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Flags fly for South Africa’s president

Royal pomp and even some rare sunshine welcomed South African President Jacob Zuma to Oslo on Wednesday, and the day's activities were restricted to...

Concerns rise over poverty in Norway

Norway is widely praised and even envied for its solid economy and social affluence, but new numbers from state statistics bureau SSB show more...

Immigrant vote can be decisive

Norway's political parties have realized that the immigrant vote can make or break them as they head into the next national municipal elections on...

Norway backs Libya amidst scolding

The Norwegian government, led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, has officially recognized the new National Transition Council (NTC) in Libya as the country's legitimate...

Jens back on the campaign trail

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was moving on this week, from guiding the nation's mourning period to fronting political issues and, not least, the municipal...

More ministers assigned body guards

Even though Norwegians are showing more confidence in their government and each other, the country's special police intelligence unit PST has raised security levels...

Norway hopes for a ‘new Libya’

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre was following the developments in Libya closely on Monday, and noted that embattled Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi had...

Mourning monarch topped memorial

The skies cried yet again over Oslo, and King Harald choked up as well, when 6,700 survivors of last month's terrorist attacks in Norway...

Singing out again, in sympathy

Morten Harket of the famed Norwegian rock band "a-ha" was among those performing at the National Memorial Ceremony at the Oslo Spektrum arena on...

Memorials to end mourning period

Survivors of the July 22 massacre on Utøya were returning to the island on Friday as a special weekend of state-sponsored memorial ceremonies to...
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