Fourth Viking ship called ‘sensational’
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a Viking ship, burial mounds and Iron Age homes right next to the busy E6 freeway near Halden in southeast Norway. The discovery is already being hailed as … [READ MORE...]
Flash floods sweep through valleys
UPDATED: Torrential rains and a freak rise in temperatures that rapidly melted snow in Western Norway led to flash flooding during the weekend, forcing evacuations and causing widespread damage in many mountain … [READ MORE]
King to speak up while in China
Norway's King Harald V was winning praise after he said he would bring up human rights concerns during a meeting with China's authoritarian president Xi Jinping this week. Norway's leader of Amnesty … [READ MORE]
Analysts mixed on stock market fall
The Oslo Stock Exchange was battered this week like other stock markets around the world, following Wednesday's dives in the US and Asia. One major Norwegian investor advised against doing any "bottom fishing" … [READ MORE]
Budgeted refugees ‘not nearly enough’
Several humanitarian organizations don't think Norway's conservative government has budgeted for nearly enough refugees next year. They want Norway to accept, and finance, far more than the 3,000 proposed in … [READ MORE]
Munch lithographs snatched in Oslo
Police in Oslo released photos of two lithographs by famed Norwegian artist Edvard Munch on Thursday, revealing that they'd been stolen some time ago. They were reluctant to release details, but the owner's … [READ MORE]
Mountain threatens to crash down again
Never before has a long unstable mountainside towering over a valley in Romsdal been so threatening as this week. The few residents still living below it were facing their longest evacuation period … [READ MORE]
PEOPLE
Svindal wants to ski another season
Norway's veteran downhill skiing star Axel Lund Svindal had some good news for … [READ MORE...]
‘Several’ charged in attack on publisher
Norway's state police unit Kripos has charged "several" people in connection … [READ MORE...]
Moment of silence after MP’s death
All Members of Parliament and others in the elaborate chamber stood silently at … [READ MORE...]
Skavlan loses viewers back home
Norwegian talk show host Fredrik Skavlan quickly zoomed to Scandinavian stardom … [READ MORE...]
SPECIAL FEATURES
Poverty grabs the political spotlight
There's been a lot of talk lately about poverty in the world's wealthiest country. It's not the poverty that Norway's huge foreign aid budget hopes to alleviate but rather a relative sort that still exists in … [READ MORE]
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