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Norway promises more Afghan aid

The leaders of Norway and Afghanistan exchanged promises in Oslo on Tuesday, with Norway committing billions in additional financial aid to the war-torn country...

Solheim looks forward to new job

Erik Solheim, the veteran Norwegian politician who lost his ministerial position in a government re-shuffle last spring, has finally re-emerged with the sort of...

Norway Cup bigger than ever

Around 32,000 young football players from all over the world are in Oslo this week for the annual Norway Cup, which makes it the...

Foreign aid hasn’t hindered begging

Several Norwegian politicians have claimed recently that the best way to halt an influx of beggars to Norway is to keep extending foreign aid...

Troops rescue kidnapped aid workers

UPDATED: Four aid workers for the Norwegian Refugee Council in Kenya were found and rescued by Somalian security forces after being kidnapped in an...

Still no sign of kidnapped aid workers

Norwegian Refugee Council officials claimed they were doing all they could to search for four aid workers who were kidnapped on Friday when their...

Sudan finally allows meeting with jailed aid worker

Norway's ambassador to Sudan, Jen-Petter Kjemprud, was finally allowed to meet with jailed Norwegian aid worker John Sörbö, five days after he was arrested...

Sudan accuses Norwegian of spying

UPDATED: A Norwegian aid worker described as an expert at clearing land mines remained in custody in Khartoum on Monday, after being arrested along...

Brazil gets biggest share of Norway’s foreign aid

Norway handed out nearly NOK 28 billion in foreign aid last year and for the second year in a row, Brazil emerged as the...

Business urged to go back to Burma

Except now it seems more politically correct and common to call the country Myanmar, a sign of recognition of the country's military leaders who...
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