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Alarms ring over health and longevity

Norwegians have long prided themselves on having healthy lifestyles that contribute t0 a long life, but a new report warns that young Norwegians especially...

Oslo rolls out its Olympic plans

City officials have rolled out prospects for a Winter Olympics in Oslo in 2022 that would cost at least NOK 2o billion (USD 3.6...

Chinese relations set to normalize

Indications are getting stronger that diplomatic relations between Norway and China may soon normalize. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said at a meeting...

Parliament united on July 22 critique

Norway’s Parliament made an historic decision this week when it stood united in its criticism of the government for its failure to protect the...

City halts cuts at Munch Museum

Drama and unrest at Oslo's Munch Museum continued on Wednesday after city officials ultimately in charge of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's legacy halted looming...

Euro crisis hits industry harder

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has been issuing more warnings about the ill effects of the European economic crisis on Norwegian industry, and many companies...

County roads in worse shape than expected

Complaints have raged for years over the sorry state of Norwegian highways around the country, most of  which are just two lanes and narrow....

‘Pay-back time’ for Myanmar

The president of Myanmar ended his visit to Norway this week after three days of top-level meetings, official lunches and dinners and red-carpet treatment....

State set to allow heroin smoking

Health Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, claiming that the heroin overdose rate in Norway is "shamefully" high, wants to allow addicts to smoke the illegal drug...

City puts damper on Munch’s party

Famed Norwegian artist Edvard Munch may either be spinning in his grave or snorting posthumously at the latest move by the Oslo city officials...
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