Foreign Minister fights for football club
May 10, 2010 ·
As if Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre didn’t have enough to do: He spent time over the weekend trying to raise money for a financially ailing football (soccer) club in Oslo.
The Skeid club was...
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Ambassador blasts asylum plan
May 9, 2010 ·
Afghanistan’s ambassador to Norway doesn’t think a Norwegian government plan to curb the refugee stream from her war-torn country has much chance of succeeding. Asylum seekers from Afghanistan...
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Opening day at Kistefos museum
May 9, 2010 ·
Investor and art lover Christen Sveaas was joined at the weekend by scores of well-known Norwegians from the arts and business world, to kick off the summer exhibit at his Kistefos museum. Hover your...
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Critics decry paternity leave ‘attack’
May 9, 2010 ·
Norway’s Conservative Party has voted to remove a quota requiring fathers to take 10 weeks of parents’ combined paid leave from work when a child is born. Critics blasted the move, made at...
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Royal opening for palace exhibit
May 7, 2010 ·
MUSEUM GUIDE: Norway’s capital is packed with museums, and they’re often popping up in the news. We’re following that news, and focus every week this spring on a specific museum worthy of a visit.
THIS...
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Airport to be expanded
May 7, 2010 ·
Norway’s main gateway airport, Oslo Lufthavn Gardermoen, opened just 12 years ago, but plans are already underway for expansion.
Gardermoen’s board voted this week to recommend construction...
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Police raids uncover illegal aliens
May 7, 2010 ·
Police in Oslo have been raiding construction sites in recent days, as state officials crack down on illegal aliens in Norway. Newspaper Aftenposten reports that several workers from Albania, in Norway...
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Conservatives gain and gather
May 7, 2010 ·
Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg could gather her flock for their annual national meeting in Oslo this weekend, buoyed by new public opinion polls showing a fresh surge of voter support. While British...
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Stocks dive over Greek tragedy
May 7, 2010 ·
UPDATED: Norway’s oil fund has grown but the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) wasn’t spared on Friday from a major stock market dive, as nervous investors sold off shares in another spate of panic...
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Wolves also divide ruling coalition
May 6, 2010 ·
Norway’s government coalition parties need to tackle yet another divisive issue that’s prompting howls on both sides. The Center Party wants to kill more wolves and other predators, while the...
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Gulf crisis plays into Lofoten conflict
May 6, 2010 ·
It took them a while, but Norwegian environmental advocates and some top politicians are now sounding alarms over BP’s oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, and using it as another argument against...
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Ski champ dabbles in soccer
May 6, 2010 ·
Petter Northug, Norway’s cross-country skiing star, spent some time on a football field this week, but has no intention of shifting sports. Athletics officials wish, though, that he’d shift...
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Opposition grills Stoltenberg
May 6, 2010 ·
Last week Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was being hailed for settling a border dispute with Russia’s president. This week he was accused of lying to the Norwegian Parliament, and suddenly his government...
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Statoil logs profits and protests
May 5, 2010 ·
Norwegian state oil company Statoil reported an 11 percent jump in operating profits for the first quarter, but faces more criticism at home and abroad. Its controversial oil sands project in Canada, the...
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Cello star rises again
May 5, 2010 ·
Norwegian Truls Mørk, long considered one of the best cello players in the world, was forced off the stage for the past year by a serious illness but now seems on the verge of a comeback.
Cellist Truls...
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