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Norway blasts Trump’s new tariff

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide was quick to challenge a new 12.5 percent tariff imposed Friday by US President Donald Trump on a majority of what the US imports from Norway. Eide claimed that Trump's reasoning behind the...

15 years since terror hit Norway

COMMENTARY: Many in Oslo remember exactly where they were when the bomb went off on Friday afternoon, July 22, 2011. I had just taken a dear old friend visiting from California and her daughter on a tour of downtown,...

Terror threats linger after July 22

Norwegian government officials, Norway's king and queen and not least survivors of a right-wing extremist's deadly attacks on July 22, 2011 gathered once again on Wednesday. They don't want anyone to forget the terror that hit Norway 15 years...

Rower’s death shocks and saddens

UPDATED: At a time when rowing has become part of Norway's national identity, one of the Norwegian champions of the sport suddenly collapsed and died this week. Olaf Tufte, who'd even led a recent public session of simulated rowing...

‘Unrealistic’ for a World Cup in Norway

Norway's football fever is finally down to normal, after the national team's best performance ever at this summer's World Cup. That hasn't warded off calls for Norway to host a World Cup itself some day, possibly in partnership with...

Hundreds homeless after major fire

A major fire swept though an entire hillside neighbourhood in Drammen during the weekend, destroying more than 100 homes including the residence of the local fire chief. At least 400 people lost everything they owned, in what's being called...

Gyrocopters flying over Preikestolen scared hikers and tourists

Small gyrocopters flew low over Norway's famed Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) last week, disturbing visitors, scaring others and angering tour guides. The gyrocopters were noisy and two of them reportedly held an elevation of only around 15 meters above people's...

Norway’s royal family can cheer again

Noway's long-troubled royal family could finally reassemble this week after the past few years of scandal, serious illness and criminal offenses. Crown Princess Mette-Marit was released from hospital, her two youngest adult children have been home for the summer...

Triumphant return for football heroes

Norway's national men's football team received a rousing welcome home from the World Cup on Monday. Fighter jets escorted their private flight when they entered Norwegian air space, and that was followed by a royal reception and more than...

Norway embraces World Cup unity

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegians haven't seemed so proud, happy and unified since the end of World War II, even after losing to England in Saturday night's World Cup quarter-finals. Never before had their homeland advanced so far in the World...

Prospects rise for NATO, and football

NEWS ANALYSIS: Neither Donald Trump nor nagging conflicts ruined NATO's summit in Ankara this week. Founding NATO members Norway and England also faced a major standoff at the World Cup during the weekend, but their prime ministers were smiling...

Nordic countries urge China to halt Russia’s war on Ukraine

Norway was the last stop on an unusual Nordic tour for China's foreign minister Wang Yi over the past five days. After visiting Denmark, Sweden and Finland, Wang landed in Oslo on Monday for meetings and dinner with Norwegian...

Norway stuns Brazil, and its own fans

UPDATED: Horns were honking, football fans were celebrating in the streets and national pride went into overdrive, after Norway's national football team beat Brazil and advanced once again in the World Cup. The team's impressive performance has electrified an...

Restrictions aim to save wild reindeer

Norway's national trekking association DNT (Den Norske Turistforening) is being forced to close more of its mountain cabins and lodges and remove markers from as much as 400 kilometers of trails. It's all part of the latest measures meant...

Tamima’s killer jailed for 19 years, or more

The Oslo County Court has decided that the "especially brutal murder" of Tamima Nibras Juhar last year was motivated by the fact that she was dark-skinned and a Muslim. The young social worker's killer, an 18-year-old white man, was...
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