StatoilHydro in trouble for CO2 emissions
StatoilHydro, the gas and oil giant, has found itself in trouble with the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority over excessive CO2 emissions from its ...
Norwegian ship sinks off Swedish coast
A Norwegian cargo ship loaded with stone heading for Norway has sank off Sweden’s west coast and all six crew members are considered dead. The Langela...
Norwegian embassy in Morocco gets death threats
A difficult child custody case involving the kidnapping of two children by their father has created major problems for the staff at Morocco’s Norwegia...
Norway Cup football tournament nears climax
Norway is home to one of the world’s biggest annual football tournaments, the Norway Cup, which attracts youth players from around the globe to compet...
Deadly river weekend for Nordic region
Swedes, Norwegians and Danes were all victims of river-related drownings, in what proved to be a deadly weekend for outdoor recreationists in Scandina...
Norway’s embassy in Jakarta next to terrorism site
The recent terrorist bombings in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta prompted the Norwegian government to relocate its embassy staff to a safer location...
Norway’s scenic Geiranger Fjord suffers major oil spill
A cruise ship registered in the Bahamas, the “Spirit of Adventure”, has committed the greatest blunder any tourist company could possibly imagine by s...
Norwegians may be voting from home in next elections
A trial is being carried out to test whether it would be viable for Norwegians to safely cast their votes in municipal elections from a computer in th...