unwanted activity or hacking of the bus\u2019s data systems,\u201d Ruter CEO Bernt Reitan Jenssen said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2>'All types of vehicles' of this type at risk<\/h2>\n<p>In nearby Denmark, transport company Movia said it was reviewing risk assessments when it comes to cybersecurity and espionage on scheduled buses, and possible measures to prevent hacking, misuse of data, and risks of disabling the bus.<\/p>\n<p>Movia said Danish authorities had not signaled any cases of buses being deactivated, but it was looking for ways to eliminate vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The new findings, it said, were presented at the InformNorden traffic conference by advisers from the University of South-Eastern Norway and showed that neither a hacker nor the supplier could take control of the bus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also important to emphasise that the Norwegian senior advisers stated that this is not a Chinese bus concern, it is a problem for all types of vehicles and devices with these kind of electronics built in,\u201d Movia said in an email.<\/p>\n<h2>Tougher security rules<\/h2>\n<p>Cameras in the buses are not connected to the internet, so \u201cthere is no risk of image or video transmission from the buses,\u201d said Ruter, which has more than 100 Yutong buses in its fleet. The buses cannot be operated remotely, it said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//09//25//electric-vehicle-sales-surge-across-eu-as-overall-car-market-stalls/">Electric vehicle sales surge across EU as overall car market stalls<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Still, Ruter said the manufacturer can access the control system for battery and power supply via mobile network. It said that means that in theory, buses \u201ccan be stopped or rendered inoperable by the manufacturer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian company said it's responding by imposing tougher security rules in future procurement, developing firewalls that ensure local control and prevent hacking, and working with authorities on \u201cclear cybersecurity requirements\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It's also taking steps to delay inbound signals, \u201cso that we can gain insight into the updates being sent before they reach the bus\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762418927,"updatedAt":1762423864,"publishedAt":1762419508,"firstPublishedAt":1762419508,"lastPublishedAt":1762423863,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/85\/75\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7caff735-1ee8-59e0-be47-136ed5f39ff5-9538575.jpg","altText":"A Yutong bus, owned by Norwegian public transport operator, Ruter, has its communication system tested on Aug. 14, 2025, in Sandvika, 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laundering AI ","daletPyramidId":3167068,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"This AI is combating money laundering and keeping out Russian oligarchs","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Could AI prevent money laundering and combat financing terrorism?","titleListing2":"This AI is combating money laundering and keeping out Russian oligarchs","leadin":"In a demonstration, Strise showed a company portfolio where warning signs flashed over a possible Russian oligarch ownership.","summary":"In a demonstration, Strise showed a company portfolio where warning signs flashed over a possible Russian oligarch ownership.","keySentence":"","url":"this-ai-is-combating-money-laundering-and-keeping-out-russian-oligarchs","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/11\/03\/this-ai-is-combating-money-laundering-and-keeping-out-russian-oligarchs","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Banks and financial institutions are facing a rising tide of fraud and money laundering, and a growing pressure to keep up with tightening financial regulations.\n\nDespite increasing spending by up to 10 per cent a year in some advanced markets between 2015 and 2022, the financial industry detects only about 2 per cent of global financial crime flows, according to Interpol.\n\nNow, some believe artificial intelligence (AI) could help relieve the burden.\n\nIn Norway, the fintech start-up Strise has built an AI platform that scans public registries and media reports to flag potential money-laundering risks in real time.\n\nThe AI agent is designed to vet new applications for opening accounts at financial institutions subject to the European anti-money laundering legislation, such as banks, insurance companies, and payment services.\u00a0\n\nReplacing a time-consuming and labour-intensive process\n\nIf you\u2019ve ever opened an online bank account, you\u2019ll have been asked to fill in details such as your address and occupation and update them once a year. This is part of the Know Your Customer (KYC) process, a legal requirement designed to verify who clients are and where their money comes from.\n\nTraditionally, KYC checks have relied on teams of compliance analysts sifting through databases, corporate filings and news reports to confirm ownership, trace connections, and spot potential risks.\n\nThese checks are meant to stop criminals from using legitimate banks to move dirty money.\u00a0\n\nBut they are slow and expensive.\u00a0\n\n\u201cNow you can have AI that retrieves information and puts it together in a whole new way,\u201d Marit R\u00f8devand, Strise co-founder and CEO, told Euronews Next.\n\n\u201cIf you can spot a shady company at the point of onboarding, you can prevent them from getting a bank account, being onboarded to financial solutions,\u201d she added.\n\nStrise\u2019s AI system automatically identifies warning signs such as links to sanctioned individuals, high-risk jurisdictions, or politically connected figures who may be vulnerable to corruption.\n\nFor example, analysts who use this system can see warning signs on individuals on sanction lists and politicians who may be \u201chighly influential\u201d or \u201cmore susceptible to corruption\u201d and \u201cmoney laundering,\u201d according to Robin Lycka, a solution architect at Strise.\n\nRussian oligarchs\n\nStrise says financial institutions using its platform have been able to identify and decline high-risk companies more efficiently, increasing their case-handling capacity up to tenfold without adding staff.\n\nIn a demonstration, Strise showed a company portfolio where warning signs flashed over a possible Russian oligarch ownership.\n\n\u201cOnce you have that information, you can choose from a portfolio level whether or not you want to complete that onboarding with the calculated risk classification,\u201d Lycka said.\n\nIn another portfolio, the system flagged an Estonian-based company associated with two individuals who had been convicted for one of the largest cryptocurrency frauds in history, amounting to $560 million (480 euros).\n\nThe platform can also generate reports and summaries of its findings, using large language models (LLMs) to compile risk narratives for regulatory filings, a task that previously required hours of manual writing.\n\n\u201cWhat makes me hopeful is that we can really make an impact, moving away from just checkbox compliance to actually freeing up resources to really help stop financial crime and really get into preventing fraud,\u201d R\u00f8devand said.\n\n\u201cThere are so many cases in the media and personal stories about lives being devastated by these types of crimes. And I truly want us to help change that,\u201d she added.\n\nThe European Union is currently finalising a sweeping Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) in Frankfurt and an EU-wide directive due to take effect in 2027 \u201cto combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism\u201d.\u00a0\n\nStanislaw Tosza, an associate professor in Compliance and Law Enforcement at the University of Luxembourg, told Euronews Next that the reform brings in a \u201cnew area of responsibility\u201d.\n\n\u201cThe ever-expanding scope of anti-money laundering (AML) obligations, combined with the increasing risk of sanctions for non-compliance, makes AI an attractive tool for obliged entities seeking to manage these growing responsibilities,\u201d Tosza said.\n\nHe added that under EU data protection law, some degree of human oversight is required \u201cwhen automated systems make decisions that significantly affect people\u201d.\n\nStrise says its customers have been able to reduce false positives, which is when a system flags something as suspicious even though it\u2019s completely legitimate, by \u201c30 to 40 per cent with automated customer monitoring\u201d.\n\n\u201cThis means far less manual work for analysts who would otherwise spend hours reviewing unnecessary risk alerts rather than catching real risk and fighting financial crime,\u201d Lars Lunde Birkeland, Strise CMO, told Euronews Next in a statement.\n\nBut experts caution that while automation may reduce the number of false positives, it can also make errors harder to detect or contest.\n\n\u201cThe integration of AI into these decision-making processes further reduces transparency: it may become even more difficult for affected individuals to understand the basis for such evaluations or to challenge them effectively,\u201d Tosza said.\n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Banks and financial institutions are facing a rising tide of fraud and money laundering, and a growing pressure to keep up with tightening financial regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Despite increasing spending by up to 10 per cent a year in some advanced markets between 2015 and 2022, the financial industry detects only about 2 per cent of global financial crime flows, according to Interpol.<\/p>\n<p>Now, some believe artificial intelligence (AI) could help relieve the burden.<\/p>\n<p>In Norway, the fintech start-up Strise has built an AI platform that scans public registries and media reports to flag potential money-laundering risks in real time.<\/p>\n<p>The AI agent is designed to vet new applications for opening accounts at financial institutions subject to the European anti-money laundering legislation, such as banks, insurance companies, and payment services. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//10//28//new-paypal-openai-deal-means-customers-can-buy-directly-on-chatgpt/">New PayPal, OpenAI deal means customers can buy directly on ChatGPT<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Replacing a time-consuming and labour-intensive process<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever opened an online bank account, you\u2019ll have been asked to fill in details such as your address and occupation and update them once a year. This is part of the Know Your Customer (KYC) process, a legal requirement designed to verify who clients are and where their money comes from.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, KYC checks have relied on teams of compliance analysts sifting through databases, corporate filings and news reports to confirm ownership, trace connections, and spot potential risks.<\/p>\n<p>These checks are meant to stop criminals from using legitimate banks to move dirty money. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//08//22//will-overregulation-mean-poland-and-europe-miss-out-on-crypto/">Will overregulation mean Poland and Europe miss out on crypto?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>But they are slow and expensive. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow you can have AI that retrieves information and puts it together in a whole new way,\u201d Marit R\u00f8devand, Strise co-founder and CEO, told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can spot a shady company at the point of onboarding, you can prevent them from getting a bank account, being onboarded to financial solutions,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Strise\u2019s AI system automatically identifies warning signs such as links to sanctioned individuals, high-risk jurisdictions, or politically connected figures who may be vulnerable to corruption.<\/p>\n<p>For example, analysts who use this system can see warning signs on individuals on sanction lists and politicians who may be \u201chighly influential\u201d or \u201cmore susceptible to corruption\u201d and \u201cmoney laundering,\u201d according to Robin Lycka, a solution architect at Strise.<\/p>\n<h2>Russian oligarchs<\/h2>\n<p>Strise says financial institutions using its platform have been able to identify and decline high-risk companies more efficiently, increasing their case-handling capacity up to tenfold without adding staff.<\/p>\n<p>In a demonstration, Strise showed a company portfolio where warning signs flashed over a possible Russian oligarch ownership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you have that information, you can choose from a portfolio level whether or not you want to complete that onboarding with the calculated risk classification,\u201d Lycka said.<\/p>\n<p>In another portfolio, the system flagged an Estonian-based company associated with two individuals who had been convicted for one of the largest cryptocurrency frauds in history, amounting to $560 million (480 euros).<\/p>\n<p>The platform can also generate reports and summaries of its findings, using large language models (LLMs) to compile risk narratives for regulatory filings, a task that previously required hours of manual writing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat makes me hopeful is that we can really make an impact, moving away from just checkbox compliance to actually freeing up resources to really help stop financial crime and really get into preventing fraud,\u201d R\u00f8devand said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many cases in the media and personal stories about lives being devastated by these types of crimes. And I truly want us to help change that,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//09//24//uk-says-high-tech-push-saved-over-550-million-in-public-fraud-will-roll-out-ai-detection-t/">UK says \u2018high-tech push\u2019 saved over \u20ac550 million in public fraud, will roll out AI detection tool<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The European Union is currently finalising a sweeping Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) in Frankfurt and an EU-wide directive due to take effect in 2027 \u201cto combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Stanislaw Tosza, an associate professor in Compliance and Law Enforcement at the University of Luxembourg, told Euronews Next that the reform brings in a \u201cnew area of responsibility\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ever-expanding scope of anti-money laundering (AML) obligations, combined with the increasing risk of sanctions for non-compliance, makes AI an attractive tool for obliged entities seeking to manage these growing responsibilities,\u201d Tosza said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that under EU data protection law, some degree of human oversight is required \u201cwhen automated systems make decisions that significantly affect people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Strise says its customers have been able to reduce false positives, which is when a system flags something as suspicious even though it\u2019s completely legitimate, by \u201c30 to 40 per cent with automated customer monitoring\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means far less manual work for analysts who would otherwise spend hours reviewing unnecessary risk alerts rather than catching real risk and fighting financial crime,\u201d Lars Lunde Birkeland, Strise CMO, told Euronews Next in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>But experts caution that while automation may reduce the number of false positives, it can also make errors harder to detect or contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe integration of AI into these decision-making processes further reduces transparency: it may become even more difficult for affected individuals to understand the basis for such evaluations or to challenge them effectively,\u201d Tosza said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.