Tag: Oslo
First bankruptcy hits Oslo’s new food hall
Oslo’s new food hall known as Mathallen has attracted almost a million visitors since it opened eight months ago, but they don't spend enough money....
Fornebu ferry faces further delay
Workers hoping for a new ferry connection to improve their often tortuous commute to Fornebu, the newly redeveloped business district at the site of...
More rapes amid russ’ wild partying
Police in western Norway were investigating four reported rapes over the weekend at one of the biggest outdoor events of the "russ" partying season...
Ice-cold Albanians stun ‘Drillos’
Underdogs Albania inflicted a humiliating 1-0 loss on the Norwegian national football team (landslaget) on ice cold home turf in Oslo on Friday night...
Seasonal darkness full of light
Norway has now entered what's traditionally called mørketiden, literally "the dark time," when the sun dips below the horizon in the northernmost areas of...
Major strike spreads to the capital
UPDATED: Several hundred workers for the city of Oslo were called out on strike on Wednesday, after extended negotiations and mediation between their unions...
Oslo goes ahead with Christmas tree gift plans
City officials in Oslo, faced with budget cuts, considered dropping their annual gift of large city Christmas trees to London, Reykjavik and Rotterdam, to...
‘Greener’ government grows in Oslo
The two winning parties in the Oslo city election, plus a minor potential partner, are finally hashing out a prospective platform for a new...
Frp pulls out of Oslo’s government
More than two weeks after municipal elections were held in Norway, the country's capital remained without a city government on Tuesday. The Progress Party...
A-ha reunites for memorial concert
The only Norwegian band ever to have been top of the charts in the USA, A-ha, will reunite for one time only to play...
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