Scammers in one of the world’s richest countries have a brazen new tactic: persuading people to hide gold in forests and other public places so it can be collected for safekeeping.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought to draw a line under the escalating feud with the US after meeting with Donald Trump’s envoys in Oslo, while the US president kept up pressure on Kyiv.

US envoy Steve Witkoff will fly to St. Petersburg to meet Russian leadership on Wednesday after talks in Oslo to get peace talks to end the war in Ukraine back on track, Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said on Tuesday.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South African judge and human rights lawyer Navi Pillay, at a time when the committee said international law faces “tremendous pressure” and its institutions are “under attack.”

Bets for who will take home the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize surged in the hours before the announcement on Polymarket, echoing similar events a year ago when a website hacking likely leaked the winner’s name.

Norway plans the biggest income-tax relief in two decades as the government seeks to improve incentives to work and keep unemployment low.

Norway’s central bank increased borrowing costs for the second time this year, and said it’s primed to hike again if necessary to tame consumer prices, with its hawkish mood also echoed by neighboring Riksbank.

Norges Bank faces a close call this week, with economists almost evenly split on the prospect of the year’s second hike in interest rates.

Iceland’s government pledged to honor the result of Saturday’s tight and divisive referendum, where voters concerned about control over fisheries narrowly turned down reopening membership talks with the European Union.

Icelanders narrowly turned down reopening membership talks with the European Union in a divisive referendum, as concerns over retaining control of the island nation’s natural resources eclipsed the case for closer alignment with Europe.

Icelanders voted on Saturday on whether to reopen membership talks with the European Union in a referendum that’s testing the bloc’s geopolitical appeal.

Sweden will donate 10 coast guard boats to Ukraine to be used for water-based rescue operations, including mine clearance, the Nordic country’s government said.

The bloc faces a test of sentiment over expansion prospects in the middle of the Atlantic.

Iceland is a tiny economy, but the stakes for Brussels in Saturday’s referendum aren’t so low.

Norway’s economy expanded at its fastest pace in four quarters, keeping the door open for more monetary tightening by the Nordic nation.

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, Norway’s biggest defense company, is holding talks with European governments to expand its production of low-cost missiles, Chief Executive Eirik Lie said.

Norway said it plans to keep its aid to Ukraine at 85 billion kroner ($9.1 billion) in 2027, with the bulk of funding set to go to the war-torn country’s military but the exact breakdown to be made public later.

Norway’s central bank kept borrowing costs steady for a second meeting, holding the door open for raising the interest rate as price pressures persist.

Norway’s central bank will probably keep its key interest rate on hold for a second straight meeting after underlying inflation proved surprisingly benign.

Norway’s underlying inflation rate unexpectedly stayed put last month, likely closing the door on a potential interest-rate hike by Norges Bank this week.