Norwegian fisheries minister in hot water over Murmansk radiation leaks
Aftenposten has revealed that Norwegian fisheries minister Helga Pedersen admitted knowing that the Russian submarine wreck Murmansk likely contained ...
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Lightening strikes 91 people at Norwegian rally
A powerful lightening bolt hit 91 fans as they watched a rallycross event in Norway on Sunday, sending 57 people to hospital with burns. Fortunately, ...
Norway and Macedonia get closer
Citizens of Norway and Macedonia will now find it easier to travel between the two countries thanks to the signing of a Visa Facilitation Agreement. T...
Norway irks its farmers, but collapse of global talks appeases
Last week’s collapse of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in Geneva is causing soul searching among governments and NGOs, but was the cause of ...
Norwegian ship cruises to victory in tall ships’ race
It may have been built in 1937, but the Oslo-based ship Christian Radich still had the legs to win the first stage of Norway’s annual Tall Ship’s Race...
Organic farming on the decline in Norway
A new report released by the Norwegian agricultural research institute, the Norsk institutt for landbruksøkonomisk forskning (NILF), shows that organi...
Foreign beggars in Oslo suffer discrimination
An Oslo magazine has been accused of barring foreign beggars from selling its magazine on the streets. Additionally a local Oslo organisation that han...
Swedish women footballers beat Norway in Olympic warm-up
In the run-up to this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing, the women’s national football (soccer) teams of Norway and Sweden met for a friendly match. T...