Norway officially bans all cluster weapons
Joining a group of 108 other nations, Norway has sent a proposal to its national parliament to destroy all of its existing cluster munitions and ban t...
Norway’s famed Hurtigruten shipping line in distress
More bad news came this week as crew members of the MS Vesteralen were informed that their ship would be removed from service when it returns to port ...
Norwegian Government Officials to Iceland for Talks on the Country’s Economy
A delegation of Norwegian Government Officials has arrived in Iceland, ready for talks with Icelandic authorities on the country’s current financial s...
Iceland best place for press freedom
The international journalists’ body, Reporters Sans Frontieres has published its annual report on global press freedom, The Guardian reports. Iceland,...
Oslo’s famous Holmenkollen Ski Jump says goodbye
One of the major landmarks of Norway’s capital, the Holmenkollen Ski Jump, is being dismantled in preparation for Oslo’s bid to host the 2011 Nordic S...
Norway reaches its GDP goal for development aid
It is one of the few nations to make serious inroads into a global initiative to help raise the standards of living and protect the environment in the...
Norway tries to crack open Apple iTunes
The leading consumer advocate group in Norway has launched legal action against Apple Computers in a bid to force the company to allow digital music p...
Tromso’s 2018 Winter Olympic dream over
In the end it was the price tag that sank Tromso’s bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. In these uncertain economic times, nearly every organisation in N...