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Star wants third ‘Lilyhammer’ season

Steven Van Zandt, the American singer and musician who's also been starring in the Norwegian TV series "Lilyhammer," says he'd like to make yet...

Olympic boosters downplay deficit

The Oslo politicians and sports officials keen to mount a bid for the Winter Olympics in 2022 were fending off a new wave of...

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...

Blood tests aim to prove innocence

Norwegian and Swedish skiing federations have started to gather blood test results from top skiers in the 1990s, in an attempt to remove speculation about...

1990s ski heroes in doping storm

Norwegian skiing legend Bjørn Dæhlie is among former winter sports stars caught in a storm of speculation this week over their performance in the...

Olympic vote ‘discriminatory’

Residents of Oslo are due to vote over whether their city should apply to host the Winter Olympics (OL) in 2022, but officials at...

‘Little Steven’ back in Norway

American musician and actor Steven Van Zandt, best known as "Little Steven" in Bruce Springsteen's band, is back in Norway and working on the...

Fewer back an Olympics in Oslo

A new survey indicates that just 42 percent of Oslo's residents are now positive towards the prospect of the city organizing the Winter Olympics...

Olympic vote may exclude foreigners

Foreigners living in Oslo with permanent Norwegian residence status may be excluded from an upcoming referendum on an Olympics in Oslo, even though they...

Referendum set over Olympic bid

Taxpayers in Oslo are going to get a rare chance to vote on an issue that involves billions of their tax money: Whether the...
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