Oil platform leaks for second time in six months
Last weekend, an oil platform located in the North Sea suffered an oil leak. Environmental researchers say that the leak has had no discernable impact...
Scandinavian Hour host dies in Norway
Ron Olsen, the host of a local Scandinavian Hour radio programme in Seattle, died while on vacation in Norway, according to reports in the Ballard New...
Airports face closures if union talks break down
Airports are scrambling to conclude wage settlement talks with the umbrella union LO Stat before 16th May. If the two parties do not come to an agreem...
Norway donates more to Cyclone Nargis relief
Last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced that the government of Norway would increase the amount of emergency aid it would send to Burma...
“Pocket Man” changes lawyers
The paedophile known as the “Pocket Man” fired his lawyer this week. According to reports in Aftenposten. The unnamed man, who stands accused of moles...
Scandinavia strikes!
Both Sweden and Denmark were plagued with strikes last week as workers in the health sector demanded better wages, according to reports on the World S...
Landslides hit Norway
Last Thursday a landslide demolished several homes in the Oppland country in Norway, according to accounts in Aftenposten. Although the landslide resu...
Norwegian helicopters too hot in Afghanistan
Experts predict that high temperatures in Afghanistan may be bad for the helicopters designed to transport Norwegian troops who have been wounded in t...