<\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761902089,"updatedAt":1762183145,"publishedAt":1762149701,"firstPublishedAt":1762149701,"lastPublishedAt":1762183144,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/21\/77\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_dd14c699-0c08-586d-aa11-34971f57e0c2-9532177.jpg","altText":"The European Union is currently finalising a sweeping Anti-Money 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Norway case","daletPyramidId":3148915,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Fossil fuel projects face stricter scrutiny after Europe\u2019s top human rights court ruling","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Norway oil projects face stricter climate scrutiny after court ruling","titleListing2":"Fossil fuel projects face stricter scrutiny after Europe\u2019s top human rights court ruling","leadin":"The case worked its way through European legal systems for nearly a decade before the ruling.","summary":"The case worked its way through European legal systems for nearly a decade before the ruling.","keySentence":"","url":"fossil-fuel-projects-face-stricter-scrutiny-after-europes-top-human-rights-court-ruling","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/10\/30\/fossil-fuel-projects-face-stricter-scrutiny-after-europes-top-human-rights-court-ruling","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The European Court of Human Rights has just set a new precedent for climate accountability in a landmark ruling.\n\nIn Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway, two NGOs, Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth, along with six activists, argued that Norway\u2019s decision to grant licences for oil exploration in the Barents Sea violated their human rights by failing to assess the climate impact of fossil fuel extraction.\n\nWhile the Court ruled that Norway did not violate human rights, it came with a large caveat. The Court emphasised that future oil and gas projects should assess the global climate impact of these fossil fuel projects \u2013 including emissions from combustion, wherever they take place \u2013 before the country opens new fields to drilling.\n\n\u201cThis judgment sets a powerful precedent: governments cannot approve projects causing irreversible climate harm without judicial scrutiny, and NGOs and individuals now have stronger legal grounds to challenge fossil fuel projects globally,\u201d says S\u00e9bastien Duyck, an attorney for the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL).\n\nWhat the ruling means for environmentalists\n\nOn the surface, the ruling might not sound like a major win for climate activists. But its implications are greater than they may seem.\n\nThe Court confirmed that states have a legal duty to consider the full climate consequences of new oil and gas projects before issuing production licences, even if the specific human rights threshold was not crossed in this case.\n\nThis includes cumulative emissions across all projects and downstream emissions from burning fossil fuels, both domestically and abroad.\n\n\u201cNo ongoing Norwegian production of petroleum satisfies these requirements,\u201d Cathrine Hambro, a Norwegian Supreme Court lawyer, explained.\n\n\u201cThe most important point is that climate impact must be taken into account in decisions. That\u2019s something fossil fuel-producing countries have tried to avoid so far,\u201d Clemens Kaupa, a law professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, told Dutch news outlet NU.nl.\n\nWhere did this case come from?\n\nThe legal battle began in 2016, when Greenpeace Nordic, Nature and Youth, and six activists challenged Norway\u2019s decision to open parts of the Barents Sea to oil exploration.\n\nThey argued that the licences violated their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, including the right to life and the right to respect for private and family life.\n\nAlthough Norwegian judges at every level acknowledged that oil drilling has serious consequences for the planet, they refused to cancel the licenses.\n\nIn 2021, after exhausting their appeals in Norway, the plaintiffs took the case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.\n\nThis week, the Court acknowledged that Norway\u2019s initial climate assessments were incomplete and stressed that before any drilling can happen, Norway must do a proper, up-to-date study of how the project will affect the climate.\n\nThe ruling builds on previous cases that have set new precedents for environmental rights.\n\nIn July, the UN\u2019s top court said that \u201ca clean, healthy and sustainable environment\u201d is a human right and, if countries fail to take appropriate action to protect the climate, they could be in violation of international law.\n\nWhat\u2019s next for Norway and fossil fuels?\n\nFor now, the licences allow exploration but not drilling. Authorities must conduct robust environmental impact assessments before they can begin production. That gives citizens, NGOs and courts a stronger role in holding governments accountable.\n\nLegal experts are hailing it as a landmark step in aligning human rights law with climate responsibility.\n\n\u201cThis decision does not make the challenged projects any more viable \u2013 it just postpones the inevitable,\u201d Nikki Reisch, director of CIEL\u2019s climate and energy programme, said in a statement.\n\n\u201cExpanding fossil fuel production in the face of an escalating climate emergency is legally indefensible.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The European Court of Human Rights has just set a new precedent for climate accountability in a landmark ruling.<\/p>\n<p>In Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway, two NGOs, Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth, along with six activists, argued that Norway\u2019s decision to grant licences for oil exploration in the Barents Sea violated their human rights by failing to assess the climate impact of fossil fuel extraction.<\/p>\n<p>While the Court ruled that Norway did not violate human rights, it came with a large caveat. The Court emphasised that future oil and gas projects should assess the global climate impact of these fossil fuel projects \u2013 including emissions from combustion, wherever they take place \u2013 before the country opens new fields to drilling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis judgment sets a powerful precedent: governments cannot approve projects causing irreversible climate harm without judicial scrutiny, and NGOs and individuals now have stronger legal grounds to challenge fossil fuel projects globally,\u201d says S\u00e9bastien Duyck, an attorney for the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL).<\/p>\n<h2>What the ruling means for environmentalists<\/h2>\n<p>On the surface, the ruling might not sound like a major win for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//04//10//one-big-backlash-why-is-a-green-shareholder-activist-group-pausing-its-climate-resolutions/">climate activists<\/strong><\/a>. But its implications are greater than they may seem.<\/p>\n<p>The Court confirmed that states have a legal duty to consider the full <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//04//15//europe-is-already-suffering-the-serious-impacts-of-climate-change-new-report-reveals/">climate consequences<\/strong><\/a> of new oil and gas projects before issuing production licences, even if the specific human rights threshold was not crossed in this case.<\/p>\n<p>This includes cumulative emissions across all projects and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//05//08//2025-is-a-pivotal-year-for-methane-mitigation-in-eu-thanks-to-world-first-rules-whats-chan/">downstream emissions<\/strong><\/a> from burning fossil fuels, both domestically and abroad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//08//25//can-lab-grown-oils-offer-a-sustainable-alternative-to-ingredients-linked-to-deforestation/">Can lab-grown oils offer a sustainable alternative to ingredients linked to deforestation?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//24//trump-administration-finalises-plan-to-open-pristine-alaska-wildlife-refuge-to-oil-and-gas/">Trump administration finalises plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cNo ongoing Norwegian production of petroleum satisfies these requirements,\u201d Cathrine Hambro, a Norwegian Supreme Court lawyer, explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important point is that climate impact must be taken into account in decisions. That\u2019s something fossil fuel-producing countries have tried to avoid so far,\u201d Clemens Kaupa, a law professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, told Dutch news outlet NU.nl.<\/p>\n<h2>Where did this case come from?<\/h2>\n<p>The legal battle began in 2016, when Greenpeace Nordic, Nature and Youth, and six activists challenged Norway\u2019s decision to open parts of the Barents Sea to oil exploration.<\/p>\n<p>They argued that the licences violated their <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//07//11//in-legal-first-court-rules-spain-pig-farm-megapollution-breached-residents-human-rights/">rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, including the right to life and the right to respect for private and family life.<\/p>\n<p>Although Norwegian judges at every level acknowledged that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//03//14//a-bad-joke-greece-gives-green-light-to-oil-drilling-while-expanding-marine-protected-areas/">oil drilling<\/strong><\/a> has serious consequences for the planet, they refused to cancel the licenses.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, after exhausting their appeals in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//08//14//norway-sweden-and-finland-climate-change-made-july-heatwave-10-times-more-likely-study-say/">Norway, the plaintiffs took the case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//16//climate-change-in-the-arctic-how-melting-ice-is-causing-greenland-to-shrink/">Climate change in the Arctic: How melting ice is causing Greenland to \u2018shrink\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//01//inside-svalbard-seed-vaults-critical-mission-to-stop-our-favourite-fruit-and-veg-from-goin/">Inside Svalbard seed vault\u2019s critical mission to stop our favourite fruit and veg from going extinct<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>This week, the Court acknowledged that Norway\u2019s initial climate assessments were incomplete and stressed that before any drilling can happen, Norway must do a proper, up-to-date study of how the project will affect the climate.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling builds on previous cases that have set new precedents for environmental rights.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the UN\u2019s top court said that \u201ca clean, healthy and sustainable environment\u201d is a<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//07//23//uns-top-court-delivers-historic-decision-on-countries-climate-obligations/"> <strong>human right<\/strong><\/a> and, if countries fail to take appropriate action to protect the climate, they could be in violation of international law.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s next for Norway and fossil fuels?<\/h2>\n<p>For now, the licences allow exploration but not drilling. Authorities must conduct robust environmental impact assessments before they can begin production. That gives citizens, NGOs and courts a stronger role in holding governments accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts are hailing it as a landmark step in aligning human rights law with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//07//will-a-wealth-cap-help-the-environment-how-inequality-is-fuelling-the-climate-crisis/">climate responsibility<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision does not make the challenged projects any more viable \u2013 it just postpones the inevitable,\u201d Nikki Reisch, director of CIEL\u2019s climate and energy programme, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpanding fossil fuel production in the face of an escalating climate emergency is legally indefensible.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761751472,"updatedAt":1761817595,"publishedAt":1761807835,"firstPublishedAt":1761807835,"lastPublishedAt":1761807903,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/01\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7cf6a8e8-bb20-5326-b656-d78d957051c0-9530132.jpg","altText":"Norway must complete environment assessments before future drilling projects, court rules","caption":"Norway must complete environment assessments before future drilling projects, court rules","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Jan-Rune Smenes Reite\/Pexels","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1056}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3274,"urlSafeValue":"sauers","title":"Craig Saueurs","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":14398,"slug":"environment","urlSafeValue":"environment","title":"Environment ","titleRaw":"Environment "},{"id":13222,"slug":"oil","urlSafeValue":"oil","title":"Oil","titleRaw":"Oil"},{"id":4141,"slug":"gas","urlSafeValue":"gas","title":"Gas","titleRaw":"Gas"},{"id":215,"slug":"norway","urlSafeValue":"norway","title":"Norway","titleRaw":"Norway"},{"id":18334,"slug":"oil-industry","urlSafeValue":"oil-industry","title":"oil industry ","titleRaw":"oil industry "},{"id":29690,"slug":"european-human-rights-court","urlSafeValue":"european-human-rights-court","title":"european human rights court","titleRaw":"european human rights court"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2841805},{"id":2842743},{"id":2843017}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"green-news","urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/green-news\/green-news"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"green","verticals":[{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},"themes":[{"id":"green-news","urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News","url":"\/green\/green-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":35,"urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":215,"urlSafeValue":"norway","title":"Norway","url":"\/news\/europe\/norway"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/green\/2025\/10\/30\/fossil-fuel-projects-face-stricter-scrutiny-after-europes-top-human-rights-court-ruling","lastModified":1761807903},{"id":2841291,"cid":9525212,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"NEXT_virtual fencing","daletPyramidId":3102633,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Sweden and Denmark will soon legalise virtual fencing. What is it and is it safe?