Tag: Northern Norway
Risk and rewards loom in Barents
Norwegian oil company Statoil is banking on opportunity but faces high risk in its new pact with Russian state oil company Rosneft for oil...
New whaling season underway
Norway's annual whaling season began this week with 20 boats registered to take part. The whale hunters have a quota of 1,286 whales they...
Foreign Minister called in for questioning
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has been summoned to appear before the Parliament's supervisory committee that handles disciplinary matters. It has decided to...
Ministry prods oil activity up north
When Norway's government ministry in charge of oil and energy launched its latest annual licensing round for offshore oil and gas operations last week,...
Politician believes he was cursed by Sami opponent
The acting mayor of a town in northern Norway claims another politician from the Sami Parliament put a curse on him because he'd voted...
Foreign minister fends off favoritism
UPDATED: Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre took the unusual step of calling in reporters on Tuesday afternoon to an unscheduled press conference, to...
Northern Lights rival Midnight Sun
The prospect of seeing the Northern Lights is drawing increasing numbers of tourists to northern Norway in winter, making the phenomenon almost as popular...
Flags fly for Sami National Day
Norway has the largest indigenous Sami population in the Nordic countries, and thousands of them were celebrating what's known as Samefolkets Dag on Monday....
Northern Lights put on a show
UPDATED: Meteorologists and space experts forecast an especially spectacular appearance of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) on Tuesday, linked to what they call the...
Hurtigruten classic gets NRK send-off
Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) is going back on board another Hurtigruten ship to document its voyage from Kirkenes south to Bergen. It won't be another...
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