Norway to recognize Kosovo
Publisert: 13:25 20-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
After two days of studying its options, the Norwegian government followed the US and Germany on Wednesday in deciding to officially recognize the newly emerged Kosovo as an independent nation. |
 
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Roof reported missing
Publisert: 12:38 20-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The owner of a holiday cabin in the Norwegian mountains set off on skis to inspect his remote property, after receiving a disturbing call from another skier who’d passed by it. He was shocked by what he found. |
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More oil and gas found in North Sea
Publisert: 11:40 20-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian exploration activity in the North Sea has yielded a new oil well and the discovery of what´s being called a "large" pocket of gas. |
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Immigrant unemployment falls to record low
Publisert: 11:39 20-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
It appears that Norway´s economic boom is finally spilling over to the country´s immigrant population as well. |
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Commuters caught in chaos, again
Publisert: 10:20 20-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Oslo-area commuters faced more train cancellations and delays on Wednesday, after the major transfer station at Skøyen in western Oslo lost most of its power. |
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Opera fans line up for tickets
Publisert: 15:04 19-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Ticket sales started this week for the new opera season in Oslo´s brand-new Opera House, and officials were delighted by the response. Some fans stood in line for hours to grab good seats. |
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Hydro shares dive on disappointing results
Publisert: 14:23 19-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian industrial concern Norsk Hydro delivered a disappointing profit report on Tuesday, and that sent its share price tumbling. |
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Norway has no plans to import Turkish labour
Publisert: 13:37 19-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway may have a labour shortage, but a government minister rejects reports that the country intends to import 100,000 workers from Turkey to address it. |
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Snowboard king rues ´embarrassing´ fall
Publisert: 13:11 19-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Terje Håkonsen, the Norwegian snowboarding legend who´s mounting another "Arctic Challenge" event in Oslo this week, doesn´t think he´ll perform very well in it himself. Not since he fell while getting on a ski lift in Japan in December. |
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Local interest high in Pakistani elections
Publisert: 12:39 19-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
With Pakistanis making up a large portion of Norway´s immigrant population, interest was running high in Oslo and other Norwegian cities over the outcome of Monday´s national elections in Pakistan. |
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Spectacular crash kills one
Publisert: 12:00 19-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A tank truck collided with a car and a van on the E-39 highway that runs along Norway´s southern coast Tuesday morning. One person was killed and three others injured. |
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Security agency warns of rising radicalism in Norway
Publisert: 11:41 19-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s state police agency in charge of national security (Politiets sikkerhets tjeneste, PST)
reported Tuesday that Islamic extremism "will represent a considerable challenge" for Norway in coming years, and that it sees "indications of rising radicalism" both inside and outside the country. |
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Intelligence chief wants to recruit more Muslims
Publisert: 11:40 19-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The man who heads Norway´s national security agency PST needs more knowledge of militant Islamic networks. He wants to employ more Muslims and persons with non-Norwegian background to help fight terrorism. |
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Silence for sale
Publisert: 16:03 18-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
No ski lifts or slalom slopes, no rowdy "after ski" parties, not even a hook-up to running water, much less a spa in the area. A real estate venture in eastern Norway has adopted a "back to basics" approach to selling traditional holiday cabins. |
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Mikel: ´Morgan´s lying´
Publisert: 14:41 18-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Soccer star John Obi Mikel submitted testimony to an Oslo court on Monday that accused his former Norwegian boss of lying. |
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Loss tough to swallow
Publisert: 13:15 18-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian biathlon legend Ole Einar Bjørndalen was soundly defeated in one of his favourite events at the World Championships in Östersund over the weekend. At least it was another Norwegian who beat him. |
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Troops likely to stay in Afghanistan until 2015
Publisert: 12:23 18-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s defense minister has given her first concrete estimate of when Norwegian troops may be brought home for good from Afghanistan. |
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Cannabis seizures mount
Publisert: 12:03 18-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Police found more cannabis greenhouse operations in otherwise ordinary Norwegian neighbourhoods over the weekend, and now they´re following the scent of links among them all. |
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Norway hesitates to formally recognize Kosovo
Publisert: 11:23 18-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Norwegian Foreign Ministry, still keen to broker peace in the Balkans, says it will take a few more days to "evaluate" its future relationship to the newly emerged nation of Kosovo. |
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Storms snarled holiday traffic
Publisert: 10:04 18-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
While much of southeastern Norway basked in springlike temperatures over the weekend, holiday makers in the mountains got caught in heavy fog and snowstorms. Roads closed and even the main train line between Oslo and Bergen ground to a halt. |
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