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Could invisible fences be the future of livestock farming?","titleListing2":"Sweden and Denmark will soon legalise virtual fencing. What is it and is it safe?","leadin":"The idea of virtual fencing, which replaces physical barriers with digital ones, has gained momentum globally in recent years, with more European countries approving the herding technology.","summary":"The idea of virtual fencing, which replaces physical barriers with digital ones, has gained momentum globally in recent years, with more European countries approving the herding technology.","keySentence":"","url":"sweden-and-denmark-will-soon-legalise-virtual-fencing-what-is-it-and-is-it-safe","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/10\/28\/sweden-and-denmark-will-soon-legalise-virtual-fencing-what-is-it-and-is-it-safe","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Across Europe, livestock graze across vast pastures often bordered by miles of wire and the occasional jolt of electric current.\n\nBut what if those fences were no longer there?\n\nThe idea of virtual fencing, which replaces physical barriers with digital ones, has gained momentum globally in recent years.\n\nIn Norway, a start-up named Nofence developed GPS-enabled collars to create digital boundaries that keep animals exactly where farmers want them without a single strand of wire, and to change these invisible borders in just seconds.\n\nWhen an animal approaches the virtual border, the collar emits a gentle audio cue, followed by a mild pulse if the warning is ignored. Over time, livestock learn to recognise and respect the sound, staying safely within their designated area, the company says.\n\nThe solar-powered collars are controlled remotely through a mobile app, allowing farmers to define pastures and move boundaries on their phone.\n\nThis flexibility saves farmers significant time and labour otherwise spent mending fences, while also reducing reliance on supplementary feed, according to Nofence.\n\nThe invisible fences can also be set up in areas where it is\u201d impossible to put up physical fences, such as wetlands, rocky terrains or in\u2026very dense vegetation,\u201d according to Lotten Valund, a researcher at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, who has been studying the use and impact of virtual fencing since 2019.\n\n\u201cVirtual fencing makes it possible to graze more land than before and also use areas that are not what you say could be used for crop production for human consumption. So we can use other types of land for producing meat on,\u201d Valund told Euronews Next.\n\nIs it safe for the animals?\n\nNofence says its goal is to help farmers \u201cmake better management decisions\u201d.\n\n\u201cIn the longer term, we're collecting a lot of data with our product. So with this data, we will enable farmers to make better decisions and optimise how they manage their animals further,\u201d Lars Kvaalen, Nofence\u2019s CFO, told Euornews Next.\n\nWhen it comes to animal welfare, Nofence says virtual fencing is a better solution for animals as the electric pulses it uses are \u201cmuch gentler\u201d than electric fencing, which is \u201calready an established practice globally\u201d.\n\nNofence says animals typically learn to respond to the audio cue within a few days, where they are trained with a physical fence within which virtual boundaries are set.\n\nOver time, as much as 96 per cent of the boundary interactions for the livestock happen through the audio cue without the need for an electric pulse, thanks to this training programme, Nofence said.\n\nIn a 2022 study, Valund looked into the stress levels of animals when using virtual fencing.\n\nWhile there\u2019s \u201cvery limited data\u201d on how animals react to traditional electric fences, the Swedish study found no evidence of increased cortisol levels in animals from virtual fencing compared to physical fences.\n\n\u201cThe current result doesn't show any difference from traditional electric fences, looking into the behaviour of animals and also looking into the stress levels of the animal; the cortisol level, which is a stress hormone,\u201d Valund said.\n\nStill, she believes further research is needed to safeguard welfare standards.\n\n\u201cI think it's very important for the future to have a really clear definition of what type of function the virtual fence should include\u2026to have a high level of animal welfare,\u201d said Valund.\n\n\u201cBecause it should be easy for the animal to do the right behaviour, and if the system is built in certain ways, it could be bad for the animals. They need to have [enough] time to turn around [up]on the audio cue, for example,\u201d she added.\n\nWhere can it be used?\n\nWhile Nofence hopes to make virtual fencing the standard across, virtual fencing researchers believe the technology is not a replacement for the wires due to network reliability and battery life.\n\n\u201cI don't see this system as something that should be used as the only alternative for grazing management,\u201d Valund said.\n\n\u201cFor example, the collars depend on batteries, the GPS signals, and the mobile connectivity. So this can sometimes cause interruption, especially in remote areas and so on\u201d.\n\n\u201cFor some farmers, it will work very well and they will use it fully. For others, it may serve as a complement to their system they have now, so one approach should not exclude another,\u201d Valund added.\u00a0\n\nMore than 7,000 farms are using Nofence\u2019s collars, with most clients in Norway. The company says the tech is expanding to reach the United States and Canada.\n\nWhile many European countries still prohibit virtual fencing, several, including Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, have approved its use.\n\nIn 2018, Sweden\u2019s Board of Agriculture banned virtual fencing due to concerns about long-term animal welfare impacts. However, last week Sweden, announced it would legalise virtual fencing for cattle and sheep from next year, while Denmark will follow suit for cattle.\n\n\u201cNow we are going as not the first country but one of the first to legalise this technology. So I think that there will be discussions between the countries and they will talk to Sweden [about] their thoughts about this process\u201d.\n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Across Europe, livestock graze across vast pastures often bordered by miles of wire and the occasional jolt of electric current.<\/p>\n<p>But what if those fences were no longer there?<\/p>\n<p>The idea of virtual fencing, which replaces physical barriers with digital ones, has gained momentum globally in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In Norway, a start-up named Nofence developed GPS-enabled collars to create digital boundaries that keep animals exactly where farmers want them without a single strand of wire, and to change these invisible borders in just seconds.<\/p>\n<p>When an animal approaches the virtual border, the collar emits a gentle audio cue, followed by a mild pulse if the warning is ignored. Over time, livestock learn to recognise and respect the sound, staying safely within their designated area, the company says.<\/p>\n<p>The solar-powered collars are controlled remotely through a mobile app, allowing farmers to define pastures and move boundaries on their phone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//10//21//amazon-internet-service-outage-highlights-eus-overwhelming-reliance-on-big-tech/">Amazon internet service outage highlights EU\u2019s \u2018overwhelming reliance on Big Tech\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>This flexibility saves farmers significant time and labour otherwise spent mending fences, while also reducing reliance on supplementary feed, according to Nofence.<\/p>\n<p>The invisible fences can also be set up in areas where it is\u201d impossible to put up physical fences, such as wetlands, rocky terrains or in\u2026very dense vegetation,\u201d according to Lotten Valund, a researcher at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, who has been studying the use and impact of virtual fencing since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVirtual fencing makes it possible to graze more land than before and also use areas that are not what you say could be used for crop production for human consumption. So we can use other types of land for producing meat on,\u201d Valund told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<h2>Is it safe for the animals?<\/h2>\n<p>Nofence says its goal is to help farmers \u201cmake better management decisions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the longer term, we're collecting a lot of data with our product. So with this data, we will enable farmers to make better decisions and optimise how they manage their animals further,\u201d Lars Kvaalen, Nofence\u2019s CFO, told Euornews Next.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to animal welfare, Nofence says virtual fencing is a better solution for animals as the electric pulses it uses are \u201cmuch gentler\u201d than electric fencing, which is \u201calready an established practice globally\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nofence says animals typically learn to respond to the audio cue within a few days, where they are trained with a physical fence within which virtual boundaries are set.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, as much as 96 per cent of the boundary interactions for the livestock happen through the audio cue without the need for an electric pulse, thanks to this training programme, Nofence said.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2022 study, Valund looked into the stress levels of animals when using virtual fencing.<\/p>\n<p>While there\u2019s \u201cvery limited data\u201d on how animals react to traditional electric fences, the Swedish study found no evidence of increased cortisol levels in animals from virtual fencing compared to physical fences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current result doesn't show any difference from traditional electric fences, looking into the behaviour of animals and also looking into the stress levels of the animal; the cortisol level, which is a stress hormone,\u201d Valund said.<\/p>\n<p>Still, she believes further research is needed to safeguard welfare standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it's very important for the future to have a really clear definition of what type of function the virtual fence should include\u2026to have a high level of animal welfare,\u201d said Valund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause it should be easy for the animal to do the right behaviour, and if the system is built in certain ways, it could be bad for the animals. They need to have [enough] time to turn around [up]on the audio cue, for example,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<h2>Where can it be used?<\/h2>\n<p>While Nofence hopes to make virtual fencing the standard across, virtual fencing researchers believe the technology is not a replacement for the wires due to network reliability and battery life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don't see this system as something that should be used as the only alternative for grazing management,\u201d Valund said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, the collars depend on batteries, the GPS signals, and the mobile connectivity. So this can sometimes cause interruption, especially in remote areas and so on\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor some farmers, it will work very well and they will use it fully. For others, it may serve as a complement to their system they have now, so one approach should not exclude another,\u201d Valund added. <\/p>\n<p>More than 7,000 farms are using Nofence\u2019s collars, with most clients in Norway. 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So I think that there will be discussions between the countries and they will talk to Sweden [about] their thoughts about this process\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.<\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761314875,"updatedAt":1761728735,"publishedAt":1761631297,"firstPublishedAt":1761631297,"lastPublishedAt":1761728734,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/52\/12\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_21f32918-a452-5f3a-a1aa-e168eea0551f-9525212.jpg","altText":"There is a fence here. You just can't see it.","caption":"There is a fence here. 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Once abundant in Europe, overharvesting, disease, and invasive species have threatened populations across the continent.\u00a0\n\nSome of the few remaining naturally occurring disease-free populations are in Sweden and Norway.\n\nRecently, the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries published a proposal to protect flat oysters in Norway. But local researchers believe more needs to be done to curb harvesting and ensure healthy populations remain intact.\u00a0\n\nThe plight of the flat oyster\u00a0\n\nFlat oysters are native to Europe, and have been common in the region since prehistory.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWe can't even comprehend how abundant it was,\u201d says Philine Zu Ermgassen, an independent consultant and Honorary Researcher at the University of Edinburgh who has spent the past decade working on flat oyster restoration in Europe. She and her team have done historical analyses and found that there were once tens of hectares of dense reefs with oysters \u201cpiled upon each other\u201d.\n\nHowever, around the 17th century, humans began to overharvest them, especially as royalty gained a newfound respect for the mollusc.