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New conflicts gush over oil drilling

Just a day after the winner of this year's Rafto Prize warned in Bergen that oil companies are "destroying lives" with environmentally irresponsible drilling,...

Fishing industry still fears retaliation over higher import tariffs

Norway's huge and important fishing industry remains deeply worried that its seafood exports will be slapped with higher customs duties, in retaliation for the...

Health boss quits, critics relieved

Bente Mikkelsen, who's been at the center of a storm of criticism over health care in southeastern Norway, quit her top bureaucratic post Thursday...

Prosecutors seek four-year prison term for mayor

State prosecutors declared in a court in Lillehammer on Thursday that the popular mayor of a small mountain community should spend four years in...

Immigrant employment ‘misleading’

Human Rights Service (HRS), an Oslo-based foundation that studies immigration and integration, is accusing the Norwegian government of presenting a misleading picture of immigrant...

Danes concede to ‘cheese war’ truce

Denmark's trade minister remains unhappy over the Norwegian government's decision to boost import tariffs on cheese and meat, to protect domestic producers, but she's...

Fjord-side museum would draw most

A new Munch Museum built next to the Opera House on the Oslo Fjord at Bjørvika would attract twice as many visitors as would...

Munch masterpieces back home again

One of the most popular and highly acclaimed exhibitions of the works of famed Norwegian artist Edvard Munch has finally opened back home in...

Chinese leaders still mad at Norway

Politicians in China are in the midst of a major, scheduled leadership transition this fall but there aren't any signs there will be a...

Royal respects for Karin Stoltenberg

UPDATED: King Harald and Queen Sonja were among the many who gathered at a chapel in west Oslo on Tuesday to pay their last...
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