State boosts stake in StatoilHydro
Publisert: 17:22 15-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Norwegian state is investing in one of its biggest assets, oil and gas firm StatoiHydro. A new round of share shopping will boost the state´s stake in the company to 67 percent. |
 
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Strikes loom this spring
Publisert: 16:09 15-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Nearly two-thirds of organized workers affiliated with Norway´s trade union federation LO say they’re ready to strike this spring, to preserve pension benefits. |
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Club owner calls Mikel case ´uncomfortable´
Publisert: 15:26 15-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Atle Brynestad, the millionaire businessman who owns Oslo soccer club Lyn, finally had to speak publicly about the drama surrounding Lyn´s former young African star John Obi Mikel on Friday, when he took the witness stand in an Oslo court. |
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Rental rates soar in Oslo
Publisert: 12:52 15-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
High housing prices in the Norwegian capital are cutting many would-be homebuyers out of the market, and that in turn has pushed up rental rates. |
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Tensions rise between fishing and oil industries
Publisert: 12:29 15-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A feverish quest for new sources of oil, fuelled by high oil prices, is sparking territorial battles between Norwegian fishing interests and oil exploration firms searching for new reserves in the North and Norwegian seas. |
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No refugee returns to Greece
Publisert: 11:34 15-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway has stopped returning asylum seekers to Greece, following reports that they´ve have been abused and deported to their countries of origin without due process. Some of Norway´s biggest law firms, meanwhile, are offering to help refugees whose appeals have been rejected by Norwegian officials. |
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Winter holiday exodus begins
Publisert: 11:01 15-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegians started heading for the high country, or points further afar, on Friday, as the traditional winter holiday week kicked off. State meteorologists were predicting sunshine and mild temperatures, at least in the southern part of the country. |
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Drama continues around children´s ombudsman post
Publisert: 10:34 15-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
What started out as some muttering over the replacement of Norway´s ombudsman for children turned into a full political crisis for Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg this week. The drama continued Friday, after the woman appointed as the new ombudsman (photo left)
followed Stoltenberg´s embattled children´s minister (right)
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Children´s minister quits under fire
Publisert: 17:43 14-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s first non-white government minister has lost the battle for her political life over fallout from her controversial appointment of a new children´s ombudsman. |
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Children´s minister under fire
Publisert: 16:36 14-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s first non-white government minister is battling for her political life over fallout from her controversial appointment of a new children´s ombudsman. |
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Long jail days for corruption
Publisert: 15:49 14-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A harsh judgment has been passed in what is called the "most serious corruption case" in Norway’s history - and the main culprit will go to jail for eight years. |
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Oslo may get new skyscraper
Publisert: 13:02 14-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Real-estate and hotel owner Arthur Buchardt has high ambitions-- he wants to erect the tallest building in all of the Nordic countries in Oslo. |
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Oslo trading starts good
Publisert: 11:43 14-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Shares on the Oslo Stock Exchange have been enjoying a good morning. |
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Library to be named after slain journalist
Publisert: 11:37 14-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
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Norwegian press won’t touch "Mohammad" cartoons
Publisert: 16:27 13-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway’s major newspapers have no plans to publish the controversial "Mohammad Cartoons", following the decision by Denmark´s leading newspapers to reprint them today |
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FBI joins inquiry of Kabul hotel terrorist attack
Publisert: 14:12 13-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The FBI has jumped into the investigation of the terrorist attack on a hotel in Kabul that took a Norwegian journalist’s life. |
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Telenor disappoints market, warns of cost cuts
Publisert: 13:01 13-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway’s major mobile-phone operator, Telenor, posted a bigger-than-expected 11.6 percent drop in fourth-quarter core earnings on Wednesday, partly due to its Norwegian operations, sending its shares down more than 6 percent. |
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Civilian casualties climb in Sri Lanka
Publisert: 11:48 13-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
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Stormy weather holds up Northern Norway
Publisert: 11:03 13-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The northern provinces of Troms and Finnmark were experiencing major traffic disruptions as a result of gale-force winds and heavy precipitation today (Wednesday). |
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Flag-burning no longer illegal
Publisert: 14:52 12-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Norwegian parliament has decided to completely decriminalize the burning of flags in Norway, to promote freedom of expression. |
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