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWhen the French kings discovered oysters, all of a sudden it went from being a poor person's food along the coastal areas to food for nobility and the French kings,\u201d explains Ane Timenes Laugen, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Agder (UiA) in Kristiansand, Norway. \u201cThen all of a sudden, there was much more overexploitation.\u201d\n\nThis overexploitation continued throughout the centuries: the majority of oysters in Europe declined as a result of overharvesting. To add insult to injury, in the 1980s, a parasite was introduced that has decimated flat oyster populations across Europe.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nNow, only a few healthy populations remain, primarily in Sweden and Norway. A recent survey in southern Norway, conducted by researchers at the UiA and not yet published, assessed 373 different locations in Norway. They found flat oysters in only about a third of sites, and only one per cent of the locations were densely populated, hinting at the species\u2019 vulnerability.\u00a0\n\nAnd while flat oysters were recently reclassified from \u201cnear threatened\u201d to \u201cleast concern\u201d on the Norwegian Red List, \u00a0researchers and the Directorate believe this classification undermines conservation efforts by reducing the perceived urgency to act.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThere is a clear understanding that this is a species worth preserving, and that local measures may be necessary to secure healthy and resilient populations,\u201d\u00a0 says Nj\u00e5l (Njaal) Wang Andersen, Senior Adviser at the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, Section of Fisheries Management and Regulations.\n\n\u2018A unique international responsibility\u2019\u00a0\n\nWhile some flat oysters are eaten, these oysters are not usually the ones found in restaurants. But that doesn\u2019t mean they aren\u2019t crucial critters. \u00a0Like other bivalves, they are filter feeders, helping to clean the ocean\u2019s water. They also fall under the banner of \u201cecosystem engineers\u201d or organisms that have a large impact on their habitats.\n\n\u201cMost people don't recognise it as a species, but even fewer people recognise it as a habitat builder,\u201d says Ermgassen.\u00a0\n\nOysters form reefs that are important habitats for other species.\u00a0\u00a0\n\n\u201cThey're making animal forests and or structures that create habitat for other species, for hiding or for settling down,\u201d says Johanna Marcussen, a PhD research fellow at the university. \u201cWhen you pick up an oyster reef, there's a lot of life.\u201d\u00a0\n\nNaturally formed oyster reefs are also very rare nowadays. In these reefs, the oysters are present not just as a species, but as a habitat. Ermgassen explains that there are reef-building populations on a small scale in France, Scotland, and Ireland, but Norway stands out.\u00a0\n\n\u201cIt's really rare to find populations where you get 50 or more oysters per square metre, Norway's pretty unique for that,\u201d she says, noting that these habitats are \u201cworth cherishing.\u201d\u00a0\n\nThere are efforts across Europe to preserve and restore flat oysters. But UiA researchers believe Norway has an international responsibility to conserve its populations.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWe host some of the last remaining reefs or the habitat of the flat oysters,\u201d says Molly Reamon, a doctoral candidate at UiA. \u201cIt's super rewarding to work with.\u201d\n\nThe key to oyster preservation\n\nCurrently, Agder is a \u201cno take zone,\u201d meaning that harvesting is completely banned. The Institute of Marine Research has a strict surveillance program to monitor the oysters and check for disease progression.\n\nThe Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries also recently released a proposal that includes measures for future protection, namely adding one more \u201cno-take zone,\u201d partially banning fishing in two small areas.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWe're happy that the fishery directorate are doing something, but it's far from enough,\u201d says Marcussen.\u00a0\n\nThe UiA researchers are pushing for more awareness, preservation, and also data. While they commend the proposal of the fisheries, they still see the need for even more comprehensive measures. Protected areas should be more widespread as connectivity is important for oyster restoration.\n\n\u201cYou can't just restore little habitat patches, they're not resilient enough,\u201d explains Ermgassen, who was not involved in the proposal. \u201cIf we're talking about ecosystem recovery, we need populations, reefs to be connected over space so that they can interact with one another,\u201d\u00a0\n\nThe UiA researchers are also calling on the fisheries to enact a more national or regional harvesting ban. This could last anywhere from three to ten years, and would ensure the already diminishing healthy population doesn\u2019t decrease even more before there is sufficient data.\u00a0\n\nAs Andersen explains, they chose the one area because it has one of the densest and most unique populations, whereas other areas have no indication of overharvesting. \u201cEnforcement of a full ban would be difficult and not necessarily justified,\u201d he says\n\nThe directorate has not yet concluded the matter, as they will need time to review the public comments before submitting a final recommendation to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. He stresses that the Directorate\u2019s legal authority is limited to regulating harvesting activity. If protection is needed against other pressures, such as development, pollution, or traffic that falls under the competence of environmental authorities.\u00a0\n\n\u201cOur goal is to apply proportionate and knowledge-based regulation: strong enough to protect the species where it is most at risk, but also practical and enforceable in areas where populations are stable and not under harvesting pressure,\u201d he wrote in an email to Euronews.\u00a0\n\nBeyond tangible restrictions and actions, the UiA researchers stress that reputation is also important. People often confuse the flat oysters with the invasive Pacific oysters, which can wreak havoc on ecosystems.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThey have this very negative association with the Pacific oyster, and then they automatically have a very negative association with oyster in general,\u201d says Reamon. \u201cMost people in Norway don't know that flat oyster exists.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Flat oysters are in trouble. Once abundant in Europe, overharvesting, disease, and invasive species have threatened populations across the continent. <\/p>\n<p>Some of the few remaining naturally occurring disease-free populations are in Sweden and Norway.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries published a proposal to protect flat oysters in Norway. But local researchers believe more needs to be done to curb harvesting and ensure healthy populations remain intact. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>The plight of the flat oyster<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Flat oysters are native to Europe, and have been common in the region since prehistory. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can't even comprehend how abundant it was,\u201d says Philine Zu Ermgassen, an independent consultant and Honorary Researcher at the University of Edinburgh who has spent the past decade working on flat oyster restoration in Europe. She and her team have done historical <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nature.com//articles//s41893-024-01441-4/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>analyses<\/strong><\/a> and found that there were once tens of hectares of dense reefs with oysters \u201cpiled upon each other\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, around the 17th century, humans began to overharvest them, especially as royalty gained a newfound respect for the mollusc. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the French kings discovered oysters, all of a sudden it went from being a poor person's food along the coastal areas to food for nobility and the French kings,\u201d explains Ane Timenes Laugen, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Agder (UiA) in Kristiansand, Norway. \u201cThen all of a sudden, there was much more overexploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//04//29//shell-shock-meet-the-french-professor-turning-oyster-waste-into-building-material/">Shell shock: Meet the French professor turning oyster waste into building material<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//04//29//nothing-goes-to-waste-coastal-industries-are-upcycling-oyster-shells-and-old-fishing-nets/">Nothing goes to waste: Coastal industries are upcycling oyster shells and old fishing nets<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//01//06//mushroom-mycelium-as-sustainable-protein-inside-europes-leading-alternative-protein-resear/">Oysters from fungi: Inside the Danish research lab cultivating new meat and seafood alternatives<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>This <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//03//25//the-blue-economy-what-is-it-and-can-it-make-ocean-use-sustainable/">overexploitation continued throughout the centuries: the majority of oysters in Europe declined as a result of overharvesting. To add insult to injury, in the 1980s, a parasite was introduced that has decimated flat oyster populations across Europe. <\/p>\n<p>Now, only a few healthy populations remain, primarily in Sweden and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//04//13//whales-bears-lynx-europes-rewilding-projects-allow-tourists-to-encounter-wildlife-responsi/">Norway. A recent survey in southern Norway, conducted by researchers at the UiA and not yet published, assessed 373 different locations in Norway. They found flat oysters in only about a third of sites, and only one per cent of the locations were densely populated, hinting at the species\u2019 vulnerability. <\/p>\n<p>And while flat oysters were recently reclassified from \u201cnear threatened\u201d to \u201cleast concern\u201d on the Norwegian <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//06//28//from-bornean-elephants-to-chilean-cacti-red-list-of-threatened-species-jumps-by-6000/">Red List,<\/strong> <\/a> researchers and the Directorate believe this classification undermines conservation efforts by reducing the perceived urgency to act. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a clear understanding that this is a species worth preserving, and that local measures may be necessary to secure healthy and resilient populations,\u201d says Nj\u00e5l (Njaal) Wang Andersen, Senior Adviser at the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, Section of Fisheries Management and Regulations.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u2018A unique international responsibility\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While some flat oysters are eaten, these oysters are not usually the ones found in restaurants. But that doesn\u2019t mean they aren\u2019t crucial critters. Like other bivalves, they are filter feeders, helping to clean the ocean\u2019s water. They also fall under the banner of <strong>\u201c<\/strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//03//01//czechias-1m-dam-built-for-free-by-beavers-heres-where-else-theyre-doing-good-work/">ecosystem engineers<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u201d<\/strong> or organisms that have a large impact on their habitats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost people don't recognise it as a species, but even fewer people recognise it as a habitat builder,\u201d says Ermgassen. <\/p>\n<p>Oysters form reefs that are important habitats for other species. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey're making animal forests and or structures that create habitat for other species, for hiding or for settling down,\u201d says Johanna Marcussen, a PhD research fellow at the university. \u201cWhen you pick up an oyster reef, there's a lot of life.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//50//33//64//808x454_cmsv2_82f4acf5-9dfa-5443-8646-660a3961e75d-9503364.jpg/" alt=\"Molly Reamon and Johanna Marcussen map oysters along the Norwegian coast using an underwater video sled.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/33\/64\/384x216_cmsv2_82f4acf5-9dfa-5443-8646-660a3961e75d-9503364.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/33\/64\/640x360_cmsv2_82f4acf5-9dfa-5443-8646-660a3961e75d-9503364.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/33\/64\/750x422_cmsv2_82f4acf5-9dfa-5443-8646-660a3961e75d-9503364.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/33\/64\/828x466_cmsv2_82f4acf5-9dfa-5443-8646-660a3961e75d-9503364.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/33\/64\/1080x608_cmsv2_82f4acf5-9dfa-5443-8646-660a3961e75d-9503364.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/33\/64\/1200x675_cmsv2_82f4acf5-9dfa-5443-8646-660a3961e75d-9503364.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/33\/64\/1920x1080_cmsv2_82f4acf5-9dfa-5443-8646-660a3961e75d-9503364.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Molly Reamon and Johanna Marcussen map oysters along the Norwegian coast using an underwater video sled.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ane Laugen<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Naturally formed oyster <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//08//06//record-coral-losses-in-great-barrier-reef-spark-concern-over-escalating-climate-stress/">reefs are also very rare nowadays. In these reefs, the oysters are present not just as a species, but as a habitat. Ermgassen explains that there are reef-building populations on a small scale in France, Scotland, and Ireland, but Norway stands out. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's really rare to find populations where you get 50 or more oysters per square metre, Norway's pretty unique for that,\u201d she says, noting that these habitats are \u201cworth cherishing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>There are efforts across Europe to preserve and restore flat oysters. But UiA researchers believe Norway has an international responsibility to conserve its populations. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe host some of the last remaining reefs or the habitat of the flat oysters,\u201d says Molly Reamon, a doctoral candidate at UiA. \u201cIt's super rewarding to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The key to oyster preservation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Currently, Agder is a \u201cno take zone,\u201d meaning that harvesting is completely banned. The Institute of Marine Research has a strict surveillance program to monitor the oysters and check for disease progression.