Progress Party rallies its troops

Siv Jensen, leader of Norway’s most conservative party in Parliament, faced a busy weekend of rallying her troops for the fall elections as they gathered at Gardermoen Friday for their annual national meeting. The Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet,... 
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Flood disaster moving south

SEE NRK VIDEO: As state officials declared disaster areas in severely flooded portions of southern Norway, attention was turning to the new threats posed by rapidly rising water levels along the Glomma River and where it flows into the large lake east... 
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Engine fire halted Oslo-bound flight

A British Airways flight bound for Oslo had to make an emergency landing at London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday after fire broke out in one of its engines. All passengers on board were evacuated down the emergency slides. Ambulance services in London... 
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Palace files new call for restraint

Officials at the Royal Palace in Oslo insist neither they nor the royal family themselves are trying to control media coverage, but they’re not backing down on their formal complaint against celebrity magazine “Se og Hør.” The palace... 
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Employees in uproar at DNB

The chief executive of Norway’s biggest and highly profitable bank, DNB, has found himself in a major clash with thousands of employees over a controversial reorganization that’s led to job cuts, demotions and widespread insecurity. Nearly... 
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Hundreds evacuated and damage spreads as flood waters rise

Neighbours were crying and hugging one another Thursday morning as they watched raging flood waters slam into their homes in Kvam, in the valley of Gudbrandsdalen. Nearly 300 homeowners were evacuated during the night, as were others farther south in... 
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Ex-mayor ‘guilty and not guilty’

UPDATED: Rune Øygard was once considered the most popular and successful mayor in Norway, a star of the Labour Party and mentor for Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. On Wednesday, his fate was in the hands of a jury at the end of his lengthy trial on... 
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Floods close rail lines, highways

UPDATED: Several counties in southeastern Norway went into crisis mode on Wednesday after heavy rains during the night led to flooding that forced closure of the Dovrebanen rail line between Hamar and Eidsvoll, the Kongsvinger line into Oslo and the busy... 
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‘Gratulerer med dagen!’

PICTURE SERIES: That’s the standard greeting on the 17th of May in Norway, when residents congratulate each other over the country’s constitution and its sovereignty. This year’s festivities took place mostly in surprisingly summer-like... 
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