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, ...
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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...
Nazi bunkers appear from nowhere in Denmark
Four fully-furnished bunkers built by the Nazis during the Second World War were uncovered on a Danish beach at Houvig after a violent storm and large...
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 ...
Icelandic bottled water chairman in tax probe
The chairman of Icelandic Water Holdings, the makers of Icelandic Glacial bottled water, has been charged with tax evasion by the Icelandic government...
Racing champ Loeb wins Finnish rally
Frenchman Sebastien Loeb, a four-time world champion auto rally racer, won his first Finnish Rally last week. He completed the three-day, 24-stage rac...
Environmental frustration over failed bottled water tax in Fiji
The Fiji government’s decision to repeal a proposed tax on bottled water has revived concerns that bottled water companies in Fiji are continuin...
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...