Security measures questioned after attack in Kabul
Publisert: 11:11 16-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre arrived back in Oslo amidst mounting questions about the security measures taken during his delegation´s ill-fated trip to Afghanistan this week. Støre wouldn´t admit that mistakes were made, but said all arrangements related to the trip will be examined. |
 
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Sports boss must apologize
Publisert: 16:10 15-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Jarle Aambø, one of Norway´s top sports bureaucrats, has been asked to apologize to a professor who specializes in nutrition and eating disorders. She didn´t like Aambø´s plans to reorganize her work with the athletics organization and abruptly quit. Now he needs to get her back. |
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Foreign Minister heads home
Publisert: 16:07 15-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who survived a terrorist attack at his hotel in Kabul on Monday, cancelled parts of his program in Afghanistan and boarded a flight back to Oslo Tuesday afternoon. He insists, however, that support for the war-torn country will continue. |
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More flights, more emissions
Publisert: 15:30 15-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegians are flying more than ever before, and airports from Tromsø in the north to Kristiansand in the south have logged a big jump in direct flights overseas. The increase also means more emissions, probably much more than earlier predicted. |
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Weak dollar may get weaker
Publisert: 14:08 15-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Major US banking company Citi thinks the already weak US dollar may soon be worth less than five Norwegian kroner (NOK 5). That would make its value the lowest in 30 years. |
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Norwegian feared kidnapped in Colombia
Publisert: 13:22 15-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A Norwegian man is believed to be among six tourists kidnapped from a beach in Colombia on Monday. Foreign Ministry officials were trying to get more details. |
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´We did what we could´
Publisert: 11:37 15-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Colleagues of the Norwegian journalist gunned down by Taliban terrorists on Monday frantically tried to save his life in the lobby of a blood-splattered Kabul hotel. Carsten Thomassen of newspaper Dagbladet
died later at a military field hospital, while a wounded Norwegian diplomat continued to cling to life on Tuesday. |
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Støre cuts trip short
Publisert: 11:05 15-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who survived a terrorist attack on his hotel in Kabul on Monday, has cancelled parts of his program in Afghanistan but insists that support for the war-torn country will continue. |
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New biathlon star is born
Publisert: 17:43 14-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Solveig Rogstad skied her way to her first victory on the World Cup circuit over the weekend, and as the photo indicates, she was rather pleased. |
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Takeover targets abound in Norway´s travel industry
Publisert: 17:31 14-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Foreign investors are lining up with funds in hand to take over some of Norway´s major travel and tourism firms, if given the chance. Targets include such ultra-Norwegian institutions as the coastal voyage Hurtigruten
and Norwegian Air. |
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Two Norwegians shot in Kabul, foreign minister safe
Publisert: 16:53 14-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Gunshots and a major explosion ripped through a hotel in Kabul Monday afternoon where a Norwegian delegation had just arrived for meetings with Afghan officials. A Norwegian journalist and a Norwegian foreign ministry official are among the injured. |
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Oslo mosque boosts security
Publisert: 15:46 14-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The World Islamic Mission´s mosque in Oslo has boosted security measures after somone left a pig´s head and a Nazi flag inside the mosque´s entrance during Friday prayer services. |
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Teen admits posting threatening video
Publisert: 14:15 14-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A 15-year-old boy has admitted that he posted a video on the popular web site "You Tube" that threatened a "massacre" at his school northeast of Oslo. The school remained closed on Monday for security reasons. |
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´Pocket Man´ stays mum
Publisert: 14:13 14-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A 55-year-old Norwegian man suspected of molesting hundreds of young boys for more than 30 years was ordered on Monday to be held in custody for at least four weeks, while police keep investigating charges against him. The suspect refused to respond to police questions over the weekend, but was ordered to appear at his custody hearing. |
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´Pocket Man´ may have struck outside Norway, too
Publisert: 11:52 14-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian police are probing the possibility that the man suspected of being the pedophile "Pocket Man" may have molested boys outside the country as well, not least during frequent business trips to Germany. |
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Stocks dive again in Oslo
Publisert: 17:26 11-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Investor jitters continued to plague the Oslo Stock Exchange on Friday, as share prices dove for the eighth day in a row. |
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Stavanger celebrations begin
Publisert: 17:14 11-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Residents of Norway´s so-called "Oil Capital" were gearing up this weekend to launch, with much fanfare, Stavanger´s status as a European Capital of Culture for 2008. |
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Power pair in rich relationship
Publisert: 16:28 11-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Two of Norway’s wealthiest people have divulged they are indeed a couple. |
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Eurofighter in again, out again
Publisert: 16:13 11-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
After pulling itself out of fierce competition to provide the Norwegian Defense Ministry with fighter jets, Eurofighter appeared to be back in the picture, with company executives in Oslo Thursday for talks with Norwegian authorities. |
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War hero turns 90
Publisert: 16:06 11-01-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Gunnar Sønsteby, Norway’s most highly decorated citizen and war hero, turned 90 on Friday, to much jubilation in Oslo. |
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