Fiscal frustration flowers: daffodil duty disputed
Representatives of Norway’s Grimstad Planteskole horticulture centre have sent a letter to the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture, Terje Riis-Johansen,...
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Italian insurance company eyes Scandinavia for expansion
Chairman Antoine Bernheim may not be convinced, but rumour is that Assicurazioni Generali, the biggest and one of the most important insurance firms i...
Scandinavia headed for an epic summer
According to meteorologists, Scandinavia is likely to experience one of the best summers in several generations. Reports Aftenposten indicate that Sca...
Nordic users left with blank DVDs
A new format of DVD has been successfully introduced in Scandinavia and Iceland as well as in several other European countries. Movies are now being o...
Scandinavia sustains many a moose
Moose are multiplying in Scandinavia with local biologists estimating that numbers of moose in the region today are higher than they have been for cen...
Norwegians imprisoned in their homes
Six counties in Norway will begin trialling a new system in which some prisoners will serve out their prison sentences in the comfort of their own hom...
Norway to fund Tanzanian trees
Over the next five years, the government of Norway has pledged a total of USD 100 million to Tanzania for projects which aim to reduce deforestation a...
Avalanche kills skier in Norway
A cross country skier in Norway was killed in an avalanche on Monday, according to reports in the Associated Press. Police say the avalanche buried th...