Brexit will happen
January 1st is the big day when the Brexit transition period comes to an end. This will mean that UK citizens arriving to live work or study in Norway will be treated the same as those from a country outside the EEA/EU. The Norwegian government has a short article on how British citizens will be affected here. And here's a message from The Local's founder and CEO about how we'll be there to help.
Current coronavirus restrictions may be loosened in January
Norway's health minister Bent Høie said in mid-December that the current national restrictions would stay in place until “the second half of January”. The restrictions include a ban on private events for more than 20 people, a ban on alcohol sales after midnight, and ten day quarantine on arrival from abroad (seven days if you test negative twice for coronavirus.
It remains unclear when will the tighter restrictions imposed in November in Oslo and Bergen be lifted.
According to Norway's vaccination plan about 70 percent of the 1.3m Norwegian residents classed as being in a risk group should have been fully vaccinated by Easter.
But Geir Stene-Larsen, the assistant director at the Norwegian Directorate of Health, told state broadcaster NRK that he didn't believe that enough people will be vaccinated to begin lifting restrictions until the summer.
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