One minute of silent tribute at noon
July 25, 2011 ·
Norway and most of the other Nordic countries are due to come to a standstill at 12:00 noon on Monday, after Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg called for a moment of silent tribute to the victims...
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Skepticism grows over immigration
July 7, 2011 ·
A new study suggests that half of all Norwegians want to shut Norway’s borders to new immigrants. Just as many believe integration efforts have failed. Immigrants from North America, Asia, Africa...
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Heavy traffic for vacationers
July 1, 2011 ·
As many Norwegians took off to enjoy the start of the vacation season, the state highway department (Statens vegvesen) was expecting traffic congestion to be considerable this weekend and ahead of all...
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Floodwaters may rise all week long
June 14, 2011 ·
What started as flooding from heavy rains and melting snow turned into a deluge through the weekend and the floodwaters haven’t crested yet in southern and eastern Norway. The main train line between...
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Rain wreaks havoc, phones hit, too
June 10, 2011 ·
Torrential rain continued to pound down on wide areas of southern Norway during the night and on Friday, washing out bridges, setting off mudslides and leaving some communities isolated. The Dovrebanen...
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Talks aim to head off bank strike
June 6, 2011 ·
Negotiators for bank employers and employees in Norway were huddling on Monday in last-ditch efforts to head off what could be the country’s first bank strike in 35 years. A strike would cause massive...
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Flights running, uncertainty remains
May 24, 2011 ·
Many flights were taking off and landing in Norway on Tuesday, but the unpredictable clouds of ash from Iceland’s latest volcanic eruption left aviation officials unsure how long “ordinary”...
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Air space open, but with restrictions
May 24, 2011 ·
UPDATED: Another round of airline disruption was descending on Norway and much of Europe after all on Tuesday, as unpredictable and unusually strong winds spread volcanic ash from Iceland. The ash was...
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Uncertainty reigns as ash rains down
May 23, 2011 ·
UPDATED: Civil aviation officials remained highly uncertain on Monday whether the weekend’s new volcanic eruptions in Iceland would seriously disrupt airline traffic in Norway and elsewhere in Europe....
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Chernobyl fallout still felt in Norway
April 26, 2011 ·
Fallout from the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant continues to affect Norwegian farmers 25 years later, as environmental organizations demanded that the government do more to help efforts...
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A message to readers from the editor
March 10, 2011 ·
Several weeks ago I was diagnosed with what the Norwegians call lungebetennelse (pneumonia). I kept working, in an effort to keep you readers up to date during an especially busy news period through the...
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New storm threatens western Norway
March 8, 2011 ·
Another severe storm that has quickly moved across the Norwegian Sea was threatening western Norway on Tuesday, with state meteorologists warning that it could turn into a hurricane around the West Cape...
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‘Fortsatt god jul’ to all our readers
December 24, 2010 ·
It’s “jul” (Christmas) in Norway, a country known for its deeply rooted holiday traditions. The entire country seems to go quiet from 3pm on the 24th of December, when the long-sought-after...
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Shooting stars in the forecast
December 13, 2010 ·
Astronomers were forecasting the ultimate star-studded show over Norway Monday night. They predicted a dazzling display of shooting stars, thanks to remnants of a comet that’s left plenty of dust...
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Transit trouble after T-bane derailed
December 1, 2010 ·
Commuters in the Oslo area faced even more challenges than normal on Wednesday, after a metro train known as the T-bane derailed at the Tøyen station. Service wasn’t expected to be fully restored...
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