‘Gratulerer med dagen!’
May 17, 2013 ·
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...
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Bridge collapses in Trondheim
May 8, 2013 ·
At least one person was missing and several injured after a bridge under construction collapsed on the outskirts of Trondheim Wednesday afternoon. Emergency crews were still scrambling to reach a car trapped...
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Stoltenberg fires up the troops
April 19, 2013 ·
Labour Party leader Jens Stoltenberg remains a popular prime minister in Norway, but his party has been lagging in the polls and his coalition government has lost hundreds of thousands of voters. That’s...
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Wolf pair marking territory in Oslo
January 11, 2013 ·
Wildlife researchers had some sensational news for Oslo residents this week: They’re almost certain that a pair of wolves have been marking territory this winter in Oslo’s eastern forest known...
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Warmer weather due over weekend
December 27, 2012 ·
Skiers and other winter sports fans in southeastern Norway were being advised to get outside and enjoy the snow while they can. A warmer weather front was moving in from the west, with meteorologists predicting...
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SAS tries to head off another crisis
October 30, 2012 ·
UPDATED: Weeks of new crisis speculation that’s been swirling around long-troubled Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) effectively forced the company to reveal on Tuesday that it finally will post a third-quarter...
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Man arrested for spying on refugees
October 9, 2012 ·
Norway’s police intelligence unit PST (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste) has arrested a man from Sudan and charged him with spying against refugees in Norway who fled from Sudan. It’s believed...
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Storm warnings posted for Friday
September 12, 2012 ·
The remnants of two tropical storms were on course for northern Europe and Norway this week, with state meteorologists warning that they’ll probably hit the Norwegian coast Thursday evening. The...
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Men left hanging over Nordfjorden
September 11, 2012 ·
Two men who’d been carrying out repair work on power lines high over the Nordfjord in western Norway remained stuck in their small basket Tuesday morning, after the technical system used to move...
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Body found may be missing teen’s
September 4, 2012 ·
Police confirmed on Tuesday that they found a body in the woods behind an industrial area at Kolbotn, just south of Oslo, on Monday night. They wouldn’t rule out that it may be the body of 16-year-old...
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Area evacuated around US Embassy
July 31, 2012 ·
Police and royal guards evacuated the area around the US Embassy and the adjacent Royal Palace in Oslo on Tuesday, after finding “a suspicious object” underneath a car parked near the embassy....
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Mediator tries to end oil service strike
July 4, 2012 ·
A national mediator has called in those involved in a strike that’s disrupted or halted production at several oil platforms in the North Sea since late last month. Representatives for around 700...
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Still no sign of kidnapped aid workers
July 2, 2012 ·
Norwegian Refugee Council officials claimed they were doing all they could to search for four aid workers who were kidnapped on Friday when their convoy was attacked by armed men outside the Dadaab refugee...
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Strike looms among 30,000 workers
May 23, 2012 ·
Negotiations reportedly were running as warm as the weather in Oslo on Wednesday, with state mediator Kari Gjesteby working hard to avert a strike by around 30,000 public sector workers at midnight. The...
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Solskjær stays, also in the media glare
May 23, 2012 ·
A decision by football star Ole Gunnar Solskjær to stay in Norway and keep coaching the Molde Football Club is such big news in the country that state broadcaster NRK and other media were intending to...
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