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries also recently released a<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.fiskeridir.no//hoeringer//horing-tiltak-for-a-bevare-flatostersbestander-i-norge/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>proposal<\/strong><\/a>that includes measures for future protection, namely adding one more \u201c<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//02//23//protecting-the-sea-gives-glimmer-of-hope-to-fish-stocks-in-the-adriatic/">no-take zone<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong>\u201d partially banning fishing in two small areas. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe're happy that the fishery directorate are doing something, but it's far from enough,\u201d says Marcussen. <\/p>\n<p>The UiA researchers are pushing for more awareness, preservation, and also data. While they commend the proposal of the fisheries, they still see the need for even more comprehensive measures. Protected areas should be more widespread as connectivity is important for oyster restoration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can't just restore little habitat patches, they're not resilient enough,\u201d explains Ermgassen, who was not involved in the proposal. \u201cIf we're talking about ecosystem recovery, we need populations, reefs to be connected over space so that they can interact with one another,\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The UiA researchers are also calling on the fisheries to enact a more national or regional harvesting <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//06//09//a-golden-opportunity-uk-unveils-plan-to-ban-bottom-trawling-in-more-marine-protected-areas/">ban. This could last anywhere from three to ten years, and would ensure the already diminishing healthy population doesn\u2019t decrease even more before there is sufficient data. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//08//07//uk-wild-oysters-restoration-project-aims-to-turn-the-tide-on-species-decline/">UK 'Wild Oysters' restoration project aims to turn the tide on species decline<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//08//13//spains-octopus-industry-faces-collapse-amid-overfishing-climate-shifts-and-global-demand/">Spain/u2019s octopus industry faces collapse amid overfishing, climate shifts and global demand<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>As Andersen explains, they chose the one area because it has one of the densest and most unique populations, whereas other areas have no indication of overharvesting. \u201cEnforcement of a full ban would be difficult and not necessarily justified,\u201d he says<\/p>\n<p>The directorate has not yet concluded the matter, as they will need time to review the public comments before submitting a final recommendation to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. He stresses that the Directorate\u2019s legal authority is limited to regulating harvesting activity. If protection is needed against other pressures, such as development, pollution, or traffic that falls under the competence of environmental authorities. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to apply proportionate and knowledge-based regulation: strong enough to protect the species where it is most at risk, but also practical and enforceable in areas where populations are stable and not under harvesting pressure,\u201d he wrote in an email to Euronews. <\/p>\n<p>Beyond tangible restrictions and actions, the UiA researchers stress that reputation is also important. People often confuse the flat oysters with the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//18//from-hornets-to-algae-the-growing-threat-of-invasive-alien-species-in-europe/">invasivePacific oysters, which can wreak havoc on ecosystems. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have this very negative association with the Pacific oyster, and then they automatically have a very negative association with oyster in general,\u201d says Reamon. \u201cMost people in Norway don't know that flat oyster exists.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760000147,"updatedAt":1761467146,"publishedAt":1761462059,"firstPublishedAt":1761462059,"lastPublishedAt":1761462078,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/33\/64\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_34b4f7ea-518d-5ad3-b6f4-d88f046cf029-9503364.jpg","altText":"A flat oyster","caption":"A flat oyster","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Molly 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SPYING RUSSIA IRAN","daletPyramidId":3025825,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Former guard at US embassy in Norway convicted of spying for Russia and Iran","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Former guard at US embassy in Norway convicted of spying for Russia ","titleListing2":"Former security guard at US Embassy in Norway convicted of spying for Russia and Iran","leadin":"Prosecutors said the 28-year-old man handed over details about the embassy's diplomats, its floor plans and security routines, Norwegian state broadcaster NRK reported.","summary":"Prosecutors said the 28-year-old man handed over details about the embassy's diplomats, its floor plans and security routines, Norwegian state broadcaster NRK reported.","keySentence":"","url":"former-guard-at-us-embassy-in-norway-convicted-of-spying-for-russia-and-iran","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/10\/16\/former-guard-at-us-embassy-in-norway-convicted-of-spying-for-russia-and-iran","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A former security guard at the US Embassy in\u00a0Norway was\u00a0convicted of espionage on\u00a0Wednesday after a court in Oslo found that he spied for\u00a0Russia and Iran.\n\nThe 28-year-old Norwegian man, whose name has not been made public, was sentenced to three years and seven months behind bars.\n\nHe had acknowledged the indictment\u2019s facts but denied any criminal guilt.\n\nProsecutors said he handed over details about the embassy\u2019s diplomats, its floor plans and security routines, among other things, Norwegian state broadcaster NRK reported.\n\nThe broadcaster reported that American ties to Israel and the war in Gaza prompted the man to contact Russia and Iran.\n\nIn a statement on Thursday, the man's defence attorneys said the verdict raises questions about what is considered espionage under Norwegian law.\n\n\"He lied about having security clearance to agents from other countries and exaggerated his own role,\" attorney Inger Zadig of Elden Law Firm said in the statement.\n\n\"He had roughly the same level of access as a janitor at the embassy. The information he shared was worthless and neither separately nor collectively capable of harming individuals or the security interests of any state.\"\n\nThe defendant was found guilty of five espionage-related charges and acquitted of gross corruption.\n\nHis defence attorneys are weighing whether to appeal the verdict, while prosecutor Carl Fredrik Fari said his team is considering appealing the sentence because the state had asked for more than six years in prison.\n\nAt the time of his arrest\u00a0last November, the man had been studying for a bachelor's degree in security and preparedness at Norway\u2019s Arctic University, UiT.\n\nIt is a second such case at UiT in recent years, according to NRK.\n\nOne of the people the West swapped with Russia in a\u00a0major prisoner exchange last year was a UiT guest researcher who claimed to be a Brazilian named Jos\u00e9 Assis Giammaria, arrested on espionage allegations in 2022.\n\nThe police revealed him to be a Russian national by the name of\u00a0Mikhail Valeryevich Mikushin.\n\nNorway has a 198-kilometre border with\u00a0Russia in the Arctic and since Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the country has heavily restricted entry for Russian nationals.\n\nLast year, the Norwegian government said it was considering a plan to\u00a0build a fence\u00a0along all or part of its border with Russia.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A former security guard at the US Embassy in Norway was convicted of espionage on Wednesday after a court in Oslo found that he spied for Russia and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old Norwegian man, whose name has not been made public, was sentenced to three years and seven months behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>He had acknowledged the indictment\u2019s facts but denied any criminal guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said he handed over details about the embassy\u2019s diplomats, its floor plans and security routines, among other things, Norwegian state broadcaster NRK reported.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcaster reported that American ties to Israel and the war in Gaza prompted the man to contact Russia and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, the man's defence attorneys said the verdict raises questions about what is considered espionage under Norwegian law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//51//49//16//808x539_cmsv2_9b38a89f-46e4-55ac-8c8a-5a8eb1bff997-9514916.jpg/" alt=\"The Norwegian and US flags on a table at the Pentagon, 20 September, 2022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/49\/16\/384x256_cmsv2_9b38a89f-46e4-55ac-8c8a-5a8eb1bff997-9514916.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/49\/16\/640x427_cmsv2_9b38a89f-46e4-55ac-8c8a-5a8eb1bff997-9514916.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/49\/16\/750x500_cmsv2_9b38a89f-46e4-55ac-8c8a-5a8eb1bff997-9514916.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/49\/16\/828x552_cmsv2_9b38a89f-46e4-55ac-8c8a-5a8eb1bff997-9514916.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/49\/16\/1080x720_cmsv2_9b38a89f-46e4-55ac-8c8a-5a8eb1bff997-9514916.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/49\/16\/1200x800_cmsv2_9b38a89f-46e4-55ac-8c8a-5a8eb1bff997-9514916.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/49\/16\/1920x1280_cmsv2_9b38a89f-46e4-55ac-8c8a-5a8eb1bff997-9514916.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Norwegian and US flags on a table at the Pentagon, 20 September, 2022<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"He lied about having security clearance to agents from other countries and exaggerated his own role,\" attorney Inger Zadig of Elden Law Firm said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\"He had roughly the same level of access as a janitor at the embassy. The information he shared was worthless and neither separately nor collectively capable of harming individuals or the security interests of any state.\"<\/p>\n<p>The defendant was found guilty of five espionage-related charges and acquitted of gross corruption. <\/p>\n<p>His defence attorneys are weighing whether to appeal the verdict, while prosecutor Carl Fredrik Fari said his team is considering appealing the sentence because the state had asked for more than six years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of his arrest last November, the man had been studying for a bachelor's degree in security and preparedness at Norway\u2019s Arctic University, UiT.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" 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ELECTION LABOUR WIN","daletPyramidId":2655785,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Norway's Labour Party claims victory in general election","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Norway's Labour Party claims victory in general election","titleListing2":"Norway's Labour Party claims victory in general election","leadin":"The country's centre-left bloc retained power despite a strong showing from the anti-immigration Progress Party.","summary":"The country's centre-left bloc retained power despite a strong showing from the anti-immigration Progress Party.","keySentence":"","url":"norways-labor-party-claims-victory-in-general-election","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/09\/09\/norways-labor-party-claims-victory-in-general-election","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Norway's Labour Party led by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re claimed victory in the Scandinavian country's general election on Monday in a narrow but clear win by the centre-left bloc.\n\nWith most votes counted the left-wing bloc \u2014 comprised of four parties \u2014 is set to hold a majority of 89 seats, surpassing the 85-seat threshold. The centre-right alliance, led by the Progress Party and Conservatives, currently holds 80 seats.\n\nSt\u00f8re thanked his supporters cheering in Oslo on Monday evening and said the victory showed it was possible for Social Democratic parties to win elections in Europe, despite right-wing parties on the rise.\n\nThe anti-immigration Progress Party saw its best-ever result, coming in second place. Its leader, Sylvi Listhaug, was pleased with her party\u2019s result but lamented what she called \u201cfour tough years ahead for people and businesses.\u201d\n\nThey were bolstered by an energetic social media campaign driven by influencers calling for the abolition of the country's traditional wealth tax.\n\nConservative Party Leader Erna Solberg apologised for the performance of her party, which fell to third place in parliament.\n\nCoalition negotiations ahead\n\nAround 4.3 million people in the Scandinavian nation were eligible to vote for the country's 169-member parliament.\n\nFinal results are expected on Tuesday and likely to be followed by weeks of negotiations to build a coalition agreement and agree on key Cabinet spots. Norway's King Harald traditionally swears in a new government.\n\nLabour campaigned on a platform to retain the wealth tax that has been a mainstay of Norwegian policy since 1892. The rich country applies a levy of up to 1.1% on assets and shares worth more than 1.76 million kroner (\u20ac150,101), though there are various reductions and discounts.\n\nThe Progress Party wanted the tax scrapped, whilst the Conservatives campaigned on a platform calling for its reduction.\n\n\u201cI think it is fair that the most wealthy among us pay their contribution,\u201d Gahr St\u00f8re said after he voted on Monday. \u201cIt\u2019s been the parties of the right who wanted to take that entirely away, benefiting 1% of the population.\"\n\n\"I think that goes against the deep sense of fairness and solidarity from Norwegians,\u201d he added.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Norway's Labour Party led by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re claimed victory in the Scandinavian country's general election on Monday in a narrow but clear win by the centre-left bloc. <\/p>\n<p>With most votes counted the left-wing bloc \u2014 comprised of four parties \u2014 is set to hold a majority of 89 seats, surpassing the 85-seat threshold. The centre-right alliance, led by the Progress Party and Conservatives, currently holds 80 seats. <\/p>\n<p>St\u00f8re thanked his supporters cheering in Oslo on Monday evening and said the victory showed it was possible for Social Democratic parties to win elections in Europe, despite right-wing parties on the rise. