Praise, criticism and some vicious reaction were all rolling in after the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced it was awarding this year's Nobel Peace Prize to human rights advocate Navi Pillay, a judge on the International Court of Justice. While...

Norway's royal family and their staff will be "gradually" getting back to official duties when their mourning period for the late King Harald V ends on Friday. The new King Haakon VIII, however, will need to tackle most of...

The Norwegian Air Force and its "Quick Reaction Alert" program with NATO have been busy monitoring a boom in Russian aviation activity close to Norwegian air space this year. Norway's domestic intelligence agency PST, meanwhile, is warning residents along...

Nearly 700 train departures in southeastern Norway will be cancelled after an additional 26 locomotive engineers were called out on strike from Monday morning. Lines through Oslo and especially between Asker and Kongsvinger will be hit hardest. Thousands of commuters...

Stricter rules and more lobster preservation areas in the waters around Norway have raised hopes for more lobsters in the traps allowed this year. The season got underway October 1 and trappers have reason to be optimistic. Lobsters are called...

UPDATED: The southern Norwegian municipality of Halden woke up Sunday morning to news of a fatal shooting at a local farm. A group of hunters had gathered early at the farm when shots suddenly were fired at them, killing...

PHOTO FEATURE: The annual and highly ceremonial opening of Norway's new parliamentary session took on historic dimensions on Friday. Norway's new monarch was in place for the first time, as was the country's first female heir to the throne. It...

It's being called everything from "embarrassing and tragic" to simply "very serious" for Norway's foreign- and foreign aid ministries: All their top political leaders over the past 20 years were being questioned by the Norwegian Parliament's disciplinary committee this...