NAV set for government review, hazardous driving conditions and foreign minister in Kyiv during Russian attack. Here are the news headlines from Norway on Tuesday.
Government to review NAV
The government wants a panel of experts to examine whether the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) is working as it should, and whether the labour and welfare service is well-equipped for the future.
“We know that not everything is working optimally. That has to change if we are to reach our goal of getting more people into work and fewer on benefits,” Labour and Inclusion Minister Kjersti Stenseng said in a statement.
In the ‘Plan for Norway’ strategy announced in late 2025, the government said it wants to make NAV more “unified and efficient” for users.
Hazardous road conditions in southern Norway
Driving conditions are difficult due to icy roads in several parts of southern Norway, broadcaster NRK writes.
That includes heavy snowfall in the Agder area, which may cause disruptions for motorists.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s traffic centre for eastern Norway advised drivers to take care.
“There will be challenging road surfaces and it will probably be icy in several places,” the agency’s operator Vegard Hornes Halvorsen told NRK.
“The best thing to do is take care and drive slowly,” he said.
The latest weather alerts can be checked on the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET)’s live website Yr.
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Foreign Minister visits Kyiv and spends night in bomb shelter
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, who visited Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday, has pledged a $400 million support package for Ukraine’s battered energy sector, news agency AFP writes.
Nearly 800 buildings in Kyiv were without heating on Monday, the city’s mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said, three days after a Russian barrage pummelled the capital’s heat and electricity supply during freezing weather.
Eide spent the night in a bomb shelter after his visit, NRK reports.
“We heard explosions and spent part of the night in the basement shelter. There are constant attacks from Russia, so you always have to stay alert,” Eide told NRK.