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//45//70//34//808x539_cmsv2_be52be55-7189-5877-83c6-ae4eba86b3dc-9457034.jpg/" alt=\"Sylvi Listhaug at The Progress Party&#39;s election vigil at Hotel Bristol during the 2025 general election in Oslo, Norway, Monday, Sept. 2025. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/70\/34\/384x256_cmsv2_be52be55-7189-5877-83c6-ae4eba86b3dc-9457034.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/70\/34\/640x427_cmsv2_be52be55-7189-5877-83c6-ae4eba86b3dc-9457034.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/70\/34\/750x500_cmsv2_be52be55-7189-5877-83c6-ae4eba86b3dc-9457034.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/70\/34\/828x552_cmsv2_be52be55-7189-5877-83c6-ae4eba86b3dc-9457034.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/70\/34\/1080x720_cmsv2_be52be55-7189-5877-83c6-ae4eba86b3dc-9457034.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/70\/34\/1200x800_cmsv2_be52be55-7189-5877-83c6-ae4eba86b3dc-9457034.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/70\/34\/1920x1280_cmsv2_be52be55-7189-5877-83c6-ae4eba86b3dc-9457034.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sylvi Listhaug at The Progress Party&#39;s election vigil at Hotel Bristol during the 2025 general election in Oslo, Norway, Monday, Sept. 2025. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The anti-immigration Progress Party saw its best-ever result, coming in second place. Its leader, Sylvi Listhaug, was pleased with her party\u2019s result but lamented what she called \u201cfour tough years ahead for people and businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They were bolstered by an energetic social media campaign driven by influencers calling for the abolition of the country's <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//08//norway-votes-in-closely-fought-election-with-wealth-tax-in-focus/">traditional wealth tax<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Conservative Party Leader Erna Solberg apologised for the performance of her party, which fell to third place in parliament. <\/p>\n<h2>Coalition negotiations ahead<\/h2>\n<p>Around 4.3 million people in the Scandinavian nation were eligible to vote for the country's 169-member parliament. <\/p>\n<p>Final results are expected on Tuesday and likely to be followed by weeks of negotiations to build a coalition agreement and agree on key Cabinet spots. Norway's King Harald traditionally swears in a new government. <\/p>\n<p>Labour campaigned on a platform to retain the wealth tax that has been a mainstay of Norwegian policy since 1892. The rich country applies a levy of up to 1.1% on assets and shares worth more than 1.76 million kroner (\u20ac150,101), though there are various reductions and discounts.<\/p>\n<p>The Progress Party wanted the tax scrapped, whilst the Conservatives campaigned on a platform calling for its reduction. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is fair that the most wealthy among us pay their contribution,\u201d Gahr St\u00f8re said after he voted on Monday. \u201cIt\u2019s been the parties of the right who wanted to take that entirely away, benefiting 1% of the population.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"I think that goes against the deep sense of fairness and solidarity from Norwegians,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1757389503,"updatedAt":1757409291,"publishedAt":1757391324,"firstPublishedAt":1757391324,"lastPublishedAt":1757393371,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/70\/34\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_79445617-3da5-5f8d-8740-fd8337946379-9457034.jpg","altText":"Party leader Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re speaks during the Labour Party's election vigil at the People's House during the 2025 general election, in Oslo, Norway, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. 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against the centre-right.\n\nPolling showed that there is little to separate Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re's bloc from its opponents.\n\nSince 1892, the now wealthy Scandinavian country has applied a levy of up to 1.1% on assets and shares worth more than 1.76 million kroner (\u20ac150,101), though there are various reductions and discounts.\n\nThe Conservatives now want it reduced and the Progress Party of Sylvi Listhaug would like to see it scrapped entirely, while Labour argues that removing it would cost the country 34 billion kroner (\u20ac2.81 billion) per year.\n\nListhaug's party is predicted to outperform the Conservatives, who are led by former Prime Minister Erna Solberg, a senior figure in the last centre-right government from 2013 to 2021.\n\nThe Progress Party has been boosted by an energetic social media campaign, driven by influencers who have inspired younger voters against the wealth tax.\n\nAbout 4.3 million people in\u00a0the Scandinavian country\u00a0are 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It has a generous welfare state, sits on billions of barrels of oil and gas, and has one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, worth around 20 trillion kroner (\u20ac1.71 trillion).\n\nGross domestic product per person is the sixth-highest in the world, one place above the US, according to the International Monetary Fund.\n\nIt is also one of the world\u2019s most egalitarian countries, sharing its wealth much more evenly than many others.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Norwegians headed to the polls on Monday with a 19th-century wealth tax at the centre of an election pitting the left-wing Labour-led government against the centre-right. <\/p>\n<p>Polling showed that there is little to separate Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re's bloc from its opponents. <\/p>\n<p>Since 1892, the now wealthy Scandinavian country has applied a levy of up to 1.1% on assets and shares worth more than 1.76 million kroner (\u20ac150,101), though there are various reductions and discounts.<\/p>\n<p>The Conservatives now want it reduced and the Progress Party of Sylvi Listhaug would like to see it scrapped entirely, while Labour argues that removing it would cost the country 34 billion kroner (\u20ac2.81 billion) per year.<\/p>\n<p>Listhaug's party is predicted to outperform the Conservatives, who are led by former Prime Minister Erna Solberg, a senior figure in the last centre-right government from 2013 to 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Progress Party has been boosted by an energetic social media campaign, driven by influencers who have inspired younger voters against the wealth tax.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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It has a generous welfare state, sits on billions of barrels of oil and gas, and has one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, worth around 20 trillion kroner (\u20ac1.71 trillion).<\/p>\n<p>Gross domestic product per person is the sixth-highest in the world, one place above the US, according to the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n<p>It is also one of the world\u2019s most egalitarian countries, sharing its wealth much more evenly than many others.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1757330814,"updatedAt":1757341770,"publishedAt":1757333614,"firstPublishedAt":1757333614,"lastPublishedAt":1757333614,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/60\/69\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b540c158-574d-5429-9c44-ffc89833b86d-9456069.jpg","altText":"A person stands in a polling booth during Norway\u2019s Parliamentary elections in Slattumhallen, 8 September, 2025","caption":"A person stands in a polling booth during Norway\u2019s Parliamentary 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General elections will define the new system.","summary":"The ruling centre-left bloc wants to keep it to fight inequality, while the right-wing opposition wants it scrapped. General elections will define the new system.","keySentence":"","url":"polls-will-show-if-norway-will-continue-to-be-a-social-welfare-state-or-not","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/09\/07\/polls-will-show-if-norway-will-continue-to-be-a-social-welfare-state-or-not","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Norwegians are voting in a general election on Monday, with the future of the country's century-old wealth tax dominating the campaign among other issues.\n\nThere is expected to be a close outcome between the centre-left bloc led by the Labour Party of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re, Norway\u2019s leader for the past four years, and a right-wing bloc. Voting at polling places got underway Sunday and would run through Monday.\n\nAt stake is the social welfare regime, which other European countries have emulated as a comprehensive, universal model that provides tax-funded, publicly accessible services, including healthcare, free education, and income support.\n\nThe ruling centre-left bloc, led by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re, wants to keep the tax to combat inequality. But the opposition on the right argues it harms entrepreneurs and is calling for it to be scrapped.\n\nThe debate has been fuelled by social media, inspiring many younger voters to oppose the tax. More than 4 million people are eligible to vote and some 310,000 young people are eligible for the first time, and voters with immigrant backgrounds account for 11.5% of the electorate.\n\nOfficial results will be announced on Tuesday, expected to be followed by weeks of coalition talks.\n\nA levy of up to 1.1% on high assets\n\nThe wealth tax is a levy of up to 1.1% on assets and shares worth more than 1.76 million kroner (around \u20ac150,000), though there are various reductions and discounts, for instance, taking account of debt and property. Labour says that scrapping it would cost 34 billion kroner (\u20ac2.8 billion) per year.\n\nThe Progress Party, which leads the right-wing coalition, is calling for the wealth tax to be abolished, arguing that it is detrimental to the economy. Party leader Sylvie Listhaug argues that it penalises entrepreneurs who might have taxable stakes in valuable companies, but little real income.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Norwegians are voting in a general election on Monday, with the future of the country's century-old wealth tax dominating the campaign among other issues.<\/p>\n<p>There is expected to be a close outcome between the centre-left bloc led by the Labour Party of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re, Norway\u2019s leader for the past four years, and a right-wing bloc. Voting at polling places got underway Sunday and would run through Monday.<\/p>\n<p>At stake is the social welfare regime, which other European countries have emulated as a comprehensive, universal model that provides tax-funded, publicly accessible services, including healthcare, free education, and income support.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling centre-left bloc, led by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re, wants to keep the tax to combat inequality. But the opposition on the right argues it harms entrepreneurs and is calling for it to be scrapped.<\/p>\n<p>The debate has been fuelled by social media, inspiring many younger voters to oppose the tax. More than 4 million people are eligible to vote and some 310,000 young people are eligible for the first time, and voters with immigrant backgrounds account for 11.5% of the electorate. <\/p>\n<p>Official results will be announced on Tuesday, expected to be followed by weeks of coalition talks. <\/p>\n<h2>A levy of up to 1.1% on high assets<\/h2>\n<p>The wealth tax is a levy of up to 1.1% on assets and shares worth more than 1.76 million kroner (around \u20ac150,000), though there are various reductions and discounts, for instance, taking account of debt and property. 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Party leader Sylvie Listhaug argues that it penalises entrepreneurs who might have taxable stakes in valuable companies, but little real income.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1757248866,"updatedAt":1757275638,"publishedAt":1757275610,"firstPublishedAt":1757275610,"lastPublishedAt":1757275610,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/49\/33\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e39d4b2c-aa28-53e4-a39f-a64b7e99eb65-9454933.jpg","altText":"Campaign volunteers from the Labour Party stand on the sidewalk looking for people to engage with in Oslo, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025.","caption":"Campaign volunteers from the Labour Party stand on the sidewalk looking for people to engage with in Oslo, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"(AP Photo\/Kostya Manenkov)","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1335}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":1142,"urlSafeValue":"aktan","title":"Sertac Aktan","twitter":"@sertac_aktan"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":215,"slug":"norway","urlSafeValue":"norway","title":"Norway","titleRaw":"Norway"},{"id":10545,"slug":"norway-politics","urlSafeValue":"norway-politics","title":"Norway politics","titleRaw":"Norway politics"},{"id":21588,"slug":"tax","urlSafeValue":"tax","title":"Tax","titleRaw":"Tax"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2822955}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"ZLme7c4HfCU","dailymotionId":"x9q5lq4"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/24\/05\/62\/09\/ED_PYR_2405629_20250907190528.mp4","editor":"","duration":74600,"filesizeBytes":13529611,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/24\/05\/62\/09\/SHD_PYR_2405629_20250907190528.mp4","editor":"","duration":74600,"filesizeBytes":19167549,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/24\/05\/62\/09\/FHD_PYR_2405629_20250907190528.mp4","editor":"","duration":74600,"filesizeBytes":59152880,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":215,"urlSafeValue":"norway","title":"Norway","url":"\/news\/europe\/norway"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84121001"],"slugs":["news"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/09\/07\/polls-will-show-if-norway-will-continue-to-be-a-social-welfare-state-or-not","lastModified":1757275610},{"id":2826643,"cid":9438382,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Travel_Havila climate-neutral cruise_Indra","daletPyramidId":2535509,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Can cruising be emission-free? 