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Nordic foreign and defense ministers gather in Bodø

For the first time ever, both the foreign ministers and defense ministers of the five Nordic countries were gathering this weekend for a joint...

Military to allow religious symbols

Members of the Norwegian military are now allowed to use religious symbols such as head coverings as part of their uniforms. Defense Minister Espen...

Krekar sentenced to new jail term

Mullah Krekar, the former refugee from northern Iraq who later was deemed a threat to national security in Norway, has been handed another jail...

Arctic drilling plans called ‘immoral’

Environmental organizations were quick to vent their fury over new plans, announced Tuesday by Norwegian oil company Statoil, to dramatically expand oil exploration activity...

Pressured premier issues an apology

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg formally apologized Tuesday on the floor of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) for Norway's lack of preparedness when a home-grown terrorist...

Guest workers pay off in Norway

The Norwegian state profits from guest workers who pay considerably more in taxes than what they claim in benefits, according to recent research by state...

Majority backs court, not government

Eighty percent of Norwegians questioned support the jail term handed down to confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik last week, and a solid majority also...

Latest oil find boosts stocks

Norwegian oil company Det norske oljeselskap was among those seeing even more investor interest on Monday, after state oil company Statoil confirmed the discovery...

Terror aftermath forces Stoltenberg to drop huge oil exhibition

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was supposed to be the keynote speaker at the opening of the huge oil industry exhibition Offshore Northern Seas (ONS)...

Import restrictions eased to spread butter

The Norwegian market needs as many as 1,500 more tons of butter than what's available from Norwegian producers, so the state is lowering the...
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