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Islamist faces incitement charge

Norwegian police charged prominent Islamist Ubaydullah Hussain with inciting murder and terrorism on Tuesday. The charges came as visiting US Attorney General Eric Holder...

Oslo official OL candidate city

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially named Oslo as a candidate city for the 2022 Winter Olympics on Monday, alongside Beijing in China and...

Oslo mayor wants different US envoy

Oslo's popular mayor, Fabian Stang, said Sunday he thinks it's about time the US sends a "professional" career diplomat to Norway as its new...

‘Dirtbags’ shocked transport minister

As Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen reached the end of an epic road trip from one end of Norway to another on Thursday, he said he was...

Norway grants education funding to Malawi

Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who's been traveling with Foreign Minister Børge Brende in South Africa and Malawi this week, signed an agreement with officials...

Stream of new laws takes effect

Smokers now face even more restrictions in Norway, criminals face some tougher punishments and a variety of new workplace laws took effect this week....

National Theater needs a facelift

The leader of Norway's National Theater is making a passionate appeal for a massive rehabilitation of the venerable building that opened in 1899. Anne Enger has gone...

Norway helps EU fund carbon capture

Norway's former left-center government didn't manage to get its own much-hyped carbon capture project up and running at the Mongstad refinery on the west...

Segways on the way

Twelve-and-a-half years after they first rolled out in the US, the stand-up electric vehicles produced by Segway Inc of New Hampshire will finally debut...

Norwegians drink more than ever

Consumption of alcoholic beverages in Norway has never been higher, according to a new report released Monday by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet)....
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