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Cruise ships are among the highest-emitting modes of transport, with emissions per passenger kilometre that exceed planes, ferries and trains.\u00a0\n\nAccording to the International Council on Clean Transportation\u2019s global shipping emissions inventory, the world\u2019s biggest and most efficient cruise ships emitted approximately 250 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger-kilometre in 2022.\u00a0\n\nA long-haul flight emits around 80 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger-kilometre, a national rail service 41 grams and ferries around 19g.\u00a0\n\nThis has led to rising calls from governments, passengers and lobby groups for cruise ships to develop more environmentally-friendly solutions. In response, cruise companies are developing new technology in an attempt to clean up their act.\u00a0\n\nNorwegian firm, Hurtigruten, is developing a zero-emission cruise ship due to launch in 2030, which will use a 60-megawatt battery pack.\u00a0\n\nSimilarly, Viking is currently building the world\u2019s first hydrogen-powered cruise ship, called Viking Libra, in partnership with Italian shipyard Fincantieri, which will be delivered late next year.\n\nMartini urged stronger environmental regulation from Norwegian authorities to accelerate the green transition on the Bergen\u2013Kirkenes\u2013Bergen route.\u00a0\n\n\u201cIf Norwegian authorities are serious about their environmental ambitions, the ships on the coastal route can be a beacon for the green transition in shipping and create synergies for other parts of the industry,\u201d he said.\u00a0\n\n\u201cTechnology exists, and the opportunities are there. It\u2019s about the willingness to make the necessary investments. With strict environmental requirements from the authorities, those who want to operate the coastal route will be forced to deliver.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Norwegian cruise line Havila Voyages has revealed plans to launch what could become the world\u2019s longest climate-neutral cruise as early as this autumn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The proposed 12-day voyage will follow the coastal route from Bergen to Kirkenes and back, covering a distance of 9,260 kilometres.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The climate-neutral <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//08//17//would-you-spend-four-months-on-a-cruise-these-super-long-cruises-let-you-visit-dozens-of-c/">cruise is part of a collaboration between Havila Voyages and marine technology provider HAV Group.\u00a0 The goal is to eventually achieve zero emissions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, we are in the planning phase to test a full round <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//08//26//from-rotating-cable-cars-to-steam-trains-experience-all-of-switzerland-with-these-classic-/">voyage on the coastal route this fall, using biogas in combination with our large battery packs,\u201d Bent Martini, CEO of Havila Voyages, said at the annual Arendalsuka political conference in Norway last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in dialogue with suppliers to secure sufficient volumes to be able to fill the tanks 100 per cent with biogas, and we believe we will succeed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If these plans are successful, the cruise ship in question could sail the entire <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//05//21//transformative-journey-the-salt-path-inspires-walkers-to-tackle-englands-epic-coastal-rout/">coastal route<\/strong><\/a> from Bergen to Kirkenes and back. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9385464,9436088\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//08//26//retirement-homes-getting-too-expensive-this-cruise-is-offering-a-permanent-holiday-instead/">Retirement homes getting too expensive? This cruise is offering a permanent holiday instead <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//07//23//want-to-visit-norways-hidden-villages-this-cruise-line-will-take-you-there-and-pay-the-loc/">Want to visit Norway\u2019s hidden villages? This cruise line will take you there and pay the locals<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>What is a climate-neutral cruise?<\/h2>\n<p>Havila Voyages\u2019 says its ships can already sail emission-free for four hours using battery packs. The upcoming test will use a combination of biogas - a renewable fuel derived from organic waste - and battery storage to achieve <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//11//07//travelling-sustainably-isnt-enough-heres-why-its-time-to-give-back-to-the-places-we-visit/">climate neutrality<\/strong><\/a> along the entire route.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Climate neutral means offsetting or balancing the total greenhouse gas emissions of the voyage, whereas emissions-free would mean no emissions at all from the journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company aims to make its full 12-day Bergen\u2013Kirkenes\u2013Bergen <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//08//11//looking-for-a-slow-travel-holiday-this-year-head-to-these-top-destinations-for-a-mindful-b/">itinerary emission-free by 2030.<\/p>\n<h2>Cruise lines double down on sustainability<\/h2>\n<p>Havila Voyages\u2019 initiative comes amid intensifying pressure on the cruise industry to decarbonise. Cruise ships are among the highest-emitting modes of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//08//26//from-rotating-cable-cars-to-steam-trains-experience-all-of-switzerland-with-these-classic-/">transport, with emissions per passenger kilometre that exceed planes, ferries and trains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the International Council on Clean Transportation\u2019s global shipping emissions inventory, the world\u2019s biggest and most efficient cruise ships emitted approximately 250 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger-kilometre in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A long-haul <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//08//26//us-budget-airline-southwest-to-require-plus-size-travellers-to-pay-for-an-extra-seat/">flight emits around 80 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger-kilometre, a national rail service 41 grams and ferries around 19g.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9421196,9380843\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//08//17//would-you-spend-four-months-on-a-cruise-these-super-long-cruises-let-you-visit-dozens-of-c/">Would you spend four months on a cruise? These super-long cruises let you visit dozens of cities<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//07//21//greece-introduces-new-cruise-tax-how-much-will-passengers-have-to-pay/">Greece introduces new cruise tax: How much will passengers have to pay?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>This has led to rising calls from governments, passengers and lobby groups for cruise ships to develop more environmentally-friendly solutions. In response, cruise companies are developing new technology in an attempt to clean up their act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Norwegian firm, Hurtigruten, is developing a zero-emission <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//08//26//retirement-homes-getting-too-expensive-this-cruise-is-offering-a-permanent-holiday-instead/">cruise ship<\/strong><\/a> due to launch in 2030, which will use a 60-megawatt battery pack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Viking is currently building the world\u2019s first hydrogen-powered cruise ship, called Viking Libra, in partnership with Italian shipyard Fincantieri, which will be delivered late next year.<\/p>\n<p>Martini urged stronger environmental regulation from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//07//23//want-to-visit-norways-hidden-villages-this-cruise-line-will-take-you-there-and-pay-the-loc/">Norwegian authorities to accelerate the green transition on the Bergen\u2013Kirkenes\u2013Bergen route.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Norwegian authorities are serious about their environmental ambitions, the ships on the coastal route can be a beacon for the green transition in shipping and create synergies for other parts of the industry,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechnology exists, and the opportunities are there. It\u2019s about the willingness to make the necessary investments. With strict environmental requirements from the authorities, those who want to operate the coastal route will be forced to deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1756298937,"updatedAt":1756357638,"publishedAt":1756357237,"firstPublishedAt":1756357237,"lastPublishedAt":1756357304,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/43\/83\/82\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_600faec9-2893-5c37-87b8-6b1be77f9050-9438382.jpg","altText":"Aerial view of the Havila Capella cruise ferry","caption":"Aerial view of the Havila Capella cruise ferry","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Havila Voyages ","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1123}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2872,"urlSafeValue":"lahiri","title":"Indrabati 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H\u00f8iby was charged with close to three dozen counts, including multiple counts of rape and abuse.\n\nHe was also charged with other offences including violence against a former partner, making death threats and traffic violations.\n\nH\u00f8iby has no royal title or official duties and has been under domestic scrutiny following a string of arrests and allegations of wrongdoing last year.\n\nThe 28-year-old, who is the stepson of Crown Prince Haakon, is currently free pending trial, with state prosecutors seeing no reason to arrest and jail him just yet.\n\nHenriksb\u00f8 believes the trial could start around mid-January next year, and last for around six weeks.\n\nH\u00f8iby\u2019s defence attorney Petar Sekuli said in an emailed statement in response to the indictment that his client \u201cdenies all charges of sexual abuse, as well as the majority of the charges regarding violence.\u201d\n\nHe also noted that H\u00f8iby will \u201cpresent a detailed account of his version of events before the court.\u201d\n\nNorway\u2019s royal palace says it\u2019s up to the courts to litigate this matter and was not prepared to comment further.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Norwegian prosecutors announced on Monday that they\u2019ve indicted the eldest son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Marius Borg H\u00f8iby, on multiple charges following a lengthy investigation.<\/p>\n<p>State media reported that Oslo state attorney Sturla Henriksb\u00f8 says H\u00f8iby could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted. H\u00f8iby was charged with close to three dozen counts, including multiple counts of rape and abuse.<\/p>\n<p>He was also charged with other offences including violence against a former partner, making death threats and traffic violations.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00f8iby has no royal title or official duties and has been under domestic scrutiny following a string of arrests and allegations of wrongdoing last year.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old, who is the stepson of Crown Prince Haakon, is currently free pending trial, with state prosecutors seeing no reason to arrest and jail him just yet.<\/p>\n<p>Henriksb\u00f8 believes the trial could start around mid-January next year, and last for around six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00f8iby\u2019s defence attorney Petar Sekuli said in an emailed statement in response to the indictment that his client \u201cdenies all charges of sexual abuse, as well as the majority of the charges regarding violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that H\u00f8iby will \u201cpresent a detailed account of his version of events before the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norway\u2019s royal palace says it\u2019s up to the courts to litigate this matter and was not prepared to comment further.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1755580681,"updatedAt":1755588865,"publishedAt":1755584168,"firstPublishedAt":1755584168,"lastPublishedAt":1755584168,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/56\/37\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3395f60c-befb-5b36-8714-706ba0ed2b7c-9425637.jpg","altText":"FILE - Norway's Marius Borg Hoiby and Crown Princess Mette-Marit in Oslo, June 16, 2022","caption":"FILE - Norway's Marius Borg Hoiby and Crown Princess Mette-Marit in Oslo, June 16, 2022","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Lise Aserud\/Lise Aserud \/ NTB","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":576}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3270,"urlSafeValue":"fouda","title":"Malek 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Norway Gaza","daletPyramidId":2396779,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Norway\u2019s sovereign wealth fund sells its shares in 11 Israeli firms","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Norway\u2019s sovereign wealth fund sells its shares in 11 Israeli firms","titleListing2":"","leadin":"The fund held stock in 61 Israeli companies at the end of June this year, although public pressure to terminate the contracts has been mounting.","summary":"The fund held stock in 61 Israeli companies at the end of June this year, although public pressure to terminate the contracts has been mounting.","keySentence":"","url":"norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-sells-its-shares-in-11-israeli-firms","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/08\/12\/norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-sells-its-shares-in-11-israeli-firms","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Norway\u2019s sovereign wealth fund has sold its shares in 11 Israeli companies, its managers said on Monday, a move they said reduces its holdings in the country against the backdrop of the \u201cserious humanitarian crisis\u201d in Gaza.\n\nThe management of the fund, which invests Norway\u2019s profits from oil and gas, said in a statement that it had investments in 61 Israeli companies at the end of this year\u2019s first half.\n\nIt said it decided last week to sell all its investments in 11 firms that are not in the Norwegian Finance Ministry\u2019s equity benchmark index, and it has spent recent days completing those sales.\n\nIt did not identify the companies concerned. The fund also said it will move all investments in Israeli companies that have been run by external managers in-house and is terminating contracts with external managers in Israel.