Tromsø wants new Olympics
Publisert: 11:59 08-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Refusing to be checkmated by its failure to get the Winter Olympics, Tromsø now wants to host the Chess Olympics in 2014. With the Norwegian world class chess player Magnus Carlsen taking part, this may lift local spirits. |
 
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Norway increasingly competitive
Publisert: 11:03 08-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway climbs one place in the ranking and is now the fifteenth most competitive economy in the World. However, Norway lags behind the other Nordic countries. |
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Stocks fall on Wednesday opening
Publisert: 10:31 08-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The main share index in Oslo fell by 6.4 percent after the first half hour of trading on Wednesday. |
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Progress Party down - Coalition parties steady
Publisert: 17:56 07-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The latest poll shows a 1.5 percent decline in Progress party popularity, while support for the coalition parties remains static. |
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StatoilHydro directors quit over Libya deals
Publisert: 16:20 07-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Tore Torvund and Morten Ruud are leaving StatoilHydro with immediate effect. Their departure is connected with reports which indicate that Hydro was involved in corruption in Libya between 2000 and 2001. |
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Tromsø booster wants heads to roll
Publisert: 15:39 07-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Former cross-country star Vegard Ulvang wants both the head of the Sports Confederation Tove Paule and the head of the Norwegian Ski federation Sverre Seeberg to resign after the sports governing body decided against supporting Tromsø’s application for government guarantees to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. |
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Norway gives 1 percent to foreign aid
Publisert: 15:04 07-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway’s foreign aid expenditure rose last year and is set to rise by a further NOK 4 billion in next years budget. The new total will be NOK 26.2 billion. The goal of using 1 percent of Gross Domestic Income for development aid will have been reached. |
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The budget aims to give full employment
Publisert: 14:22 07-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg thinks that the 2009 budget proposal will maintain full employment, an ordered economy and the continuing development of the welfare state. |
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Conservatives make demands on the Progress Party
Publisert: 12:21 07-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Party leader Erna Solberg has four non-negotiable demands if the Conservatives are going to form a government with the Progress Party. |
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We’re running out of numbers
Publisert: 11:08 07-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
All Norwegians are given an eleven digit ID number which contains their date of birth and five more numerals. In a few years there will be too few new ID numbers. |
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Norway gives 1 percent to development
Publisert: 10:25 07-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway’s development aid expenditure rose last year and is set to rise by a further NOK 4 billion in next years budget. The new total will be NOK 26.2 billion. The goal of using 1 percent of Gross Domestic Income for development aid will have been reached. |
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Lockheed Martin rejects JSF criticism
Publisert: 17:59 06-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
According to Joint Strike Fighter boss Tom Burbage, a generation separates the models Norway is considering as replacements for its F-16 fighters. |
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Save Christmas campaign quits
Publisert: 16:46 06-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The campaign to save Christmas from the clutches of big business is throwing in the towel. |
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Telenor in compromise with Alfa Group
Publisert: 15:56 06-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Reuters reports that Telenor and Russian Alfa Group are about to carry out a gigantic swap. |
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Fall continues into afternoon
Publisert: 15:16 06-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The main index on the Oslo stock exchange fell by 6.6 percent during the first ten minutes of trading. By around 1:30pm the index was down 9.12 percent. |
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Tromsø’s application withdrawn
Publisert: 13:45 06-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The local sports councils said no. The individual sporting organizations were against it. The advice the Norwegian sports governing body received was virtually unanimous. On Monday the head of the governing body, Tove Paule, announced that Tromsø’s application Winter Olympics in 2018 would be withdrawn. |
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Stocks fall sharply on Monday opening
Publisert: 11:22 06-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The main index on the Oslo stock exchange fell by 6.6 percent during the first ten minutes of trading. By 10:49am the index was down 8 percent. |
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Peace Prize misused claims activist
Publisert: 10:57 06-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Veteran peace activist Fredrik S. Heffermehl, thinks that most of the Nobel Peace Prizes that have been given conflict with Alfred Nobel’s will and testament. |
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More police promised
Publisert: 16:03 03-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Justice Minister Knut Storberget, under pressue for failing to give enough support to the police force, is promising funding for 100 new positions in police districts all over Norway. |
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Albino moose in danger
Publisert: 15:02 03-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s albino moose was back in the news on Friday, after some hunters threatened to shoot it. |
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