Opera forced to postpone opening performance
Publisert: 16:38 04-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Norwegian Opera is postponing its debut of "Around the World in 80 Days" until next season, because of security concerns involving stage equipment at Oslo´s new Opera House. |
 
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Eltek boss in prison
Publisert: 16:05 04-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Morten Angelil, who´s been leading the telecoms equipment firm Eltek founded by his father, was ordered held in remand custody over the weekend. Police continue to investigate charges that he and an associate secretly traded Eltek shares based on inside information. |
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Ski slopes most popular with Swedes and Danes
Publisert: 13:13 04-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s downhill ski centers are most popular among Swedish and Danish tourists, while other foreign tourists tend to opt for the country´s cross-country trails. All told, they plunk down around NOK 600 million a year on Norwegian skiing holidays. |
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Cheered national champions mark welcome come-backs
Publisert: 12:23 04-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s top winter sports stars ended a week of national championship competition in Trondheim on Sunday, with two of them enjoying welcome come-backs. |
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More delays at Gardermoen
Publisert: 11:42 04-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Oslo´s main airport at Gardermoen hasn´t managed to tackle wintry weather the past few days, and more flights were delayed on Monday as well. |
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Break-in shuts down hospital
Publisert: 11:08 04-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Armed police cordoned off the main hospital in Drammen during the night, after two persons broke in and threatened medical personnel. |
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Extremists target local youth
Publisert: 10:47 04-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The head of Norway´s intelligence and security agency believes young, Norwegian muslims are being targeted by militant extremists to carry out terrorist attacks and holy war overseas. |
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New US embassy on ice
Publisert: 12:57 01-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Plans to build a new, more secure, US embassy on open space northwest of downtown Oslo are back on hold, after city politicians voted against issuing a building permit. The US ambassador to Norway is disappointed. |
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New deputy at central bank
Publisert: 12:31 01-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The chief economist and head of monetary policy at Norway´s central bank will take over as the bank´s deputy governor, succeeding Jarle Bergo. |
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Post office closures loom
Publisert: 12:08 01-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s postal service has won government approval to shut down more than 120 of the country´s remaining 300 post offices. Postal services will be moved into retail stores in areas hit by closures. |
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Housing prices pick up
Publisert: 11:42 01-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Average sales prices for houses and flats rose 3 percent nationwide from December to January. Real estate brokers weren´t as happy with the monthly year-on-year figures, though. |
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Wildlife crash costs soar
Publisert: 11:19 01-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
More moose and deer are being hit by motorists than ever before, and with each collision costing at least NOK 200,000, it´s become an extremely expensive problem as well as traumatic for both animal and driver. |
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Storm cost millions
Publisert: 11:17 01-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Insurance companies in Norway are expecting millions of kroner worth of claims after a storm named "Tuva" swept over the southern part of the country on Thursday. Residents were still dealing with pouring rain and sleet on Friday, and driving was hazardous. |
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Storm costs millions
Publisert: 09:56 01-02-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Insurance companies in Norway are expecting millions of kroner worth of claims after a storm named "Tuva" swept over the southern part of the country on Thursday. Residents were still dealing with pouring rain and sleet on Friday, and driving was hazardous. |
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Oslo Børs down 3.4 percent
Publisert: 17:27 31-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Oslo Stock Exchange fell slighty at its opening on Thursday morning despite the announcement yesterday that the US Federal Reserve would cut short-term interest rates by half a point. |
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Royal family won’t boycott Olympics
Publisert: 14:50 31-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Despite Prince Charles of England joining in the growing boycott of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Norwegian Royal Family has no plans to cancel its trip to China this summer. |
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StatoilHydro set for Venezuelan payback
Publisert: 12:53 31-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian energy group StatoilHydro looks set to receive USD 235m in compensation from Venezuela for cutting its stake in the Sincor oil project. |
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Oslo stocks slide following US Fed news
Publisert: 12:03 31-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Oslo Stock Exchange fell slighty at its opening on Thursday morning despite the announcement yesterday that the US Federal Reserve would cut short-term interest rates by half a point. |
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Bjørnstad back in action
Publisert: 11:05 31-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Henrik Bjørnstad has re-entered the golf circus and will play in the Nationwide Tour in the Mexico Open tournament this weekend. |
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Southern Norway braces for major storm
Publisert: 10:58 31-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
An extreme weather warning was in place for southern and south-eastern Norway Thursday morning as the region braced for rain and gale force winds along the coast from the storm "Tuva". |
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