Statoil risks huge fine after raid
May 15, 2013 ·
Norwegian state oil company Statoil risks getting hit with a huge fine, possibly as much as NOK 70 billion (USD 12 billion), if a raid on its headquarters Tuesday leads to cartel charges from European...
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Competition authorities raid Statoil
May 14, 2013 ·
UPDATED: Officials from the European Free Trade Association’s surveillance authority raided the headquarters offices of Norwegian state oil company Statoil in Stavanger on Tuesday, with the help...
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New call for royal rainforest help
May 14, 2013 ·
King Harald’s recent visit to a village in the Amazon rainforest seems to have inspired more rainforest residents on the other side of the globe to seek royal support. They hope the Norwegian monarch...
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Police warn of rising gang violence
May 14, 2013 ·
As Norway moves into summer, gang-related violence is on the rise in the capital. Tension is so high between Oslo’s rival gangs, police warn, that armed battles can break out at any time.
Police worry...
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More pension turbulence looms
May 13, 2013 ·
Norwegian airline Widerøe was flying again on Monday after striking flight attendants won the right to negotiate some of their pension terms and went back to work. The pension victory was encouraging...
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Students slow to finish degrees
May 13, 2013 ·
Only 35- to 40 percent of Norwegian college and university students finish their degree programs within what’s considered the normal time, according to a report from the Ministry of Education and...
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Two more rapes reported by ‘russ’
May 13, 2013 ·
Police in Oslo are investigating two more reported rapes at another major weekend gathering of graduating high school students known as “russ.” The young women reported the rapes separately...
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Farmers try to win more support
May 13, 2013 ·
UPDATED: Norwegian farmers’ organizations said they were “disappointed and surprised” when the left-center government coalition, which includes the country’s most farmer-friendly...
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Townships reject more refugees
May 10, 2013 ·
Many local municipalities in Norway are refusing to accept more refugees, and struggling with what they say are the “skyrocketing” costs of integration. Only one in five has taken in as many...
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Two found dead after bridge collapse
May 9, 2013 ·
Emergency crews worked into the night in the hopes of rescuing the occupants of a vehicle found under the rubble of a collapsed bridge in Trondheim Wednesday afternoon. They eventually were able to extract...
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Finance minister ‘on steady course’
May 8, 2013 ·
Norway’s left-center government coalition aims to keep the country’s strong economy on what Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen called “a steady course” when he released the government’s...
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Norges Bank won’t follow Europeans
May 8, 2013 ·
The European Central Bank cut its already-low key interest rate last week but Norway’s own central bank didn’t follow along. The board of Norges Bank decided on Wednesday to keep its key lending...
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Widerøe on strike, flights grounded
May 8, 2013 ·
Flight attendants for the Norwegian commuter airline Widerøe went on strike Wednesday, stranding an estimated 11,000 passengers on the eve of the long Ascension Day holiday weekend. All flights by the...
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Cities reject state government’s plan to help and control beggars
May 8, 2013 ·
City governments in Oslo, Bergen, Tromsø and Bodø are among those turning down new funding offered by the left-center state government to both accommodate and control Norway’s growing problems...
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NATO boss on whirlwind visit
May 8, 2013 ·
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and members of the North Atlantic Council were making the rounds of Norwegian military installations, Arctic research centers, government ministers’ offices...
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