\n\n\u201cThese measures were taken in response to extraordinary circumstances. The situation in Gaza is a serious humanitarian crisis,\u201d said Nicolai Tangen, the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages what is widely known as the Oil Fund.\n\n\u201cWe are invested in companies that operate in a country at war, and conditions in the West Bank and Gaza have recently worsened. In response, we will further strengthen our due diligence.\u201d\n\nTangen added in a statement that the latest move \u201cwill simplify the management of our investments in this market\u201d and reduce the number of companies that the fund\u2019s council on ethics monitors.\n\nThe fund\u2019s management noted that it intensified its monitoring of investments in Israeli companies last fall and sold its holdings in \u201cseveral\u201d firms as a result.\n\nOfficially known as the Government Pension Fund Global, the Oil Fund owns nearly 1.5% of all shares in the world\u2019s listed companies, with holdings in about 9,000 firms, according to its management\u2019s website.\n\nIn 2022, in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the fund froze and sold off its Russian holdings.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Norway\u2019s sovereign wealth fund has sold its shares in 11 Israeli companies, its managers said on Monday, a move they said reduces its holdings in the country against the backdrop of the \u201cserious humanitarian crisis\u201d in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The management of the fund, which invests Norway\u2019s profits from oil and gas, said in a statement that it had investments in 61 Israeli companies at the end of this year\u2019s first half.<\/p>\n<p>It said it decided last week to sell all its investments in 11 firms that are not in the Norwegian Finance Ministry\u2019s equity benchmark index, and it has spent recent days completing those sales.<\/p>\n<p>It did not identify the companies concerned. The fund also said it will move all investments in Israeli companies that have been run by external managers in-house and is terminating contracts with external managers in Israel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9411506,8006546\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//08//08//world-leaders-criticise-israels-gaza-city-takeover-decision-as-humanitarian-concerns-rise/">European leaders criticise Israel\u2019s Gaza City takeover decision as humanitarian concerns rise<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//10//31//norwegian-pm-backs-israel-but-calls-for-proportionality-in-hamas-offensive/">Norwegian PM backs Israel but calls for 'proportionality' in Hamas offensive<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cThese measures were taken in response to extraordinary circumstances. The situation in Gaza is a serious humanitarian crisis,\u201d said Nicolai Tangen, the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages what is widely known as the Oil Fund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are invested in companies that operate in a country at war, and conditions in the West Bank and Gaza have recently worsened. In response, we will further strengthen our due diligence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tangen added in a statement that the latest move \u201cwill simplify the management of our investments in this market\u201d and reduce the number of companies that the fund\u2019s council on ethics monitors.<\/p>\n<p>The fund\u2019s management noted that it intensified its monitoring of investments in Israeli companies last fall and sold its holdings in \u201cseveral\u201d firms as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Officially known as the Government Pension Fund Global, the Oil Fund owns nearly 1.5% of all shares in the world\u2019s listed companies, with holdings in about 9,000 firms, according to its management\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the fund froze and sold off its Russian holdings.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1754991266,"updatedAt":1755001805,"publishedAt":1754991876,"firstPublishedAt":1754991876,"lastPublishedAt":1754991876,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/41\/65\/95\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_96b8feeb-c8c4-5ff4-94db-a40ffb02cbb1-9416595.jpg","altText":"Nicolai Tangen attends a media conference on his employment agreement as new CEO for Norges Bank Investment Management, in Oslo, Norway. 28 May 2020.","caption":"Nicolai Tangen attends a media conference on his employment agreement as new CEO for Norges Bank Investment Management, in Oslo, Norway. 28 May 2020.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/Hakon Mosvold Larsen\/NTB scanpix via AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":25188,"slug":"gaza-city","urlSafeValue":"gaza-city","title":"Gaza 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launches \u201cOpen Village\u201d scheme in Norway\u2019s remote villages_Indra","daletPyramidId":2212938,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Want to visit Norway\u2019s hidden villages? This cruise line will take you there and pay the locals","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Cruise line pays Norwegian villages to host slow travel tourists","titleListing2":"Want to visit Norway\u2019s hidden villages? This cruise line will take you there and pay the locals","leadin":"The initiative includes three small villages, Bessaker, Tr\u1d02na and S\u00e6b\u00f8 at present and is expected to encourage more mindful travel to these coastal communities.","summary":"The initiative includes three small villages, Bessaker, Tr\u1d02na and S\u00e6b\u00f8 at present and is expected to encourage more mindful travel to these coastal communities.","keySentence":"","url":"want-to-visit-norways-hidden-villages-this-cruise-line-will-take-you-there-and-pay-the-loc","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2025\/07\/23\/want-to-visit-norways-hidden-villages-this-cruise-line-will-take-you-there-and-pay-the-loc","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Cruise line giant Hurtigruten is now offering passengers the opportunity to visit some of Norway\u2019s most remote coastal communities in an effort to promote meaningful slow travel.\u00a0\n\nThe \u201cOpen Village\u201d experience will allow travellers to visit three secluded locations: Bessaker, Tr\u1d02na and S\u00e6b\u00f8 and interact closely with locals while participating in exclusive, immersive activities.\u00a0\n\nThis opportunity will only be available on Hurtigruten\u2019s Signature Line voyages, which run from May to September. These smaller cruises are the only ones to visit the remote communities during summer, carrying up to 500 passengers per trip.\n\nHurtigruten will also pay NOK 250 (\u20ac21.20) per cruise traveller to each village for every visit, allowing each village to potentially earn up to \u20ac10,600 per visit.\u00a0\n\nThese kinds of initiatives have become all the more urgent for Norway, as the country continues to struggle with overtourism in popular destinations such as Lofoten Islands and Troms\u00f8. It recently became the latest European country to introduce a tourist tax following record visitor numbers and accommodation bookings.\u00a0\n\nOdd Tore Skildheim, head of product development at Hurtigruten, has emphasised that the \u201cOpen Village\u201d programme would lead to more genuine connections while travelling.\u00a0\n\n\u00a0\u201cThese villages, with a combined population of fewer than 1,000, are not just points on a map,\u201d he said in a press release\u00a0\n\n\u201cThrough our \u2018Open Village\u2019 concept, there is no cost to our guests. Our aim is for guests to feel truly welcomed and for locals to feel genuinely supported.\u201d\n\nLive music, festive village parades and cultural history\n\nSome of the activities offered as part of the scheme include woodcarving, festive village parades, live music and woodcarving in Bessaker. The village also has historic sites such as Osen Bygdetun, an ancient farm and local museum, and Helleristninger\/Gravhaug, for rock carvings.\u00a0\n\nVisitors can learn about local traditions and personal stories, while indulging in homemade fresh coffee, cake and sodd, a traditional Norwegian meat soup.\u00a0\n\nTravellers have a chance to enjoy a self-guided and flexible cultural adventure through curated booklets while visiting Tr\u1d02na, one of Norway\u2019s oldest fishing communities. This includes the Petter Drass Chapel, the Tr\u1d02na Local Museum and the village church.\u00a0\n\nS\u00e6b\u00f8 also offers a live church concert with local musicians. Cruise passengers are able to visit the Avalanche Centre as well and learn about the region\u2019s cultural and natural history from guides.\u00a0\n\nKnut Johan Monkan, from Coastal Host Bessaker, highlighted that the \u201cOpen Village\u201d programme is not only important for income for these communities, but also for optimism and growth.\u00a0\n\n\u201cIn a village of just 170 people, 12 businesses benefit directly, from activity providers to artists, bakers and local producers. Without this initiative, places like FABrikken, our new restaurant, and Stokk\u00f8y Bakeri, named Norway\u2019s best bakery in 2023, would not have managed to keep going,\u201d he said.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThe ripple effects are wide-reaching, and Hurtigruten\u2019s presence is essential to creating a sustainable, living village and district.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Cruise line giant Hurtigruten is now offering passengers the opportunity to visit some of Norway\u2019s most remote coastal communities in an effort to promote meaningful slow travel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOpen Village\u201d experience will allow travellers to visit three secluded locations: Bessaker, Tr\u1d02na and S\u00e6b\u00f8 and interact closely with locals while participating in exclusive, immersive activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This opportunity will only be available on Hurtigruten\u2019s Signature Line voyages, which run from May to September. These smaller cruises are the only ones to visit the remote communities during summer, carrying up to 500 passengers per trip.<\/p>\n<p>Hurtigruten will also pay NOK 250 (\u20ac21.20) per <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//07//03//venice-dubrovnik-the-balearic-islands-how-to-cruise-responsibly-in-overtouristed-destinati/">cruise traveller to each village for every visit, allowing each village to potentially earn up to \u20ac10,600 per visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These kinds of initiatives have become all the more urgent for Norway, as the country continues to struggle with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//05//29//svalbard-chios-el-hierro-how-these-european-islands-have-successfully-avoided-overtourism/">overtourism in popular destinations such as Lofoten Islands and Troms\u00f8. It recently became the latest European country to introduce a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//06//06//norway-to-introduce-tourist-tax-amid-record-visitor-numbers-and-overtourism-concerns/">tourist tax<\/strong><\/a> following record visitor numbers and accommodation bookings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Odd Tore Skildheim, head of product development at Hurtigruten, has emphasised that the \u201cOpen Village\u201d programme would lead to more <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//10//23//11-expert-tips-on-how-to-experience-a-country-like-a-local/">genuine connections<\/strong><\/a> while travelling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThese villages, with a combined population of fewer than 1,000, are not just points on a map,\u201d he said in a press release\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough our \u2018Open Village\u2019 concept, there is no cost to our guests. Our aim is for guests to feel truly welcomed and for locals to feel genuinely supported.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9380843,9351620\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//07//21//greece-introduces-new-cruise-tax-how-much-will-passengers-have-to-pay/">Greece introduces new cruise tax: How much will passengers have to pay?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//07//01//from-italys-dolomites-to-norways-fjords-walking-routes-soar-in-popularity-as-europe-swelte/">From Italy\u2019s Dolomites to Norway\u2019s Fjords: Walking routes soar in popularity as Europe swelters<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Live music, festive village parades and cultural history<\/h2>\n<p>Some of the activities offered as part of the scheme include woodcarving, festive village parades, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//11//15//austin-proudly-showcases-why-it-is-the-live-music-capital-of-the-world/">live music<\/strong><\/a> and woodcarving in Bessaker. The village also has historic sites such as Osen Bygdetun, an ancient farm and local museum, and Helleristninger\/Gravhaug, for rock carvings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can learn about local traditions and personal stories, while indulging in homemade fresh <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//04//25//brew-festivals-and-ethical-cafes-why-coffee-lovers-should-head-to-helsinki-this-year/">coffee, cake and sodd, a traditional Norwegian meat soup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Travellers have a chance to enjoy a self-guided and flexible cultural adventure through curated booklets while visiting Tr\u1d02na, one of Norway\u2019s oldest fishing communities. This includes the Petter Drass Chapel, the Tr\u1d02na Local Museum and the village church.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9353601,9349130\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//06//30//less-numerous-less-big-less-polluting-cannes-to-ban-cruise-ships-with-over-1000-passengers/">'Less numerous, less big, less polluting': Cannes to ban big cruise ships and limit passenger visits<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//07//03//venice-dubrovnik-the-balearic-islands-how-to-cruise-responsibly-in-overtouristed-destinati/">Venice, Dubrovnik, the Balearic Islands: How to cruise responsibly in overtouristed destinations<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>S\u00e6b\u00f8 also offers a live church concert with local musicians. Cruise passengers are able to visit the Avalanche Centre as well and learn about the region\u2019s cultural and natural history from guides.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Knut Johan Monkan, from Coastal Host Bessaker, highlighted that the \u201cOpen Village\u201d programme is not only important for income for these communities, but also for optimism and growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a village of just 170 people, 12 businesses benefit directly, from activity providers to artists, bakers and local producers. 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