Tooji ready for action at Eurovision
May 24, 2012 ·
Norway’s entry at the annual Eurovision Song Contest was hoping to make both the finals and a difference during the annual, much-hyped event that’s playing out in Azerbaijan this week. In addition...
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Happy ending to Solskjær drama
May 23, 2012 ·
Laughter and claims of family values and friendship characterized a highly unusual press conference on Wednesday starring Norwegian football icon Ole Gunnar Solskjær and his “rich uncles”...
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Krekar agrees to remain in prison
May 23, 2012 ·
Mullah Krekar, the Islamic cleric who’s been under Norwegian protection for more than 20 years, has agreed to remain in prison for at least another eight weeks pending appeal of his recent conviction...
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China sends new ambassador to Oslo
May 22, 2012 ·
After 19 months of a diplomatic stalemate between China and Norway, the Chinese government has sent a new ambassador to Oslo. Some observers view the move as a sign that diplomatic relations, frozen since...
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‘Brave’ art exhibit opens at Kistefos
May 22, 2012 ·
SEE THE VIDEO: Government officials stayed away, but hundreds of others lined up on Sunday for the opening of a landmark exhibit at the Kistefos Museum outside Oslo. The exhibit, featuring works by famed...
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Farmers failed to meet Stoltenberg
May 22, 2012 ·
Norwegian farmers, still furious over what they consider to be a poor state subsidy offer from the government, picked the wrong date in their efforts on Monday to confront and further ridicule Prime Minister...
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Stoltenberg wants to beef up NATO
May 21, 2012 ·
As Europe struggles through its worst economic crisis in decades, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg wants to strengthen NATO. He led Norway’s delegation to the NATO summit in Chicago, and...
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Former Yara CEO also faces charges
May 21, 2012 ·
UPDATED: The former chief executive of industrial concern Yara has also been charged in an expanding corruption case against the state-controlled company. Thorleif Enger was arrested along with two other...
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Solskjær drama dominates media
May 21, 2012 ·
NEWS ANALYSIS: The man who’s now considered to be Norway’s most famous Norwegian had anything but a quiet long weekend following the 17th of May and Ascension Day holidays. Drama surrounding...
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Norwegian ‘bunader’ made overseas
May 18, 2012 ·
The majority of traditional Norwegian folk costumes known as bunader are now being sewn and assembled far from their Norwegian roots. The bunad business is booming, and customers are able to save as much...
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Farmers in trouble after latest protest
May 18, 2012 ·
Some of Norway’s angry farmers gathered during the night and blocked the delivery of newspaper Sunnmørsposten from its printing plant at Breivika in Ålesund. They were unhappy with the newspaper’s...
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Anniversary greeting to readers
May 18, 2012 ·
While Norway was celebrating its Constitution Day on the 17th of May, this website was celebrating its third anniversary. It was no coincidence that we chose the Norwegians’ most festive day of the...
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17th of May even ‘more meaningful’
May 17, 2012 ·
As Norwegians prepared for their annual, festive Constitution Day holiday on the 17th of May, a new public opinion poll indicated that it would be even “more meaningful” this year than it usually...
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Construction begins on new US Embassy
May 17, 2012 ·
After years of controversy and delays, construction has finally begun on a new US Embassy in Oslo. The embassy’s prospective neighbours still aren’t happy, but their appeals process has all...
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Terror repair costs double
May 15, 2012 ·
Clean-up and repair costs following last summer’s terrorist attacks in Oslo have more than doubled from the initial estimates made last fall. As the government rolled out its revised state budget...
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