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Outdoor cinema gone with the wind

TROMSØ: Strong Arctic winds in Tromsø spoiled plans for an outdoor cinema at its annual Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) that started rolling this...

Winter tourism breaks all records

There's hardly any room at the inns this month, at least in Norway's northern city of Tromsø. January used to be a very quiet...

First man convicted in Tysfjord assaults

A man in his 40s from the small but traumatized community of Tysfjord in Northern Norway was sentenced on Monday to five-and-a-half years in...

Statoil cuts back on new oil project

There was no lack of hyperbole when Statoil presented its latest development plan for the long-delayed Johan Castberg oil field off Northern Norway on...

Fight goes on over defense compromise

A day after Parliament finally agreed on a new defense program for Norway, two MPs from the otherwise allied Labour and Center parties kept...

Skies cleared after violent storms

The extreme weather system dubbed "Ylva" was finally subsiding on Friday after two days of strong winds, rain and blizzards that started in the...

Colourful opening of Sami Parliament

Two days after the new Norwegian Parliament opened amidst traditional pomp and circumstance in Oslo this week, the country's Sami Parliament (Sametinget) opened in...

Russians jammed flights’ GPS

Norway's military intelligence unit (Forsvarets Etterretningstjeneste) confirmed to state broadcaster NRK on Friday that Russian military training exercises taking place across the border from...

Sea urchins cause problems in Tromsø

The airport serving Norway's northern city of Tromsø has to deal with an unusual problem because of its location right next to a large...

Labour shifts position on Andøya closure

Several groups opposed to military restructuring in Northern Norway demonstrated in front of Parliament on Tuesday against looming cutbacks or shutdowns of the local...
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