Statoil name change to Circle K gets positive reactions
Announced in Oslo today, Statoil Retail and Fuel will be changing it’s name to Circle K. The current owners of Statoil Retail and Fuel, Couche-T...
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Norwegian man saws neighbour’s outhouse in half
A man in Norway could be jailed for up to six years for sawing a neighbour’s outhouse in half because it crossed over onto his land. Arne Vigeland pai...
Islamic State demands ransom for Norwegian hostage
Islamic State has kidnapped a Norwegian citizen and is demanding a ransom for his release. The radical terrorist group has posted images of two men, o...
Norwegian inmate surfs out of prison
A convicted sex offender managed to escape from an island prison in Norway on a surf board, paddling to the mainland with the help of a plastic shovel...
Oslo bishop will refuse to marry same-sex couples
Oslo’s newest bishop has revealed that he would refuse to wed gay or lesbian couples should the situation arise. Per Arne Dahl, one of the Norwegian c...
Rape revenge attack lands Norwegian woman in jail
A Norwegian woman has been handed a five-month prison sentence after asking two friends to attack her then boyfriend as payback for raping her in 2013...
Norway named world’s second best in terms of reputation
Norway is second only to Canada in terms of country reputation, according to a recent report by Denmark-based Reputation Institute. Based on a survey ...
Police fired just two shots in Norway in 2014
Only two shots were fired by Norwegian police throughout the whole of last year, with neither of them killing or wounding anyone, revealed recent stat...