Giant aircraft landed in Oslo
Publisert: 14:47 11-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
All systems were "go" on Tuesday afternoon for a test landing of one of the huge new Airbus A380 jets at Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen. |
 
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Strike to halt transit systems
Publisert: 12:53 11-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Just as calls go out for better mass transit systems, their workers in Oslo are planning a strike that will shut down tram and bus service in the capital Wednesday morning. |
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Peace Prize partying goes on
Publisert: 11:41 11-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
More than 1,000 people took part in Monday evening's traditional torchlit parade to honor the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Festivities continued on Tuesday, with a series of official appearances and a gala concert at Oslo Spektrum Arena. |
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Rapes not reported
Publisert: 16:05 10-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway's Defense Ministry has no overview of the extent of sexual harassment in military service, and currently has no reporting routines for complaints. A commission blames this on military leadership and attitudes. |
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Title dream over for Carlsen
Publisert: 15:58 10-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Magnus Carlsen, Norway's chess prodigy, was eliminated in the semifinals of the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. |
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Peace Prize winners issue urgent calls for action
Publisert: 15:44 10-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Declaring that "it's time to make peace with the planet," former US vice president Al Gore joined the head of the UN's panel on climate change in accepting the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 in Oslo on Monday. Both men issued more urgent calls for laws and treaties that can help stop global warming. |
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SAS a luggage loser
Publisert: 13:19 10-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
New statistics from the Association of European Airlines (AEA) show that Scandinavian airline SAS mismanages 1.6 percent of the luggage it handles - roughly half a million misplaced suitcases a year. |
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Gro called upon to direct new rainforest fund
Publisert: 12:13 10-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Environmental groups, thrilled by the Norwegian government's decision to fund rainforest preservation, now want former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland to handle the funding. |
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Townships realize losses on troubled Terra fund
Publisert: 11:48 10-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Four townships in northern Norway got confirmation Monday that they'll indeed have to log large losses, after Citigroup finally sold off and shut down a deeply troubled fund sold to the townships by Terra Securities. |
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Gore on 'peacepath'
Publisert: 10:35 10-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
A clearly amused but enthusiastic Nobel Peace Prize winner will literally leave his mark on Norway, on a new Path of Peace in Stavanger. |
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Higher education unnecessary
Publisert: 10:03 10-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Young Norwegian men increasingly believe they can land their dream job without pursuing a higher education, women continue to bank on learning. |
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Quick return for immigrant labor
Publisert: 09:37 10-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry (NHO) issued a bold statement on Norwegian immigration policy, calling for a revolving door policy for immigrants who come to fill Norway's job gap. |
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Norway pledges billions for rainforest preservation
Publisert: 19:10 09-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway's left-center government coalition and the opposition parties in Parliament have agreed to fund rainforest preservation efforts, to the tune of NOK 3 billion a year. |
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Teenage brawl on T-bane
Publisert: 17:25 09-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Passengers on board an Oslo underground T-bane train suddenly found themselves witnesses to a massive brawl involving as many as 50 teenagers Saturday night. |
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Prize winners hail Norwegian Nobel Committee
Publisert: 17:06 09-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Both Al Gore and Rajendra Pachauri claimed that the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision to award them this year's Nobel Peace Prize has itself helped raise awareness of the need to halt climate change. |
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Nobel host Norway in awkward spot of its own
Publisert: 16:44 09-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore praised Norway on Sunday for being "among the leaders" in the fight to stop climate change. As an oil- and gas-producing nation, however, Norwegian officials are wrestling with high carbon emissions at home, and ongoing criticism that they're not always practicing what they preach. |
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Opera star wins her place
Publisert: 18:06 07-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
The late Kirsten Flagstad was arguably the most internationally famous opera star ever to emerge from Norway, but she was viewed by some as having Nazi sympathies during World War II. Only now is she being honoured with her own street name, right outside Oslo's new Opera House. |
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Bank robbed in Kristiansand
Publisert: 16:52 07-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
A masked man stormed into a small independent bank in the southern town of Kristiansand Friday afternoon, fired a shot and robbed a teller. |
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Norway and Sweden poised to defend each other
Publisert: 16:38 07-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Sweden, long a neutral nation, is now making overtures that it will come to Norway's aid if its neighbour is attacked. Norway will do the same for Sweden, even though Sweden is not a member of NATO. |
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Norway fends off calls for more soldiers in Afghanistan
Publisert: 15:43 07-12-2007 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway still doesn't want to send any of its soldiers into the dangerous areas of southern Afghanistan, and resisted pressure from NATO on Friday to do so. |
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